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Michael Bisio, Fred Moten/Brandon Lopez & Rainer Brüninghausen
by Maurice Hogue
There seems to be a bit of growing trend to exploring the confluence of poetry and jazz, and this is right down my alley. New York poet Fred Moten and bassist Brandon Lopez have released two albums with Gerald Cleaver that feature stirring free improvisation in lockstep with Moten's political and questioning words. Now Moten and ...
Ran Blake, Tim Berne, Satoko Fujii & Clemens Kuratle
by Maurice Hogue
Another of those “found" albums is the highlight of this episode. In 2006 master pianist Ran Blake and guitarist Dave “Knife" Fabris were performing at The Bimhuis in Amsterdam. After the gig the club gave them a recording of their performance, and as often happens, that disappeared. It finally emerged during the pandemic when Fabris found ...
John Sharpe's Best Releases of 2024
by John Sharpe
From the 200 or so discs that I heard in 2024, here are the ten new issues and three gems saved from obscurity, which gave me the most pleasure. As always these selections are entirely subjective, and take no account of the many other albums which I would no doubt have loved if I had heard ...
Call to Action / Call to Prayer
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Call to Action: An Invocation of Those Who Came Before; Call to Action: With One's Elders; Call to Action:
Concerted Effort; Call to Prayer: Zen Flesh, Zen Bone; Call to Prayer: Il Nostro Sogno; Call to Prayer: Rapid
Synthesis of Novel Patterns; Call to Prayer: These Boxes Are Mostly Empty; Call to Prayer: Cascading Wave of
Change.
Out On A Limb
By Steve Hirsh
Label: Soul City Sounds
Released: 2024
Track listing: But Where; Out On A Limb; Escape Velocity.
Cereal Music
Label: AUM Fidelity
Released: 2024
Track listing: Ode to Kidd Jordan; Baseball; Birth; Death; Do Dreams Sleep; Ellen and Leaves Floating; Plea; Into My Heart; Touring; Sonny; Uninvited Guest; We Were Very Civilized; Batala; Windshield Wipers; Prayer.
Good News Blues
By Karen Borca
Label: NoBusiness Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Good News Blues; Something; Cambiar; 45 Hours / New Piece.
Heart Trio
Label: AUM Fidelity
Released: 2024
Track listing: Atman; Five Angels By The Stream; Mud Dance; Serbia; Kondo; For Rafael Garrett; Processional.
Bakunawa
Label: Out Of Your Head Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Bakunawa; Morgan Avenue Second Line; Fly Anew; For Goya; Was One.
Collin Sherman: A Solitary Visionary in Jazz
by Robert Middleton
Collin Sherman is an outlier in the jazz world. He creates all his own music, plays every instrument, records everything himself, and rarely performs live. His approach is unconventional but deeply compelling, allowing him to produce music that defies easy categorization. In a conversation via Zoom, Sherman opened up about his journey, his creative process and ...
