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October 13, 2009 — Mike
Sonny Simmons
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An International Contemporary Ensemble performance in Chicago is reviewed.

A film on Sonny Simmons has been announced.

Craig Colorusso’s Sun Boxes is a sound installation that’s soon to launch.

Napoleon Murphy Brock is soon to released a set of recordings entitled “This is What Frank Zappa Heard.”

Viral Ventures is a digital art installation with music by Rhys Chatham. You can find videos here and here.

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Vancouver New Music Festival

October 13, 2009 — Mike

The 2009 Vancouver New Music Festival takes place next week and features Chris Cutler, John Oswald, and many others.

21 – 24 October 2009
Show starts 8pm each night
Free Artist Chats at 7pm each night
Negative Landscapes: free symposium on 24 October 2009, 2:30pm
Scotiabank Dance Centre
677 Davie Street

Tickets $20 regular, $15 students/seniors each night; available at Zulu Records (1972 West 4th Avenue), Scratch Records (726 Richards Street), through Tickets Tonight (www.ticketstonight.ca; 604.684.2787; surcharges apply) and at the door.

Passes for all four nights $60 and $40, available only through Vancouver New Music (604.633.0861) and at the door.

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All About Jazz Reviews

October 13, 2009 — Mike
Cover of "Edom"
Cover of Edom

From All About Jazz:

Eyal Maoz’s Edom
Hope and Destruction (Tzadik)
Reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

Paul Giallorenzo
Get In To Go Out (482 Music)
Reviewed by Mark Corroto

Marty Ehrlich
Things Have Got To Change (Clean Feed Records)
Reviewed by Stuart Broomer

The MacroQuarktet
Each Part a Whole: Live at the Stone (Ruby Flower Records)
Reviewed by Sean Patrick Fitzell

Joe Morris
Today On Earth (AUM Fidelity)
Reviewed by John Sharpe

Wu Fei
Yuan (Tzadik)
Reviewed by Kurt Gottschalk

Cyro Baptista‘s Banquet of the Spirits
Infinito (Tzadik)
Reviewed by Joel Roberts

Jim Black / Alas No Axis
Houseplant (Winter & Winter)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

Vijay Iyer Trio
Historicity (ACT Music)
Reviewed by Chris May

Positive Catastrophe
Garabatos Volume One (Cuneiform Records)
Reviewed by Jerry D’Souza

John Surman
Brewster’s Rooster (ECM Records)
Reviewed by Jeff Stockton

Taylor Ho Bynum & Spidermonkey Strings
Madeleine Dreams (Firehouse 12 Records)
Reviewed by Ivana Ng

The Frame Quartet
35mm (Okka Disk)
Reviewed by Troy Collins

The Ed Palermo Big Band
Eddy Loves Frank (Cuneiform Records)
Reviewed by Jerry D’Souza

Joelle Leandre / George Lewis
Transatlantic Visions (Rogueart Records)
Reviewed by Stuart Broomer

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