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Free Form Funky Freqs: Urban Mythology: Volume One
by Troy Collins
Guitarist Vernon Reid, bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma and drummer G. Calvin Weston are Free Form Funky Freqs. Their debut, Urban Mythology: Volume One, is an impromptu session unveiling new possibilities in the no-mans-land between improvisation and popular music. With diverse jazz and rock backgrounds, the trio uses their collective experience to add their own spin to the ...
Matana Roberts: The Chicago Project
by Troy Collins
The Chicago Project, a tribute to saxophonist Matana Roberts' hometown, features some of the Windy City's finest players, including guitarist Jeff Parker, bassist Josh Abrams, drummer Frank Rosaly and a special guest appearance by veteran tenor saxophonist and fellow AACM member Fred Anderson. Now a resident of New York City, Roberts establishes her Chicago bred lineage ...
Steven Bernstein: Diaspora Suite
by Troy Collins
Diaspora Suite is trumpeter and bandleader Steven Bernstein's fourth recording (and first of all original material) in a series dedicated to radical reinterpretations of traditional Yiddish melodies. After a memorial for the late director Robert Altman (Bernstein scored Altman's Kansas City), he reflected on a quote from Altman, “Create an event and shoot it like you ...
Peter Brotzmann / Peeter Uuskyla: Born Broke
by Troy Collins
German multi-reedist Peter Brötzmann, the grandfather of European free jazz, and Swedish drummer Peeter Uuskyla have been playing together in various line-ups for the past ten years. Although Brötzmann's dynamic range has expanded considerably since his early days as the fire-breathing author of the seminal Machine Gun (Atavistic, 1969), he hasn't lost any of his vivaciousness. ...
Cindy Blackman: Music For The New Millennium
by Troy Collins
Drummer Cindy Blackman's solo output has been sporadic since touring and recording with retro-rocker Lenny Kravitz for the past fifteen years. Recorded in 2005 with her regular working quartet, Music For The New Millennium is a double disc collection of inspired post-bop that heralds her return as a session leader. A persuasive reminder of her technical ...
Bill Dixon: Bill Dixon With Exploding Star Orchestra
by Troy Collins
The arrival of a new recording featuring an extremely rare appearance by legendary trumpeter Bill Dixon is reason enough for celebration. When said album also features cornetist Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra, the rewards are twofold. Bill Dixon came to prominence organizing the 1964 October Revolution in Jazz, while simultaneously co-founding the Jazz Composers ...
Ben Allison & Man Size Safe: Little Things Run The World
by Troy Collins
On his eighth album, Little Things Run The World, bassist/composer Ben Allison delves further into the cinematic Americana explored on his previous release, Cowboy Justice (Palmetto, 2007). Inspired by a quote from biodiversity expert E.O. Wilson, the album features a selection of multi-layered tunes that rely on structural interdependency as much as the social organisms Wilson ...
Tony Malaby: Tamarindo
by Troy Collins
Saxophonist Tony Malaby is rapidly becoming one of the most impressive artists of his generation. With a resume including memberships in Charlie Haden's Liberation Orchestra and Paul Motian's Electric Bebop Band, he has gone from ubiquitous to acclaimed, seemingly overnight. Tamarindo features Malaby fronting a powerhouse trio of his peers, including bassist William Parker and drummer ...
Mi3: Free Advice
by Troy Collins
The Boston-based trio Mi3 features the talents of pianist Pandelis Karayorgis, bassist Nate McBride and drummer Curt Newton. Free Advice is the studio follow-up to their live recording We Will Make A Home For You (Clean Feed), one of 2005's most sonically audacious debuts. Invoking a wealth of traditional antecedents and sublime advancements, the trio delivers ...
Vandermark 5: Beat Reader
by Troy Collins
Beat Reader is the tenth studio album of all-original material from Chicago's esteemed Vandermark 5. Leading his most resilient and diverse ensemble into its second decade, composer/multi-instrumentalist Ken Vandermark has accomplished a remarkable achievement in a time when regular touring line-ups have vanished.Vandermark's advanced writing reveals a facility for composing interlocking, cellular structures that ...
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