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Russ Johnson: To Walk On Eggshells
by Glenn Astarita
Russ Johnson, a Chicago-bred trumpeter with a knack for adventurous jazz, joins forces with Swiss bassist Christian Weber and drummer Dieter Ulrich, both stalwarts of the Zurich jazz scene. Johnson's resume boasts collaborations with everyone from Lee Konitz to his own genre-bending Russ Johnson Quartet, while Weber and Ulrich have carved out reputations as nimble improvisers, ...
Jon Irabagon / PlainsPeak: Someone to Someone
by Jack Kenny
Jon Irabagon is a musician whose complexity is both exhilarating and daunting. His restless energy, deep self-reflection, remarkable achievements and sharp intellect combine to create a figure who constantly provokes questions--about music, originality and the very nature of artistic expression. In 2011, Irabagon undertook a bold experiment: With Mostly Other People Do The Killing, ...
Louis Moholo Moholo, Sven Åke Johansson, Olie Brice & Ville Lahteenmaki Trio
by Maurice Hogue
The final tunes of this episode of One Man's Jazz are memorials to two of the most important drummers in creative music who passed away within days of each other in June, and they're honoured in this episode. Louis Moholo Moholo and Sven Åke Johansson came from very different places; Moholo Moholo was the last living ...
Russ Johnson, Christian Weber, Dieter Ulrich: To Walk On Effshells
by Alberto Bazzurro
Tutti a firma dei tre performers, con prevalenza di Johnson, i nove brani che compongono questo CD, inciso a Zurigo nel lontano dicembre 2009. Lo firma in maniera “democratica" un trio agguerrito sia in diversi degli episodi di cui sopra che proprio negli esiti complessivi, sempre esemplari per lucidità e capacità di condurre la musica lungo ...
Ches Smith, Ivo Perelman, Leif Berger & Dan Phillips
by Maurice Hogue
Music coming from all directions in this edition of One Man's Jazz. Drummer Ches Smith is a true chameleon these days; every album has a different theme or direction or a different band. On his new Clone Row he turns to the twin guitars of Mary Halvorson and Liberty Ellman to stir the pot. Saxophonist Ivo ...
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, ...
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.
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.
