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Big Ears Festival 2024

by Mark Sullivan
April 1, 2024

Big Ears Festival Knoxville, TN March 21-24, 2024 After last year's triumphant tenth anniversary, the festival returned with the slogan “The adventure continues." The iconic and influential Nonesuch Records' 60th anniversary was celebrated with performances by Brad Mehldau, Caroline Shaw, Darcy James Argue, Mary Halvorson, Davóne Tines, Sam Amidon, Hurray for the ...

Article: Album Review

Mary Halvorson: Cloudward

Read "Cloudward" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
January 20, 2024

The title of guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson's Cloudward alludes to the sense of optimism she has stated she felt when writing the bulk of the material in fall of 2022. And while this palpable sense of faith in the future is in marked contrast to the tangible air of eerie foreboding that surfaced so often on this ...

Article: Album Review

Tomas Fujiwara 7 Poets Trio: Pith

by John Sharpe
January 3, 2024

In many ways, Pith, the second offering from drummer Tomas Fujiwara's 7 Poets Trio, pursues the course set by the eponymous debut (Rogue Art, 2020) with its lightly swinging lyricism, moments of reflective calm, and a restrained aesthetic which nonetheless permits adventurous forays. The unusual instrumentation, in which the leader supplements his trapset with Tomeka Reid's ...

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Mary Halvorson: Cloudward

Read "Cloudward" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
January 2, 2024

Guitarist, composer & raconteur Mary Halvorson could very comfortably (and rightfully) wear the sobriquet of “The Charles Mingus of Guitar" if she wanted to. But even that open-ended comparison would limit her as she outdoes herself again on Cloudward. Though it must surely be getting harder to top herself given the string of releases--the ...

Album

Schoenberg on the Beach

By Jeff Lederer

Label: Little (i) Music
Released: 2023
Track listing: On the Beach; Blummengruss; Beneath the Shelter; The Pale Flowers of Moonlight; Heiter; I Gaze Upon; Moondrunk; Summer Evening; Summer's Weariness.

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Pith

By Tomas Fujiwara

Label: Out Of Your Head Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Solace; Swelter; Resolve; Josho; Other; Breath.

Article: Album Review

Jeff Lederer with Mary LaRose: Schoenberg on the Beach

Read "Schoenberg on the Beach" reviewed by Jerome Wilson

by Jerome Wilson
December 30, 2023

Saxophonist Jeff Lederer has used several unexpected inspirations for musical projects over the years, such as Shaker hymns and the writings of Herman Melville. Schoenberg on the Beach may be the most audacious thing he has ever done. It blends the compositions of Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern and the sounds of Coney Island together into ...

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Tomas Fujiwara’s 7 Poets Trio: Pith

by Mark Corroto
October 7, 2023

The instructions that came with Tomas Fujiwara's 2019 release, 7 Poets Trio (RogueArt), read, “I'd like to tell you as little as possible about this music before you listen to it... and create your own scenes for which these songs can be soundtracks." The same advice is warranted for Fujiwara's 7 Poets Trio follow up recording ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Small Group Dates from Big Band Leaders: Sun Ra & Duke Ellington

by David Brown
July 18, 2023

Welcome friends and neighbors to The Jazz Continuum. Old, new, in, out... wherever the music takes us. Each week, we will explore the elements of jazz and creative music from a historical perspective. In this week's show we take a listen to some small group works from big band leaders Sun Ra and Duke Ellington. And ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Derrick Gardner, Lisa Sokolov, Ray Russell and More

by Jerome Wilson
May 10, 2023

This eclectic show features African echoes from Derrick Gardner, moving vocals from Lisa Sokolov and Noa Fort, and ambient jazz fusion from Ray Russell. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Patricia Brennan “The Woman Who ...