Tag: Chicago
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Mary Halvorson and Jessica Pavone on Tour
From Improvised Communications: Mary Halvorson and Jessica Pavone’s latest American tour starts this weekend. The duo is back on the road supporting its third and latest release, Thin Air (Thirsty Ear), which AllAboutJazz.com’s Farrell Lowe calls “an eminent document by two powerful new voices of the 21st century.” Here’s the latest itinerary: Saturday, July 25th:…
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New on ugEXPLODE Records
From ugEXPLODE Records: Weasel Walter – Apocalyptik Paranoia CD featuring Peter Evans, Henry Kaiser, Greg Kelley, Forbes Graham, Fred Lonberg-Holm A brand new helping of studio material by the Weez featuring various formations of an all-star cast of malcontents including Henry Kaiser, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Peter Evans, Greg Kelley and Forbes Graham. There’s an icy, ominous…
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Six Questions for … Tortoise
Rob Mazurek via last.fm Chicago’s Tortoise is interviewed. More than any other band, the veteran Chicago group has most singularly been associated with the largely instrumental, ’90s-born genre that incorporates all kinds of non-rock sounds yet most appealed to an indie-rock audience. The band’s latest album, “Beacons of Ancestorship,” is one of the most vigorous…
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All About Jazz Reviews
Rob Mazurek via last.fm From All About Jazz: 24-Jun-09 Fred Anderson Staying in the Game (Engine Studios) Reviewed by Henry Smith 23-Jun-09 Objets Trouves This Side Up (Intakt Records) Reviewed by Nic Jones 22-Jun-09 Katharina Weber Woven Time (Intakt Records) Reviewed by Nic Jones 21-Jun-09 John Hebert Byzantine Monkey (Firehouse 12 Records) Reviewed by Nic…
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A Revamped AACM Steps Forward
From the Chicago Reader: Chicago’s venerable AACM recently underwent an executive shuffle that brought in some young blood. Flutist Nicole Mitchell continues in the top spot, but drummer Mike Reed has signed on as vice chair, cellist Tomeka Reid is the new treasurer, and vocalist Saalik Ziyad has stepped in as secretary. The revamped leadership…
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New Josh Berman out on Delmark Records and Two CD Release Parties
From Delmark: DELMARK DEBUT CD from Chicago cornet master, Josh Berman just released (on LP soon, too!) , with 2 CD release parties to celebrate this fantastic new release. http://www.myspace.com/joshbermanchicago 2 CD release parties this week for you to enjoy! Wednesday, June 3 at Hideout Chicago and Sunday June 7 at Hungry Brain, CHicago, and…
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Tortoise: Subtle Indie Rock, Aged for 20 Years
From NYTimes.com: Tortoise, an instrumental five-piece band from Chicago, makes music of elaborate detail, rarely settling for a broad stroke when a sharp inflection might suffice. Most of the songs in its show on Saturday night, at the Bell House in Brooklyn, came with the complex interior movements of a timepiece.
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KLANG’s Debut CD, Tea Music, Coming August 25th
From Improvised Communications: Chicago-based clarinetist/composer James Falzone is proud to announce the August 25th release of Tea Music (Allos Documents 003), the debut studio recording of his three year-old working quartet, KLANG, featuring vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz, bassist Jason Roebke and drummer Tim Daisy. All four members compose for the group, which picks up the swing…
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Bagatellen Reviews
From Bagatellen: three from Thessaloniki Organized Music From Thessaloniki, Kostis Kilymis’ new-ish label out of his native Greece, has picked up the pace in its release schedule, here contributing three distinctive and listenable discs in a year that’s thus far been packed with gems. Experimental music is not without its share of notable Greek musicians,…
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New Lucky 7s Out
Image of Jeff Albert A new Lucky 7s CD is out on Clean Feed. Samples are available aswell. Lucky 7s – Pluto Junkyard Jeb Bishop, trombone (guitar on “The Dan Hang”) / Jeff Albert, trombone, bass trombone / Josh Berman, cornet / Keefe Jackson, tenor saxophone / Jason Adasiewicz, vibraphone /Matthew Golombisky, double bass (electric…
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Rituals in Musicality – Wadada Leo Smith at Firehouse 12
Wadada Leo Smith (via last.fm) From the New Haven Advocate, previews tomorrow’s Firehouse 12 show. To describe Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith as a musician with a holistic vision is an understatement. From his earliest days performing blues and R&B in Mississippi to his late-’60s stint as a member of the Chicago organization the Association for…
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Bagatellen Reviews
Joëlle Léandre (via last.fm) From Bagatellen: Jürg and Marianne Rufer – Les Diaboliques: Jubilee Concert DVD The trio of Irène Schweizer, Maggie Nicols and Joëlle Léandre – Les Diaboliques – represents a primary factor in the history of Intakt, since they were all present in the label’s very first record (Live At Taktlos) before going…
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Umbrella Music Through March 29
Image by Md2545 via Flickr From Chicago’s Umbrella Music: Wednesday, 25 March 2009 The Hideout 10:00PM | Anderson/Bankhead/Daisy Fred Anderson – tenor sax Harrison Bankhead – bass Tim Daisy – drums In celebration of Fred Anderson’s 80th Birthday two sets $12 cover PLUS | DJ Sets : Peter Margasak gets Brassy Thursday, 26 March 2009…
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Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet in Amsterdam, February 13
All About Jazz provides a review of this performance. Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet Bimhuis Amsterdam, Netherlands February 12, 2009 How many larger instrumental ensembles endure for over ten years with the core of the line-up unchanged? In the economic climate of the last decade, not many. All the more remarkable, then, that the Peter Brotzmann…
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3rd Annual Umbrella Music Festival
Image via Wikipedia Coming soon to Chicago, the 3rd Annual Umbrella Music Festival: Wednesday, November 5th at The Chicago Cultural Center EUROPEAN JAZZ MEETS CHICAGO 6:00 PM : Christian Weber Quartet Switzerland 6:45 PM : Elisabeth Harnik Group Austria 7:30 PM : Mikolaj Trzaska Trio Poland 8:15 PM : Schlippenbach/Lovens Duo Germany 9:00 PM :…
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