Xmas Party at Metropolis Underground

December 6, 2009 — Mike

From Syracuse’s Metropolis Underground:

Beauty Scene Outlaws X-Mas Party In Space (In The Future)
December 19th @ 8pm

Rob & Danny Coye
Words For Snow w/Steven Cerio
The Human
Fallen Archies
Beauty Scene Outlaws

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Henry Grimes: A jazz bassist is back in action

December 6, 2009 — Mike

FT.com has a nice article on Mr. Grimes.

Scroll down a discography of the great jazz bass player Henry Grimes and you come across something quite singular. A major league recording career that starts in 1957 and revolutionised jazz bass stopped suddenly, on December 18 1966, before resuming in 2003.

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Free Jazz Blog Reviews

December 6, 2009 — Mike
Peter Brötzmann at "Sonore" concert,...
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From Free Jazz:

Peter Brötzmann, Marino Pliakas, Michael Wertmüller – Full Blast/Black Hole (Atavistic, 2009)
Peter Brötzmann, Peeter Uuskyla, Peter Friis Nielsen – Noise Of Wings (Jazzwerkstatt, 2009)
Eddy Prévost – Invenio Ergo/Sum (Matchless, 2009)
Massimo Magee, Amos Manne, Lee Noyes – Sax, Bass, Drums (Array, 2009)
Zé Eduardo Unit – Live In Capuchos (Clean Feed, 2009)
JD Allen – Shine (Sunnyside, 2009)
Charles Gayle Trio – Our Souls (NoBusiness, 2009) ***½

Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Samuel Blaser Quartet – Pieces Of Old Sky (Clean Feed, 2009) ****½

Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Lucien Dubuis Trio & Marc Ribot – Ultime Cosmos (Enja Records, 2009) ****

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