Musique Machine Reviews

October 2, 2009 — Mike

From Musique Machine:

Aluk Todolo – Finsternis
It’s seems like an eternity since occult & kraut-rock three piece Aluk Todolo justifiable raved about début album Descension appeared, but in reality it’s only two years- I guess it’s true what they say ‘absence makes the heart grow founder(or grimmer in this case)’. Anyway here is the bands second hypotonic blacked rock fruit in the shape of Finsternis.

Jason Kahn – Vanishing Point
Vanishing Point sees the welcome return of one of the great tension building improviser & artistic noise makers Jason Kahn who also ran the excellent tense improv label Cut which sadly closed its doors last year after a run of 25 near perfectly releases.

Klaus Schulze – La Vie Electronique 3
This is the third volume in the La Vie Electronique series of cd sets that brings together a selection of early tape material by electronica godfather and Space music /Kosmische Musik legend Klaus Schulze.

Klaus Schulze – La Vie Electronique 2
La Vie Electronique 2 is the second in the series of cd sets that brings together a selection of early tape material by electronica godfather and Space music /Kosmische Musik legend Klaus Schulze.

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Wide Hive Records

October 2, 2009 — Mike

Wide Hive Records has a new release coming out featuring Phil Ranelin.

PHIL RANELIN
& Tribe Renaissance LIVE! REMINISCENCE

Phil Ranelin’s third release on Wide Hive Records, Phil Ranelin and Tribe Renaissance Live! is inspired by Ranelin’s intuitive understanding of a younger audience’s yearning for music that matters, and the spontaneity and truth that manifests through playing to a live audience.

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Aum Fidelity Show in NY

October 2, 2009 — Mike

From Aum Fidelity:

AUM Fidelity presents two world-renowned jazz masters and our extraordinarily gifted latest signing in a one-night-only showcase at the Abrons Arts Center main performance space – a beautiful, intimate and mighty comfortable 300+ seat theater in the heart of the Lower East Side of Manhattan. We are very excited about this rare AUM live production and aim to sell the house out; we hope that you will be able to join us for this night of sure-to-be profoundly beautiful and transformative music.

8:00pm.. ….
DAVID S. WARE
Eminent saxophonist David S. Ware makes his triumphant return to the stage following his very successful kidney transplant in May. His latest studio recording, Shakti, was released to great acclaim in January. This year of 2009 also marks Ware’s 50th year of playing saxophone, having begun his remarkable journey into music very early on. He will be marking this doubly auspicious occasion by presenting a very special solo performance on tenor and two less well known members of the saxophone family: the saxello and the stritch. He will have a lot .to say though his horns on this night, people!

9:00pm……
DARIUS JONES TRIO
Darius Jones is an extraordinarily gifted young alto saxophonist & composer who has made great beauty of his time since arriving in NYC in 2005 from his native Virginia, playing with musicians from a wide variety of disciplines, and adding gravitas to all groups concerned. On this night, he will be celebrating the October 13 release of his debut album as a leader, Man’ish Boy (A Raw & Beautiful Thing). The performance will feature Darius Jones: alto sax, Cooper-Moore: piano & diddley-bo & Jason Nazary: drums.

10:00pm…
WILLIAM PARKER & THE LITTLE HUEY CREATIVE MUSIC ORCHESTRA
Bassist William Parker and his acclaimed Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra, who make their first appearance in more than four years, will present the world premiere of a new Parker composition entitled, “Subsequent Illumination Inscriptions / Light Cottage” (for George Russell). The last Little Huey recording released on AUM Fidelity was Mayor of Punkville in 2000; a new release is scheduled for 2010. The full personnel of The L.H.C.M.O. 2009 for this performance is:
…. …….( ( ( o ) ) )
Dave Sewelson: baritone sax
Dave Hofstra: tuba
Roy Campbell: trumpet
Lewis Barnes: trumpet
Willie Applewhite: trombone
Masahiko Kono: trombone
Jason Kao Hwang: violin
Sabir Mateen: tenor sax, alto sax, flute, clarinet, piccolo
Rob Brown: alto sax
Greg Ward: alto sax
Tony Malaby: tenor sax, soprano sax
Gerald Cleaver: drums
William Parker: bass
with special guest from South Africa, Zim Ngqawana: saxophones

