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Les Disques Victo
by Kurt Gottschalk
Victoriaville is a small prairie city 100 miles northeast of Montreal in Quebec. Its name--or the diminutive “Victo"--has become synonymous among a legion of faithful with the diverse music festival that happens there every May. It might not be the biggest festival the town of 40,000 sees every year--the summer “Retro" '50s fest probably pumps more ...
Another Timbre
by John Eyles
Another Timbre is the newest label to appear on the UK scene. Its first batch of releases appeared in autumn 2007--to considerable acclaim--and its second batch in spring 2008. The music that Another Timbre releases is a fascinating blend of improv, eai and modern composition, unlike that of any other current label. The label ...
Smalltown Superjazzz
by Andrey Henkin
Free jazz, regardless of era or country, has always been a do-it-yourself operation. With very few exceptions, it has never enjoyed any real institutional support, whether from major record labels, jazz clubs or media outlets. Yet with the commitment of zealots, it has withstood disapprobation and forged an impressive international, multi-decade, history. One such ...
Songlines Recordings
by Celeste Sunderland
Bill Frisell's music is painterly. It inspires a lush, textured sense of motion. So do the works of artist Gerhard Richter. That these two were paired five years ago at an exhibition in San Francisco makes perfect sense. Eight of Richter's Abstract Pictures hung at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art as part of a ...
Il grande ritorno della Strut - Intervista con Quinton Scott
by AAJ Italy Staff
Quando all'improvviso, nel 2003, nella galassia delle etichette indipendenti non si è più riusciti a scorgere la luce che emanava la Strut, forse qualcuno, causa inquinamento luminoso e acustico, non ci avrà fatto tanto caso, ma di certo la scena andava impoverendosi. L'etichetta inglese si era infatti intensamente dedicata, negli anni della propria attività a riscoprire ...
Jazzheads
by Elliott Simon
It is difficult to define the Jazzheads philosophy in categorical terms. What stands out from its diverse catalogue of Latin, world, vocal, free and new age jazz is the world-class 'chops' found on each session. A pianist and composer, Randy Klein began the label in 1991 with his own Jazzheads--a presentation of original vocal compositions in ...
Treader
by Kurt Gottschalk
The 2001 album Masses was far from the first electronic infusion into jazz. It wasn't even the first time the British duo Spring Heel Jack--known up to that point for more beat-oriented electronica--had worked with acoustic improvisers. But it was a remarkable piece of work--perhaps the first time jazz and electronic music had met on such ...
Sharp Nine Records
by Laurel Gross
It's a scene of riches: a marigold-colored moon so bright and full it looks like a gold coin tossed into the end-of-summer sky, while skyscraper windows towering over New York City's Central Park glitter like diamonds. But the real richness of this particular evening is in the music played by six musicians framed in ...
Reservoir Music
by George Kanzler
When you Google “Reservoir Music", the top hit on the Google list is for the Japanese distributor's website. Mark Feldman, the Kingston, NY doctor who runs the label with his wife Kayla, isn't surprised. “Japan really helps to keep the label alive," he says. “We have significant sales there, especially with our piano trio ...
Le nuove sonorità della Tru Thoughts
by AAJ Italy Staff
La Tru Thoughts [distribuita in Italia dalla Family Affair] è un'etichetta inglese gestita da Robert Luis e Paul Jonas, attiva sin dal 1999. Ad essa sono legati nomi importanti dell'elettronica più venata di funk e soul come Quantic, Alice Russell, TM Juke, ma gli appassionati guardano con sempre crescente attenzione alle proposte della label - e ...
