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Article: Album Review

Ray Anderson / Han Bennink / Christy Doran: A B D

Read "A B D" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


In the '90s, this trio ascended to the upper echelon of all things considered cutting-edge in the wide open world of jazz and improvisation. This reissue is a compilation featuring all of Azurety (hatART, 1994) and three tracks culled from Cheer Up (hatART, 1995). Other than his superior improvisational faculties, Irish guitarist Christy Doran ...

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Article: Album Review

Michael Dessen Trio: Forget The Pixel

Read "Forget The Pixel" reviewed by Robert Bush


Trombonist Michael Dessen once studied with George Lewis, hung with Ray Anderson, and has ascended to their level on the creative improvising scene. Dessen has his own distinct style, one that values nuanced gestures as highly as it does exuberance; therefore his music creates a micro world of detail and organically developed themes. ...

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News: Recording

Ray Anderson, Han Bennink & Christy Doran: ABD on hatOLOGY

Ray Anderson, Han Bennink & Christy Doran: ABD on hatOLOGY

Listening to Anderson's four compositions, Doran's piece, four free improvisations, and an Ellington tune, from the two sessions strike me as collages of a sort, bringing together very different aesthetics, directions, and materials, for a direct confrontation. Not a confrontational confrontation, mind you. A very amenable comparing, contrasting, and combining of sensibilities, the very thing that ...

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Article: Album Review

Terrence McManus / Mark Helias / Gerry Hemingway: Transcendental Numbers

Read "Transcendental Numbers" reviewed by John Sharpe


Guitarist Terrence McManus helms a stellar trio on Transcendental Numbers, through six collective concoctions recorded in New York City's The Stone, straddling and blurring the line between textural improvisation and the more traditional sound of guitar and rhythm section. Brooklyn-born McManus is carving a niche for himself on the scene. Having worked with drummer/composer Tyshawn Sorey, ...

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Article: Live Review

Umbria Jazz Winter #18

Read "Umbria Jazz Winter #18" reviewed by Joan A. Cararach


Umbria Jazz Winter #18 Orvieto, Italia 29 de diciembre 2010--2 de enero 2011En el jazz los sueños existen. Uno de ellos se llama Orvieto.Hermano menor del Umbria Jazz Festival que cada verano se celebra en Perugia, el Umbria Jazz Winter de Orvieto complementa de un modo sabio las programaciones de ambos festivales ...

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News: Radio

The Jazz Session #236: Ray Anderson

The Jazz Session #236: Ray Anderson

Trombonist Ray Anderson teams up with longtime friend Marty Ehrlich for the new live record, Hear You Say (Challenge Records, 2010). In this interview, Anderson talks about his friendship with Ehrlich, which goes back to their days with Anthony Braxton; how he came to have such an open musical mind; and some breaking news regarding another ...

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Article: Live Review

Umbria Jazz Winter #18 Days 3-5: December 31, 2010-January 2, 2011

Read "Umbria Jazz Winter #18 Days 3-5: December 31, 2010-January 2, 2011" reviewed by Sara Villa


Days 1-2 | Days 3-5 Umbria Jazz Winter #18 Orvieto, Italy December 29, 2010-January 2, 2011 The Alfredo Rodriguez Trio Discovered, produced and hailed by Quincy Jones, Alfredo Rodriguez chose to contradict any potential preconception linked with the highly slippery definition of Latin Jazz to which his Cuban ...

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Hear You Say

Label: Challenge Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: Portrait of Leroy Jenkins; Hot Crab Pot; My Wish; The Lion's Tanz; The Git Go; Alligatory Rhumba; Hear You Say.

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Hear You Say - Live in Willisau

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Released: 2010
Track listing: 01. Portrait of Leroy Jenkins; 02. Hot Crab Pot; 03. My Wish; 04. The Lion´s Tanz; 05. The Git Go; 06. Alligatory Rhumba; 07. Hear You Say.

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Article: Interview

Josh Roseman: Reimagining the Constellations

Read "Josh Roseman: Reimagining the Constellations" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke


Josh Roseman is a busy man. Extremely busy. He's also an extremely bright one, which is good because otherwise one might pause to consider whether, with all those activities, he is wearing himself too thin. Turns out he is spreading wide, but nothing about him or his many pursuits is thin. Especially not his creativity.


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