Thursday, October 15, 2009
doors open 7:30pm / performances begin 8:00pm

Abrons Arts Center
466 Grand Street, NYC 10002 directions

$20 in advance / $25 at the door
Advance Tickets Now Available:
exclusively from Theatermania / OvationTix
online here and by phone..212.352.3101. or. 866.811.4111

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Faust Performance in Albany Reviewed

October 2, 2009 — Mike
Werner "Zappi" Diermaier with Faust ...
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From the Albany Times Union:

The fact is that the concert was as much a ’60s art happening as it was a rock concert. Drummer and co-founding member Werner “Zappi” Diermaier spent some time banging away on a slab of sheet metal. Newer band recruits James Johnston (of Gallon Drunk and Nick Cave’s Bad Seeds) and his wife Geraldine Swayne switched off of guitar and keyboards, although Swayne was also Peron’s key foil on vocals. There were long interludes of sonic chaos and spoken word between such songs as “Miss Fortune” and “Jennifer,” the latter of which began with a touch of hippie flower power and turned dark as Diermaier took an electric sander to his sheet metal, sending sparks flying across the stage and nearly into the crowd.

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Jazz Listings From the New York Times

October 2, 2009 — Mike

From NYTimes.com:

MICHAEL BISIO AND CONNIE CROTHERS (Friday) Ms. Crothers, a restless but reflective pianist, just wrapped up a month of her own programming at the Stone. She teams up here with Mr. Bisio, a bassist of powerful resolve and fertile imagination, for some experimental duologue, in anticipation of a forthcoming album. At 8:30 p.m., Roulette, 20 Greene Street, at Grand Street, SoHo , (212) 219-8242, roulette.org; $15; $10 for students. (Nate Chinen)20091001

DIGITAL PRIMITIVES (Tuesday) The multireedist Assif Tsahar, the multi-instrumentalist Cooper-Moore and the percussionist Chad Taylor make up this experimental ensemble, which draws here from an agreeably raucous new album, “Hum Crackle & Pop” (Hopscotch). At 8:30, 10 and 11:30 p.m., Zebulon, 258 Wythe Avenue, between Metropolitan Avenue and North Third Street, Williamsburg, zebuloncafeconcert.com; no cover. (Chinen)20091001

KONCEPTIONS (Tuesday) This weekly series in Park Slope, Brooklyn, organized by the pianist and composer James Carney, resumes after a too-long hiatus, setting up shop on Tuesday nights at Korzo, a Central European restaurant and bar. Kicking off the run, at 9:30 p.m., is the Rosetta Trio, a chamberlike group consisting of the guitarists Liberty Ellman and Jamie Fox and the bassist Stephan Crump. At 11, Mr. Carney appears with the bassist Drew Gress and the drummer Gerald Cleaver. Korzo Restaurant, 667 Fifth Avenue, at 20th Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn , (718) 285-9425, korzorestaurant.com; $7 cover per set, with a two-drink minimum. (Chinen)20091001

? CUONG VU (Tuesday) On his most recent album, “Vu-Tet” (ArtistShare), released in 2007, Mr. Vu applied his trumpet and an arsenal of electronic effects toward a gleaming postmillennial fusion. Here he addresses a standard jazz repertory, though surely not with standard results; his partners are the drummer Ted Poor and the bassists Stomu Takeishi and Luke Bergman. At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Jazz Standard, 116 East 27th Street, Manhattan , (212) 576-2232, jazzstandard.net; $20. (Chinen)

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