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Moppa Elliott: Still, Up In The Air

Read "Still, Up In The Air" reviewed by Luca Canini

by Luca Canini

Non è facile volere bene a quel brontolone del contrabbasso quando decide di mettersi in proprio. Il legno, le corde, l'archetto, il suono goffo e introverso, le note slabbrate, imprecise, la fatica immane di cavare sangue dal più rapa degli strumenti: poche altre situazioni in ambito improvvisativo sanno essere più scorbutiche e meno amichevoli. Eppure la ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Something old, something new, something reissued, something Brötzmann blew.

Read "Something old, something new, something reissued, something Brötzmann blew." reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Can the entire history of a musical genre be encoded in one man's DNA? If that is possible, then reading the DeoxyriboNucleic Acid molecules in saxophonist Peter Brötzmann's body would yield all the information a musical scientist studying the development of free jazz would require. Since the 1960s, he has been in the center of the ...

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Article: Album Review

Linus + Skarbø / Leroux: Linus + Skarbø / Leroux

Read "Linus + Skarbø / Leroux" reviewed by Dave Wayne

by Dave Wayne

In the seven years since its inception, El Negocito Records, based in Ghent, Belgium, has established itself as one of the most adventurous and far-ranging independent labels on the European new music scene. The phrase “new music" is operative here because the label concentrates on improvisation in all of its musical guises. There are modern jazz ...

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Jemeel Moondoc/Hilliard Greene: Cosmic Nickelodeon

Read "Cosmic Nickelodeon" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Saxophonist Jemeel Moondoc and bassist Hilliard Greene have quite a bit to talk about in their encounter Cosmic Nickelodeon. Their shared forays into free jazz, Moondoc first with Cecil Taylor, then as a leader collaborating with William Parker and Roy Campbell, and Greene with Charles Gayle give context to this session. Moreover, the pair come together ...

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Article: Album Review

Dave Cappello & Jeff Albert with William Parker: New Normal

Read "New Normal" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

If sentimentality is the synonym of nostalgia, then the antonym is anticipation, and maybe a better word would be modernity. That word comes to mind spinning the trio recording New Normal by trombonist Jeff Albert, drummer Dave Cappello and their guest, bassist William Parker. Sentimentality is often associated with New Orleans, the birthplace of ...

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News: Recording

New Work From William Parker Featuring Lisa Sokolov & Cooper-Moore To Be Released On April 1, 2016

New Work From William Parker Featuring Lisa Sokolov & Cooper-Moore To Be Released On April 1, 2016

On April 1, 2016, a new album of William Parker's luminous compositions will be released on his own Centering Records imprint (distributed via AUM Fidelity). Stan’s Hat Flapping In The Wind presents new work from one of the jazz avant-garde’s most essential individuals, presented in one of the most traditional of forms: voice & piano duets; ...

Article: Album Review

Dikeman, Parker, Drake: Live at La Resistenza

Read "Live at La Resistenza" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero

Quattro brani di dieci minuti l'uno registrati dal vivo a Ghent in Belgio, i primi due estratti dal primo set, il terzo e il quarto dal set conclusivo. Protagonisti due mostri sacri dell'improvvisazione come Hamid Drake e William Parker più il giovane John Dikeman, statunitense di nascita, giramondo per vocazione--alcuni anni passati al Cairo in Egitto ...

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Article: Album Review

William Hooker: Light The Early Years 1975-1989

Read "Light The Early Years 1975-1989" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

The good news is that record executives are no longer the gatekeepers of taste and style in music today. Inexpensive recording equipment and the advent of digital music allow the artist, and the audience to cast a wide net these days. This wasn't the case forty years ago, especially for the improvised jazz scene. Studio time ...

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Jeremy Danneman: Help

Read "Help" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

New York City resident, reedman and pianist, Jeremy Danneman is the founder of the Parade of One Project, an organization that “engages the international community with a unique blend of performance in public spaces, recording, and educational programming." He's also an educator and lecturer. On his second release for Ropeadope as a leader he garners the ...

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Article: Album Review

William Hooker: Light

Read "Light" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

Light constitutes another welcome instalment from the back pages of NYC free jazz by the Lithuanian No Business imprint, following on from Jemeel Moondoc's Muntu Recordings (2009), Commitment's Complete Recordings 1980/1983 (2010) and William Parker's Centering: Unreleased Early Recordings 1976-1987 (2012) box set, among others. The label has released some of drummer William Hooker's most accomplished ...


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