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  • Musique Machine Reviews

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    From Musique Machine: Death In June – Lesson One: Misanthropy Lesson One: Misanthropy is a rather bleak, yet creative & largely consistent compilation of very early Death In June material, which also has the added extra of a short DVD featuring the bands original line up when they performed a one off reunion in 1998.…

  • Avant Gardner Series in Boston

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    Details about this new classical series are available. Home to the longest-running museum music program in the country, under the direction of esteemed violist Scott Nickrenz, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum further expands its musical offerings this fall with the launch of Avant Gardner: a new contemporary classical series set to shake up Boston’s new…

  • Out on New World Records

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    A new release from New World Records: Andrew Byrne: White Bone Country Andrew Byrne (b. 1966) has lived and worked mostly in New York since the early 1990s. This tripartite CD has a mobile-like character, working entirely with a fabric of piano and metal percussion in changing manners and images, all of them remote from…

  • Classical Music in New York

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    Frederic Rzewski via last.fm The New Yorker previews some upcoming shows: BARGEMUSIC Under the leadership of the violinist Mark Peskanov, the floating chamber-music series has gone in for new music in a big way. The brash young Fireworks Ensemble (featuring the guitarist Oren Fader and the flutist Elizabeth Janzen) takes the stage for four concerts,…

  • Dusted Reviews

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    From Dusted: Artist: Squarepusher Album: Solo Electric Bass 1 Label: Warp Review date: Aug. 31, 2009 Artist: Nisennenmondai Album: Destination Tokyo Label: Smalltown Superjazz Review date: Aug. 28, 2009 Artist: Jackie-O Motherfucker Album: Ballads of the Revolution Label: Fire Review date: Aug. 27, 2009 Artist: Stephan Mathieu Taylor Deupree Album: Transcriptions Label: Spekk Review date:…

  • Rob Brown / Gerald Cleaver and Ned Rothenberg at RUCMA

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    Image via Wikipedia From New York’s Rise Up Creative Music & Arts: Start: 08/31/2009 – 7:30pm End: 08/31/2009 – 10:00pm MONDAY, AUGUST 31 7:30PM – Rob Brown/Gerald Cleaver: Rob Brown (alto sax), Gerald Cleaver (drums) 9PM – Ned Rothenberg Group: Ned Rothenberg (alto sax, clarinet, bass clarinet, shakuhachi), Ibrahim Maalouf (trumpet), Brahim Fribgane (oud), Stomu…

  • DOWNTOWNMUSIC.NET Photos

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    Eric Revis via last.fm From DOWNTOWNMUSIC.NET: August 29, 2009 Eric Revis Quartet, The Jazz Gallery Jason Moran, Eric Revis, Ken Vandermark, Nasheet Waits August 26, 2009 Tartar Lamb, Barbes David Bodie, Tim Byrnes, Toby Driver, Mia Matsumiya Related articles by Zemanta Peter Brötzmann, Nasheet Waits and Eric Revis Trio [Victory Grill] (austinist.com) Jazz Listings (nytimes.com)

  • Darcy James Argue To Host Brooklyn Big Band Bonanza October 19th

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    Image by Nicken05 via Flickr From Improvised Communications: On Monday, October 19th, SearchAndRestore.com will present Brooklyn Big Band Bonanza, a celebration of innovative big bands organized by acclaimed composer Darcy James Argue, at The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY. Performers will include Travis Sullivan’s Bjorkestra, Andrew Durkin’s Industrial Jazz Group and Argue’s own acclaimed 18-piece…

  • DMG Newsletter August 28th, 2009

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    Wolfgang Rihm via last.fm From DMG: Two Takanayagi DVDs! Midorikawa/Togashi/Takayanagi/Sato 2 CD set! The Wildflowers Sessions 3 CD Set! The Creative Music Studio Jams! Herb Robertson & Mark Solborg! Wayne Krantz Trio! Gordon Grdina String Qt! Gary Peacock & Marc Copland! 2 from Elaine Radigue! Elliott Carter! Wolfgang Rihm! More Merzbow.. ******************** Downtown Music Gallery…

  • Marc Ribot’s Sun Ship

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    Marc Ribot via last.fm Marc Ribot‘s take on Coltrane is reviewed. The dauntless, combustible energies of jazz’s 1960s avant-garde have long held a deep attraction for the guitarist Marc Ribot. His public profile may involve a great deal of tact and concision — he works widely as a gun for hire, often infusing low-gloss pop…

  • Jazz Listings From the New York Times

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    From NYTimes.com: ALHAMBRA TRIO (Wednesday) “Alhambra Love Songs” (Tzadik), a new album by John Zorn, features his compositions exclusively, with a style uncharacteristically skewed toward romance. Two of its three cast members — the pianist Rob Burger and the drummer Ben Perowsky — reconvene here with the bassist Shanir Blumenkranz (filling in for Greg Cohen).…

  • The Squid’s Ear Reviews

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    From the Squid’s Ear: Tim Olive: The Specialist (EM Records) Bevan / Corsano / Lash: Monster Club (Foghorn) Andrea Parkins: Faulty (Broken Orbit) (Important Records) Various Artists: Institute of Sonology 1959-1969 (Sub Rosa) Daniel Meyer Gronvold / Havard Volden: (Creative Sources) John Butcher Group: somethingtobesaid (Weight of Wax) Jason Kahn: Vanishing Point (23five) Soft Machine:…

