Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Steve Swell's Mid-sized Ensemble Music, 2003

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Mid-August is not typically a time where there are great numbers of new releases. People are vacationing, in whatever fashion they can affor...
Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Wake Oglaka, New American Musical Freedom

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Wake Oglaka is the album title of a new Ayler Download recording. It features the chemically volatile combination of Mario Rechtern on reed...
Monday, August 10, 2009

Anthony Braxton, Eight Compositions 2001

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Somebody once wrote that "Richard Wagner's music is better than it sounds." Now I've forgotten exactly who said that, but ...
Thursday, August 6, 2009

Steve Swell, an Important Trombonist and Leader with a New CD

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Following his very interesting Magical Listening Hour (Cadence Jazz), trombonist, composer and bandleader Steve Swell returns to the fray ...
Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Baertsch's Ritual Groove Music No. 4

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In our survey of Nik Baertsch's minimalist ensemble recordings released on Ronin Rhythm, we're now up to 2003, and his Ritual Groove...
Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Bennani's Tenor Sax and the Swallowed Note

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When I first started taking a look at notated transcriptions of jazz solos, I observed that a certain note in a phrase might sometimes have ...
Monday, August 3, 2009

Christian Lillinger, Eurojazz at its Finest

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Lest anyone doubt that Europe has become a center for important Jazz, we have the example of drummer-composer Christian Lillinger and his fi...