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Ches Smith, Enemy, Matt Ulery, Russ Johnson & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
"Looking back to look forward" could be the motto of this playlist. It kicks off with a blaxploitation tinged scorcher of a song from an upcoming Charles Kynard re-release, followed by a live performance in which Enemy (Kit Downes, Petter Eldh, James Maddren) celebrate a decade of music-making. Also included, an unearthed gem featuring a 2009 ...
Matt Ulery: Mother Harp
by Mike Jurkovic
With 15 albums of adventurous composition and daredevil artistry behind him, Chicago-based bassist-composer-bandleader Matt Ulery is, as they say back home, no slouch. And on his 16th, the raucously-inflamed and infectious Mother Harp, he follows his rock 'n' roll heart to the finish line and beyond. Mother Harp is a bevy of crazy-good stuff ...
Dennis Mitcheltree and Johannes Wallmann: Holding Space
by Troy Dostert
Tenor saxophonist Dennis Mitcheltree and pianist Johannes Wallmann team up for a full program of enticing music on Holding Space. Encompassing a range of idioms and compositional parameters, the duo charts a lot of territory on the album's eighteen cuts, and it is terrain well worth exploring. Mitcheltree has been recording since the 1990s, ...
Colossal Abundance
Label: Calligram Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Mahororo; Lonnie's Lament; Adelaide Bailey; Tuku; Kaleidoscope; Requiem; Mrs. Parker of K.C.;
United; Gandanga Blues; Bermuda Blues.
From Here, From There
By Andy Baker
Label: Calligram Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Close Your Eyes; From Here, From There; A Flower is a Lovesome Thing; Skylark; Blues for VDB;
First, Second,
Third; Kaper; Softly; The State of the Estate.
Being
Label: Shifting Paradigm Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: On the Street Where Woody Lives; Re-United; Pigalle; Châtelet; Autumn Evening; Song of Modes; Ballerina Dance; La
Seizième; Pont Neuf; Rue des Lombards.
Andy Baker: From Here, From There
by Scott Lichtman
Andy Baker has crafted an uplifting recording featuring his trombone plus trumpet, upright bass and drums--no chordal instruments. From Here, From There is a fresh take on swing/bop ballads that melds top-notch instrumentalists--Baker, Russ Johnson on trumpet, Clark Sommers on bass and Dana Hall on drums--with beautiful compositions and cover arrangements. Baker luxuriates in “the incredible ...
Chris Rottmayer: Being
by Richard J Salvucci
One thing is for sure. If a listener comes upon a recording based on the music of Mulgrew Miller and Woody Shaw, there are unlimited possibilities for a harmonic education. Both players were revered for their sophistication and the beauty of the melodies they created. So it hardly seems odd that someone, here pianist Chris Rottmayer, ...
Geof Bradfield: Colossal Abundance
by Dan Bilawsky
In the summer of 2023, saxophonist Geof Bradfield and trumpeter Chad McCullough launched Calligram Records--a label focusing on the Chicago creative music scene and its branches. The first batch of albums was strong, with showcases for each of the label heads' respective combo projects, trumpeter Russ Johnson's chordless quartet, and newcomer tenorist Arman Sangalang. A wide ...
Geof Bradfield Releases 'Colossal Abundance' On Double Vinyl
Geof Bradfield straddles diverse streams of the African Diaspora, drawing on modern jazz, Southern blues and roots, and African rhythms. With Colossal Abundance, his 10th album as a leader, Bradfield unveils his most ambitious work to date. Colossal Abundance is a meditation on the fabulous wealth—material, intellectual and spiritual—and abject poverty that coexist in modern society. ...
