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Article: Interview

Jeff Gauthier: Open

by Ian Patterson
January 3, 2012

Violinist Jeff Gauthier has been a leading figure in cutting-edge jazz on the West Coast since the mid-'70s. As a leader, he's produced half a dozen compelling works with his band of 20 years, The Jeff Gauthier Goatette. Open Source (Cryptogramophone, 2011) finds the quartet grown to a quintet, with trumpeter John Fumo bringing added fire ...

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The Vinny Golia Octet: Music for Baritone Saxophone

By Vinny Golia

Label: Nine Winds Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: The Return Of The Post-Marathon Man; Prologue; Mr & Mrs Sam Wells Check Into The Hotel In Bombay; You Don't Like Beethoven; And These People Drive Too ! (Subterranean); Velature; Answer; Coined The Word Boheeka; Attack Of The People Named Frank Johnson; An Anticipation Of Only Catastrophe; Swing Plane.

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Rent Romus' Lords of Outland w/ Vinny Golia, Edge of Dark

By Rent Romus

Label: Edgetone Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Body of Memory ;Spreading tar of microcosmic infinity ;Throne of Sand 0;Ovular Amphivoid ;Night Nova ;Edge of Dark ;Over the Rift ;Into Dune 09:27

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Take Your Time

By Vinny Golia

Label: Relative Pitch Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: That Was For Albert 10; Otolith; On The Steel; That Was For Albert 11; Welcome Home; Parambulist; A Guy We All Used To Know; Even Before This Time.

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Article: Year in Review

Troy Collins' Best Releases of 2011

by Troy Collins
December 18, 2011

Compiling end of the year lists is never easy. Considering the quantity of recordings issued during a year, attempting to mention every noteworthy session would result in a list of epic proportions. These few albums are a cross-section of some of the best modern jazz released in 2011, highlighting sophisticated new developments in composition and improvisation--from ...

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Article: Album Review

The Jeff Gauthier Goatette: Open Source

Read "Open Source" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
October 27, 2011

When two-thirds of a group has “effects" in their instrumental credits, it's a safe bet this ain't your granddaddy's jazz. When it's violinist Jeff Gauthier's Goatette, punctuating the quirky theme in the first moments of “40 Lashes (With Mascara)" with thundering drums and high-octane power chords, it's clear that Open Source is going to make plenty ...

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Article: Album Review

Vinny Golia Quartet: featuring Bobby Bradford, Ken Filiano and Alex Cline: Take Your Time

Read "Take Your Time" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
October 24, 2011

The third recording by this venerable Southern California ensemble yields an abundance of rewarding factors. First, it's a superbly recorded audio engineering process that adds to the depth and nuances of the program. Second, multi-woodwind artist Vinny Golia and his band mates hit their stride in prismatic fashion. Unbound by borders, the musicians' have ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

The Vinny Golia Octet: Music for Baritone Saxophone

by Robert Bush
July 1, 2011

Vinny Golia OctetMusic For Baritone SaxophoneNine Winds Records2011 Woodwind multi-instrumentalist Vinny Golia has been both the beacon and a touchstone for the West Coast free improvising community, particularly in Los Angeles, for over 30 years. Golia started his Nine Winds label in 1977, as a vehicle for ...

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Russ Lossing Trio: Oracle

by Mark Corroto
May 17, 2011

Pianist Russ Lossing's trio evokes a dreamlike state on Oracle, by communicating an atmosphere of unearthly elegance through trance-inducing energy. Lossing, bassist Masa Kamaguchi and drummer Billy Mintz commune at this level because they'd been a working trio for six years when this studio recording was made in 2007. Besides that, all three bring ...

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Article: Interview

Michael Bisio: Stepping Into the Limelight

by Gregory Applegate Edwards
April 19, 2011

Bassist Michael Bisio has become an increasingly visual and aural presence on the jazz/improvisation scene in the time since he moved from the west coast to New York. Yet he has been a significant contributor in jazz circles for years, and success was no overnight thing. Among other ongoing associations, Bisio is currently the bassist in ...