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McCoy Tyner In The ’70s
Source: Burning Ambulance. It occurred to me that I haven’t been writing about jazz here all that often. Since August, I’ve only written five newsletters on jazz-related subjects, so it’s time to refocus my attention in that direction for a little while. And since pianist McCoy Tyner has an amazing posthumous album out on Friday…
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JazzTrail Reviews
Source: JazzTrail. Jenny Scheinman – All Species Parade Ben Goldberg / Todd Sickafoose / Scott Amendola – Here to There Joe Fonda Quartet – Eyes On the Horizon Barbara Bruckmuller – Three Views of a Musical Piece: A Chain of Moments Lionel Loueke & Dave Holland – United
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A Closer Listen Reviews
Source: a closer listen. Ukrainian Field Notes XXXVIII Michael J. Schumacher ~ Living Room Pieces Félicia Atkinson ~ Space As An Instrument Ká ~ Bridesmaids’ Autumn Ben Lukas Boysen ~ Alta Ripa Per Störby Jutbring ~ Tenants of Misty Mansion (According to the Landlord) Mouse On Mars ~ Herzog Sessions Soshi Takeda ~ Secret Communication
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Cyclic Law New Releases
Source: Cyclic Law. Nihil (feat. raison d’être) “Ascend” Book/CD (194th Cycle) French photographer and visual artist Nihil announces the release of Ascend, an extraordinary artbook that transcends traditional creative boundaries by merging visual art, ancient sacred texts, and a hauntingly immersive soundtrack by Swedish Dark Ambient master raison d’être. This ambitious project is the culmination…
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RogueArt to Release Joëlle Léandre Boxed Set
Source: RogueArt. The complete recording of Joëlle Léandre’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the opening of 2023 Vision Festival A magnificent 4-CDs and 1-DVD boxset, Most likely, the best summary of Joëlle Léandre’s first 50 years of her carreer TIGER TRIO Joëlle Léandre, Nicole Mitchell, Myra Melford ROARING TREE Joëlle Léandre, Craig Taborn, Mat Maneri ATLANTIC…
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Rewire 2025 Initial Lineup Announced
Source: The Quietus. Returning once again to various venues around the Dutch city of The Hague, the festival will take in special performances from Alvin Curran and Joan La Barbara, the latter of whom will be performing in The Netherlands for the first time in 13 years. Colin Stetson is also lined up to play…
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AMN Reviews: Paolo L. Bandera – Riconnessione Iconoclastica Sacrale (2024; Unexplained Sounds Group)
Paolo L. Bandera has recorded extreme music in solo and small group settings for many years. Here, he releases a new effort under his own name that is best categorized as weirdly introspective experimental ambient. The emphasis on Riconnessione Iconoclastica Sacrale‘s four long (16-19 minute) tracks is not droning or field recordings per se. Instead…
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Coming to Chicago
Source: Now Is. Sunday, November 24 May Chapel at Rosehill Cemetery 5800 N Ravenswood 2:00PM-3:30PM Trilogie Éphémère Tony Moaton Twilight Furniture : Daniel James Burke Ben Zucker Constellation 3111 N Western 8:30PM Frequency Series Mycelium New Music : Justin Weiss, Paul Novak, Michael Tran, Dylan Feldpausch, Isidora Nojkovic, Jonathan Hannau, Rebecca McDaniel, with guest artist…
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AMN Reviews: Cortex and Hedvig Mollestad in Chicago
Last night, Norwegian quartet Cortex (Thomas Johansson on trumpet, Kristoffer Berre Alberts on sax, Ola Høyer on bass, and Dag Erik Knedal Andersen on drums) visited Chicago joined by guitarist Hedvig Mollstad. They played an energetic set at Constellation lasting about 80 minutes. Cortex has something of a formula, though one that leaves plenty of room…
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Three 2025 Pi Recordings Releases Announced
Source: Pi Recordings. Pi Recordings is pleased to announce upcoming release from the Steve Lehman Trio plus Mark Turner performing the music of Anthony Braxton and Dan Weiss’ new quartet featuring Peter Evans, Patrica Brennan, and Miles Okazaki. We also welcome Julia Ulehla’s Dålava to our roster of artists.
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Unsound New York Reviewed
Source: The Quietus. This year’s installment of the venerable Unsound festival found a New York on the edge. As the nights unfolded across a variety of locations throughout the city, bringing in a welcome array of global experimental and electronic artists, the mood in the crowd was, I’d say, nervous: rooms full of listeners who’d…
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New Phonogram Unit Releases
Source: Phonogram Unit. “Inne Graasj” marks the debut of Hugo Costa, Aaron Lumley, and Aleksandar Škorić, captured live at the Jazzblaatz series. Their fearless approach to free jazz creates dynamic, unpredictable soundscapes that build to powerful climaxes. “Acqua pesante,” featuring Carlo Mascolo, Hernâni Faustino, and Giacomo Mongelli, formed spontaneously at the Free Flow Fest in…
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