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The Milo Fine Free Jazz Ensemble featuring Steve Gnitka: Earlier Outbreaks of Iconoclasm

Read "Earlier Outbreaks of Iconoclasm" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro

Veterano del radicalismo improvvisativo britannico (fra i musicisti incrociati spicca il nome di Derek Bailey), trapiantato fin dagli anni Settanta a Minneapolis, Milo Fine è una figura periferica quanto preziosa, ellittica, con cui quest'assolutamente meritoria riesumazione ci consente di venire in contatto. Batterista dal 1961, quindi anche pianista e più tardi clarinettista, Fine è noto (si ...

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Article: Album Review

Convergence Quartet: Owl Jacket

Read "Owl Jacket" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

Owl Jacket forms the fourth release over a nine year period from the Convergence Quartet. At the outset, few would have predicted that it would become a going concern, uniting as it did two unknown young English improvisers in pianist Alexander Hawkins and bassist Dominic Lash and two of the brighter emerging talents on the New ...

News: Advocacy

London Mayor Launches Plan To Save Music Venues

London Mayor Launches Plan To Save Music Venues

As an alarmingly increasing number of live music venues are closing owing to financial challenges and it becomes harder for artists to find venues to play, the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, is establishing a task force to keep the city's music scene alive. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 Live music everywhere is facing ...

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News: Event

Jaga Jazzist's "Starfire" Tour at Electric Brixton on November 5th

Jaga Jazzist's "Starfire" Tour at Electric Brixton on November 5th

Soundcrash is very proud to announce the experimental jazz ensemble Jaga Jazzist will be taking to the stage at Electric Brixton on Thursday the 5th of November to showcase their incredible genre blending style of music. Jaga Jazzist combine and incredible array of instruments with an electronic otherworldliness that has always made them a band that’s ...

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Article: Album Review

Alex Ward Trios & Sextet: Projected / Entities / Removal

Read "Projected / Entities / Removal" reviewed by John Eyles

by John Eyles

This release follows so hard on the heels of Glass Shelves and Floor (Copepod, 2015) by Alex Ward Quintet that it is tempting to see the two as a matched pair. Released on Ward's own Copepod label, the two have consecutive serial numbers and very similar sleeve designs and graphics. Each of the albums is titled ...

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Article: Live Review

Jazz Found Alive! Man In Blue Suede Shoes Wanted For Questioning.

Read "Jazz Found Alive! Man In Blue Suede Shoes Wanted For Questioning." reviewed by Duncan Heining

by Duncan Heining

Colin Towns' Mask Orchestra LSO St. Lukes London October 17, 2015 The gap between the music that Colin Towns makes and much that currently passes for jazz grew even wider last weekend. Performing compositions from his new double CD Drama with his stellar Mask Orchestra, the composer-bandleader revealed the music's potential ...

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Article: Album Review

Guapo: Obscure Knowledge

Read "Obscure Knowledge" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

This British band sports a colossal sound as they merge discrete flavors and variations of progressive rock into a singular or rather idiosyncratic group focus on its tenth release and third production for Cuneiform Records. With mesmeric minimalism, doomsday crescendos and certain movements built on math rock, the coalescence of keyboardist Emmett Elvin with guitarist Kavus ...

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Article: Musings of a Jazz Piano Teacher

Teaching the blues

Read "Teaching the blues" reviewed by Paul Abrahams

by Paul Abrahams

A moment after writing the title of this article, up popped an image of John Lee Hooker smiling and shaking his head. “Nobody can teach you the blues. Blues is a feeling, something you have to live." I tried explaining that I'm a jazz piano teacher and that it's part of my job but the image ...

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Article: Album Review

Howard Riley: 10.11.12

Read "10.11.12" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

English pianist Howard Riley has found a late career champion in the Lithuanian No Business imprint. 10:11:12 constitutes his fourth release in as many years. In the liner to his previous album Live With Repertoire (2013), the pianist explained that he likes to characterize his gigs into with/without repertoire. As such this outing falls mainly into ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

THRAK BOX - Live and Studio Recordings 1994-1997

Read "THRAK BOX - Live and Studio Recordings 1994-1997" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

After three years spent extensively focusing on its 1972-'74 lineup--documented over a massive 66 CDs, DVDs and Blu Rays (plus some additional downloads) on Larks' Tongues in Aspic (40th Anniversary Series Box) (Panegyric, 2012); The Road to Red (Panegyric, 2013); and Starless (Panegyric, 2014)--King Crimson turns the clock ahead 20 years to an almost completely different ...


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