  • New on Important Records

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    A few new releases from Important Records: ELIANE RADIGUE . Vice Versa, etc…. 1970 was an important year in Eliane Radigue‘s musical life since it was the year just before she acquired her ARP 2500 synthesizer. Since 1967, she had been using the feedback as a material; feedback from two tape recorders reworked through intensive…

  • Modern Classical at the University of Arkansas

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    John Cage via last.fm From the University of Arkansas: The Fulbright College department of music will feature guest trombonist Dirk Amrein in concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, September 14, in the newly renovated Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall. He will be accompanied on piano by Jürg Henneberger in a recital featuring works by John Cage,…

  • AccuJazz Previews the Chicago Jazz Festival

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    The Chicago Reader has the scoop: This year AccuJazz, which is programmed by local jazz drummer Lucas Gillan, is being clearer about what it’s doing. Under the auspices of ChicagoJazz.com it’s created ChicagoJazz.com Radio, which includes a special channel for the Chicago Jazz Festival. The channel consists of more than 400 songs, all of them…

  • DMG Newsletter August 21st, 2009

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    From DMG: John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble! Zorn’s Music For Children Redux! Doctor Nerve! On Ka’a Davis! Ben Goldberg! Duck Baker Trio! Eyal Maoz‘s Edom! James Carter/John Medeski/Adam Rogers/Christian McBride/Joey Baron! Abassi/Mahanthappa/Iyer! Enrico Pieranunzi/Marc Johnson/Joey Baron! Denman Maroney! Merzbow! .. ********************** Downtown Music Gallery FREE In-Store Performance Schedule Continues with: Sunday, August 30th at 6pm: PIERRE…

  • Musique Machine Reviews

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    Merzbow via last.fm From Musique Machine: Habsyll – MMVIII Habsyll are a doomed drone collective and this is their extremely weighted, crushing and horrifying début album which spews forth tow painful, long and skull grindingly heavy tracks of that recall the long form doom tortures of the likes of Moss and at times Khanate; through…

  • Off the Grid at Sonic Circuits

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    From Sonic Circuits: SONIC CIRCUITS: OFF THE GRID A Clamorous Exhibition of Acoustic and Battery Operated Brouhaha! Featuring performances by: Neil Feather Mike Tamburo Pilesar Avocado Happy Hour Layne Garrett Ize B. Pickin Saturday, August 29th Doors at 6:30, Music at 7:00 SHARP $8 gets you in the door! All Ages Show Pyramid Atlantic Arts…

  • Tribute builds on innovations of a jazz giant

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    chicagotribune.com reviews the recent Fred Anderson celebration. Eightieth birthday parties don’t get much better — or more artistically inspired — than this concert, presented as part of the “Made in Chicago: World Class Jazz” series. And though Chicago celebrated saxophonist Fred Anderson’s milestone earlier this year in his landmark South Side club, the Velvet Lounge,…

  • Angel City Jazz Festival

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    The Angel City Jazz Festival takes place on Labor Day Weekend in LA, and features Nels Cline, Alex Cline, Dave Douglas, Bennie Maupin, Billy Childs, Larry Goldings, Satoko Fujii, Wayne Horvitz, and many more.

  • Lampo: Homeless Again

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    The Chicago Reader informs us about Lampo once again being without a space. Normally this is the time of year I look forward to learning Lampo’s fall lineup. One of the midwest’s greatest advocates for experimental music, Lampo has been presenting dynamic work, often in exclusive U.S. engagements, from some of the world’s most important…

  • Free Jazz Blog Reviews

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    From Free Jazz: Saturday, August 15, 2009 David Sait – Postage Paid Duets, Vol. 2 (aPRISe, 2009) ****½ Josh Berman – Old Idea (Delmark, 2009) Azar Lawrence – Prayer For My Ancestors (Furthermore, 2008) Tom Hamilton & Bruce Eisenbeil – Shadow Machine (Pogus, 2009) Yoni Kretzmer’s New Dilemma (Earsay, 2009) Jerry Granelli V16 – Vancouver…

  • Free Albums Galore Reviews

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    Diablo Swing Orchestra via last.fm A few recommendations from Free Albums Galore: Cornelius Cardew – Piano Music of the 1970s Nine Strings + Pilesar – Nine Strings + Pilesar Wacky Southern Current – Ageless Calm in Times of War Diablo Swing Orchestra – The Butcher’s Ballroom Klotzsch & Krey – Through All These Years Of…

  • All About Jazz Reviews

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    Image via Wikipedia From All About Jazz: 18-Aug-09 Dave Holland / Gonzalo Rubalcaba / Chris Potter / Eric Harland The Monterey Quartet: Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival (Monterey Jazz Festival Records) Reviewed by Mark F. Turner 18-Aug-09 Tom Abbs & Frequency Response Lost & Found (Engine Studios) Reviewed by Jerry D’Souza 17-Aug-09 Horace…