AMN Picks of the Week

May 1, 2010 — Mike

Here is where I post, at a frequency of about once a week, a list of the new music that has caught my attention that week. All of the releases listed below I’ve heard for the first time this week and come recommended.

Aidan Baker – An Intricate Course of Deception (2004)
Marc Ribot – Saints (2001)
Marc Ribot / Ceramic Dog – Party Intellectuals (2008)
Mario Delgado – Filactera (2004)
Paul Dunmall – Peace and Joy (2006)
Paul Dunmall – Moment to Moment (2009)
Rempis Percussion Quartet – Hunters – Gatherers (2007)
Xenakis, Iannis – Works with Piano (Takahashi) (2010)
Sabir Mateen – Sound Gathering (2010)

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Coming to RUCMA

May 1, 2010 — Mike

From NY’s RUCMA:

May 3

7PM – Maria Neckam Group
Maria Neckam – Voice
Glenn Zaleski – Piano
Thomas Morgan – Bass
Colin Stranahan – Drums

8PM – A Small Dream In Red
Nora McCarthy – Voice
Jorge Sylvester – Alto Sax

9PM – Michael Musillami Trio + 3
Ralph Alessi – Trumpet
Michael Attias – Alto sax
Matt Moran – Vibes
Michael Musillami – Guitar
Joe Fonda – Bass
George Schuller – Drums

10PM – Michael Attias’s Spun Tree Quartet
Michael Attias – Alto sax
Ralph Alessi – Trumpet
Sean Conly – Bass
Tom Rainey – Drums

May 10

7PM – Miles Griffith Group
Miles Griffith – Voice
And a great band TBA

8PM – Anne Warden’s Words & Music
Anne Warden – Poetry
Ambrose Bye – Keys

9PM – Avram Fefer Group
Avram Fefer – Reeds
& a great band TBA

10PM – Cristian Amigo & Tom Zlabinger Duo
Cristian Amigo – Guitar
Tom Zlabinger – Bass

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Newsbits

May 1, 2010 — Mike

Francios Carrier and Véronique Dubois has a new release out entitled Being With.

Fotofono has uploaded performances by Tucker Dulin/Bryan Eubanks/Andrew Lafkas/mpld (aka Gill Arno), Margarida Garcia/Aki Onda and Corridors (aka Byron Westbrook).

Improvised Communications has more detail on the upcoming Anthony Braxton 65th birthday bash(es).

The Ottawa Citizen has a piece on evaluating free jazz from a non-fan point of view. It is notable in that the author attempts to understand free jazz without being dismissive or insulting.

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DOWNTOWNMUSIC.NET Photos

May 1, 2010 — Mike

From DOWNTOWNMUSIC.NET:

April 29, 2010
Saris, The Stone
Harris Eisenstadt, Sara Schoenbeck
Schyff-Schoenbeck-Krauss-Lee, The Stone
Briggan Krauss, Okkyung Lee, Sara Schoenbeck, Dylan van der Schyff

April 26, 2010
Daniel Levin Quartet, The Local 269
Peter Bitenc, Daniel Levin, Matt Moran, Nate Wooley
Mori-Staley-Kitamura, The Local 269
Kyoko Kitamura, Ikue Mori, Jim Staley
Undetermined Destination, The Local 269
Ken Feliano, Simon Jermyn, Oscar Noriega, Fay Victor

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Sound Principles

May 1, 2010 — Mike

Sound Principles is a new radio show on WMBR 88.1, Cambridge MA (www.wmbr.org), every Monday 6-8pm. It is devoted to new music in the fields of avant garde jazz, free jazz and creative improvised music.

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Tomas Fujiwara and the Hook Up at Jazz Gallery

May 1, 2010 — Mike

From NYTimes.com:

The drummer Tomas Fujiwara works with rhythm as a pliable substance, solid but ever shifting. Over the last five years he has established a busy profile on the experimental end of the jazz spectrum, where such perspective is vital; before that he was a cast member of “Stomp,” the polymorphously percussive Off Broadway show. His style is forward-driving but rarely blunt or aggressive, and never random. He has a way of spreading out the center of a pulse while setting up a rigorous scaffolding of restraint.

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