Bagatellen Reviews

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Jeph Jerman and Tom Cox — if/when

if/when comes housed in a compelling handmade box containing mushroom prints, the cd itself, and various organic matter. A profitable collaboration that involved Tom sending various recordings to Jeph who then reconstituted and playfully juggled them into their individual selves. I highly recommend looking inside this box as the […]

Mary Halvorson, Reuben Radding & Nate Wooley – Crackleknob

In Brooklyn, as with Chicago, improvising enembles are comparable in number to tadpoles teeming in a pond. It’s a condition of the creative explosion that continues to sustain both communities. Nate Wooley, Reuben Radding and Mary Halvorson are poster people for the idea that diversification staves off artistic stasis. A thick chunk of the […]

Alexander Hawkins Ensemble – No Now is So

Though only on his third recording and first as a leader (the other two – Convergence Quartet and Barkingside – are cooperative groups), it’s safe to say that English pianist Alexander Hawkins is coming into his own as a “young lion” of contemporary improvisation. His other projects feature a semi-typical horn-and-rhythm lineup, but […]

rossetto. rossetto.

Further activity from Vanessa Rossetto, who, including the production of three recordings last year on her Music Appreciation label, has developed a distinctive, recognizable voice within a field of music that is hyper-productive, to put it lightly. She’s an interesting (and rewarding) musician to follow, and it deserves mention that, for many, both in […]

Graham Halliwell & Lee Patterson — Terrain

When I first listened to Terrain (Confront), we were in the midst of an unexpected second snow in North Carolina. There was something alien and unpredictable about this circumstance, and it seemed to suit this lovely recording from Graham Halliwell and Lee Patterson. Halliwell’s stunning saxophone feedback seems perfectly apposite here, a presence in […]

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