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Howard Wiley and the Angola Project - 12 Gates to the City (2010)

October 19, 2010

By Pico Howard Wiley's The Angola Project (2007) created a lot of buzz and put his name firmly on the jazz map. It wasn't so much for the tenor saxophonist's playing or inventing a whole new style of jazz. Rather, the acclaim came from the attention he brought to the spirituals of Louisiana's state prison at ...

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Matta Gawa - Ba (2010)

October 17, 2010

By Pico Washington, D.C.'s Matta Gawa's self-described “cinematic chunks of post-hardcore improvised sound" is, however else you might describe it, standing apart from the main body of whack jazz. Sounds created from more than forty guitar pedals creating loops, sample, octave altering, various synthesized noise effects created and layered all at once and rounded out by ...

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The Friday Morning Listen: Pat Metheny - Orchestrion (2010)

October 15, 2010

By Mark Saleski The sun is setting earlier, the nights are already much longer, and it's sorta dark when we get up in the morning. This is probably the last weekend for decent foliage-viewing, marking what we all know is coming: winter. The snow will fly, the storm windows will be snapped shut, and we'll hunker ...

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Jazz Folk - Jazz in the Stone Age (2010)

October 15, 2010

By Mark Saleski Jazz fans tend to have a love/hate relationship with pop music covers. On the one hand, there are examples like Coltrane's “My Favorite Things" that are sort of hard to argue with. Face it, reinterpretations like that not only put a new spin on an old favorite, but kick open the door of ...

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Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter - Bourgeois Blues (1997)

October 14, 2010

By Nick Deriso Huddie “Lead Belly" Ledbetter was a man of sweeping appetites, for songs, for drink and for life. This made his music rugged and true, but also got him into his share of big trouble. Very big. Ledbetter, born on Jan. 29, 1885 on the Jeter Plantation near Mooringsport, La., would spend several stints ...

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Elton John and Leon Russell - The Union (2010)

October 14, 2010

By Nick Deriso Elton John's long and often dispiriting journey back to his 1970s muse led him to an early idol, Leon Russell. The result is “The Union," a sturdy new collaboration full of spiralling soul and timeless revelations about starting over. Produced by T Bone Burnett and set for issue by Decca on Oct. 19, ...

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Richard Pinhas Featuring Merbow and Wolf Eyes - Metal/Crystal (2010)

October 14, 2010

By Pico Even if you're into experimental music you might not have heard of Richard Pinhas, but he's kind of a big deal in his native France. This guitarist led the art-rock band Hedron in the mid 70s, during which time they made seven albums, and Pinhas went on to record under his own name, at ...

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Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter, "Bourgeois Blues" (1997)

October 12, 2010

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Nik Bartsch's Ronin - Llyria (2010)

October 10, 2010

By Pico It's ritual groove music time again. The Swiss pianist and bandleader Nik Bärtsch has broken musical ground with his Ronin outfit, pioneering jazz that's melodically sparse and rhythmically robust. Not dance music but very funky, not piano bar jazz but very soothing, Bärtsch and his crew create paradoxes that resolve themselves artfully. I first ...

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One Track Mind: John Lennon "Instant Karma!" (1970)

October 9, 2010

By Pico Note: To commemorate the 70th birthday of John Lennon, we're revisiting this single from early in his post-Beatles career. One of the things I find most fascinating about the man was how he was able to impart blunt, timeless wisdom about our lives while struggling to make sense of his. “Karma" was one of ...