Check Out Our Live Music Page

January 19, 2009 — Mike

You may have noticed a couple of days ago when a new page appeared in the menu bar near the top of the site. You didn’t? No problem.

Our new Live Music page consists of listings of venues and music organizations worldwide that put on shows of interest to regular readers of this site.

Right now, the page is focused on US cities, but my goal is to expand and be as inclusive as possible without straying from the spirit of kinds of music we present here.

Drop me a line if you have a venue, organization, or site in mind that you think I should include.

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AMN Podcast: Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Indo-Pak Coalition – Apti

January 19, 2009 — Mike

AptiRudresh Mahanthappa’s Indo-Pak Coalition
“Apti” (mp3)
from “Apti”
(Innova Recordings)

More On This Album

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Threadgill’s Zooid at Wesleyan

January 19, 2009 — Mike
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Henry Threadgill and Ensemble Zooid play Wesleyan, with an opening talk by Anthony Braxton.

Friday, February 6, 8pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Pre-concert talk at 7:15pm
by Professor of Music Anthony Braxton
Tickets: $21 A, $18 B, $6 C

On the cutting edge of music for the past 25 years, Henry Threadgill freely incorporates his expertise in jazz, gospel, blues and marching bands in a mix with various world musics. He views these elements as evolutionary, using past ideas as ingredients rather than foundations for musical synthesis. Zooid is Threadgill’s all-acoustic band, which heavily features stringed instruments. A “zooid” is an organic cell capable of independent movement or one of several cells forming a colony. Threadgill’s Zooid can move as a group and then a moment later become the stage for any player’s voice to sound independently. Co-sponsored by the Center for African American Studies.

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All About Jazz Reviews

January 19, 2009 — Mike
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From All About Jazz:

19-Jan-09 Trio X
Live in Vilnius (No Business Records)
Reviewed by Clifford Allen

19-Jan-09 Anthony Braxton
Anthony Braxton: The Complete Arista Recordings
Reviewed by Clifford Allen

19-Jan-09 The Holy Modal Rounders
Live in 1965 (ESP Disk)
Reviewed by Henry Smith

19-Jan-09 Gratkowski / Brown / Winant
Wake (Red Toucan Records)
Reviewed by Nic Jones

19-Jan-09 Dave Allen
Real and Imagined (Fresh Sound New Talent)
Reviewed by Farrell Lowe

19-Jan-09 Cecil Taylor / Tony Oxley
Leaf Palm Hand (Jazzwerkstatt – Germany)
Reviewed by Brandt Reiter

18-Jan-09 Soft Machine
Drop (Moonjune Records)
Reviewed by Nic Jones

18-Jan-09 John Zorn
The Rain Horse (Tzadik)
Reviewed by Martin Longley

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Marilyn Crispell Interview

January 19, 2009 — Mike
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Pianist Crispell is interviewed.

Marilyn Crispell is widely considered one of the leading contemporary jazz pianists and composers. Her reach is tremendous. She can coax extraordinary beauty out of standards such as “You Don’t Know What Love Is” or Coltrane’s “Dear Lord” by often locating pockets and eddies in the tune that allow for tremendous elaboration while still staying true to the tune. On her own compositions, Crispell has often been much more explosive, playing pounding rhythmic counterpoint opposite cascades of runs up and down the keyboard. Since 1996, on her recordings for ECM, she has explored a more contemplative side, one that emphasizes space, interiority, and quietness. During the 80′s Crispell was a member of Anthony Braxton‘s quartet. She has also played with such major jazz luminaries as Irene Schweizer, Barry Guy, Evan Parker, Reggie Workman, Noelle Leandre and many, many others.

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Musique Machine Reviews

January 19, 2009 — Mike

From Musique Machine:

Merzbow & Porn – And the devil makes Three…..
And the devil makes three sees Merzbow’s noise textures, boils and scalds mixed perfect and in satisfyingly perverse manner with Porn’s sleazed mix of avant rock meets punk doom chug ‘n’ Splatters.

Unitopid – The Garden
The Garden is the highly ambitious double 2nd album from Australian six piece prog band Unitopia- that comes off like a mixture of more melodic early Genesis, hints of Yes, American 80’s pop prog, epic yet camp Broadway musical and some world music flavour.

Gallon Drunk – Live At Klub 07
Live At Klub 07 is a Pumped-up, wonderfully played & perfectly recorded live show recorded in Prague last year by Gallon Drunk and showcases wonderfully their distinctive brand of punk meets jazz, psychobilly, garage rock & surf.

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