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Tag: Joe Morris

  • Riti Records

    Aum Fidelity is now distributing releases from Riti. Some newish releases below. RITI CD10 – JOE MORRIS / JOHN VOIGT / TOM PLSEK ..MVP LSD . Album Reviews RITI CD9 – DANIEL LEVIN QUARTET ..Don’t Go It Alone RITI CD8 – STONE HOUSE ..Likewise Related articles by Zemanta Exclaim! Reviews Farmers By Nature (improvisedcommunications.wordpress.com) PoD…

  • Dusted Reviews

    From Dusted: Artist: Andrea Parkins Album: Faulty (Broken Orbit) Label: Important Review date: Apr. 15, 2009 Artist: Yoshie Fruchter Album: Pitom Label: Tzadik Review date: Apr. 15, 2009 Artist: Joe Morris Album: MVP LSD Label: Riti Review date: Apr. 9, 2009 Related articles by Zemanta Shakti Reviewed By Dusted And JazzTimes (improvisedcommunications.wordpress.com) Ancestors And Shakti…

  • Mary Halvorson & Jessica Pavone’s Thin Air Released

    From Improvised Communications: Thin Air, the third recording from the duo of guitarist Mary Halvorson and violist Jessica Pavone, is out on Thirsty Ear Recordings’ The Blue Series, curated by Matthew Shipp. Related articles by Zemanta New Matthew Shipp Coming Out on Thirsty Ear (netnewmusic.net) Shakti Reviewed By Dusted And JazzTimes (improvisedcommunications.wordpress.com)

  • Bagatellen Reviews

    Image via Wikipedia From Bagatellen: phroq [x 2] In his recent review of a Daniel Jones / David Papapostolou disc for Signal To Noise, Brian Marley refers to EAI as a “fading genre of improvised music.” It’s a curious quote, and for reasons that go beyond breakdowns of the troublesome necessity to assign labels. Statements…

  • Jazz Listings From the New York Times

    From the Times: MICHAEL MUSILLAMI TRIO + 3 (Saturday) Michael Musillami, a guitarist firmly entrenched in the contemporary avant-garde, unveils material from a forthcoming release, featuring not only his working trio but also the trumpeter Ralph Alessi, the multi-reedist Marty Ehrlich and the vibraphonist Matt Moran. At 9 and 10:30 p.m., Cornelia Street Café, 29…

  • New From HatHut Records

    New releases on HatHut: hat(now)ART 141 Christian Wolff Early Piano Pieces Steffen Schleiermacher Total time 73:06, DDD, Barcode: 752156014126 For Prepared Piano (1951) was my first experiment with John Cage’s invention (putting various objects into the piano strings to produce percussive or non-specifically pitched sounds) and a continuation of interest in percussion as such. I…

  • New Matthew Shipp Coming Out on Thirsty Ear

    Image via Wikipedia From Thirsty Ear Recordings: Matthew Shipp : HARMONIC DISORDER Release Date: January 27th, 2009 CD Matthew Shipp has reached the Holy Grail of jazz, in that he possesses a unique style on his instrument, and he’s one of the few that can claim such an achievement. He has returned with his Piano…

  • Bagatellen Reviews

    From Bagatellen: Sakoto Fujii Ma-do – Heat Wave By clifford ? December 4, 2008 ? Post a comment Not Two 806-2 Heat Wave is the latest in a series of quartet recordings co-led by Japanese pianist Satoko Fujii and usually featuring her husband, trumpeter Natsuki Tamura. It is the second release for Fujii and Tamura…

  • Dusted Reviews

    Image via Wikipedia From Dusted: Artist: Memorize the Sky Album: In Former Times Label: Clean Feed Review date: Nov. 26, 2008 Artist: Fennesz Album: Black Sea Label: Touch Review date: Nov. 21, 2008 Artist: Joe Morris & Barre Phillips Album: Elm City Duets 2006 Label: Clean Feed Review date: Nov. 21, 2008

  • AUM Fidelity to Release David S. Ware Album

    Image via Wikipedia From Improvised Communications: AUM Fidelity is proud to announce the January 27th release of Shakti (AUM052), eminent saxophonist/composer David S. Ware’s fifth album for the label and his first studio recording since 2003. This release marks the recorded debut of Ware’s new working ensemble, his first since the disbanding of the long-lived…