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Article: Album Review

Scott Amendola Trio: Lift

by Troy Collins
October 12, 2010

A virtuosic salvo of dynamic trap set flourishes introduces “Tudo De Bom," the Brazilian-influenced number that opens Lift, the debut of the Scott Amendola Trio, reinforcing the fact that this drummer-led session has no intention of forgoing percussive invention in favor of austere compositional strategies.A stalwart sideman to such notable West Coast improvisers as ...

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Article: Album Review

Karen Bach Trio: Secret Rooms

Read "Secret Rooms" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard

by Jakob Baekgaard
October 5, 2010

One of the joys of following a trio throughout many years of musical communication is the pleasure of hearing a distinctive sound emerge from intense work with form and content. Pianist Karen Bach's third album with her trio, Secret Rooms, is a work of distinction from three talented musicians who have worked hard to achieve their ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Eclectic electric jazz comes of age

by Mark Corroto
August 26, 2010

Back in the 1980s, the marriage of jazz and electronics produced the unfortunate, creativity destroying “jazz fusion" genre. That was because drum machines, synthesizer produced horn lines and computer generated hand claps were often too perfect. A sort of “sanitized for your protection" version of motel drinking glasses. Think about the then innovative trumpeter Miles Davis' ...

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Article: Film Review

Jaga Jazzist: Live at Cosmopolite

by John Kelman
August 9, 2010

Jaga Jazzist Live at Cosmopolite Smalltown Supersound 2010 With 30 dates already performed in 2010 since the release of One-Armed Bandit (Ninja Tune, 2010)--its first studio record in five years--Jaga Jazzist is keeping the momentum of its comeback rolling, with a variety of free download tracks and a vinyl-only remix EP, ...

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Jaga Jazzist: Bananfluer Overalt

Read "Bananfluer Overalt" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
August 9, 2010

At a time when the amount of new music being released each and every month is at an all-time high, it's hard enough for artists to get their music heard, let alone maintain momentum between releases. For many, gigging is the only way to ensure their names remain on the radar, but for bands like Jaga ...

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Article: Live Review

Norwegian Road Trip, Part 2: Kongsberg Jazz, July 9-10, 2010

by John Kelman
July 12, 2010

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Article: Live Review

Norwegian Road Trip, Part 1: Kongsberg Jazz, July 7-8, 2010

by John Kelman
July 11, 2010

Album

Beacons Of Ancestorship

By Tortoise

Label: Thrill Jockey
Released: 2009
Track listing: High Class Slim Came Floatin' In; Prepare Your Coffin; Northern Something; Gigantes; Penumbra; Yinxianghechengqi; The Fall Of Seven Diamonds Plus One; Minors; Monument Six One Thousand; de Chelly; Charteroak Foundation.

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News: Performance / Tour

Tortoise to Perform at the Firebird on Tuesday, September 29

September 19, 2009

The Chicago-based instrumental “post-rock" band Tortoise (pictured), whose members are also involved in their hometown's sprawling improvised music scene, is coming to St. Louis* on Tuesday, September 29 to perform at the Firebird, 2706 Olive, just west of Jefferson.Together since 1990, the members of Tortoise have developed a sound that incorporates influences from jazz ...

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Article: Album Review

Tortoise: Beacons Of Ancestorship

Read "Beacons Of Ancestorship" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
July 14, 2009

Part of the Chicago-based Tortoise's appeal and loyal following is fabricated upon its many-sided musicality, where bits and pieces of retro psychedelia, Euro space-rock, pop overtones and Pink Floyd type walls-of-sound come to fruition. Through it all, and somehow or another, the band propagates a singular identity via probing fuzz-toned guitars, deep bass grooves, streaming synth ...