Tag: Specialty

Dusted Reviews

Post author By Mike
Post date January 20, 2010

Artist: The Red Krayola with Art & Language
Album: Five American Portraits
Label: Drag City
Review date: Jan. 20, 2010

Artist: Pan Sonic & Keiji Haino
Album: Shall I Download a Blackhole and Offer it to You
Label: Blast First Petite
Review date: Jan. 15, 2010

Artist: Ambarchi / Fennesz / Pimmon / Rehberg / Rowe
Album: Afternoon Tea
Label: Black Truffle
Review date: Jan. 14, 2010

Joanna Newsom to play Bloomington + New album in February? (myoldkyhome.blogspot.com)
Joanna Newsom prepares new album; will at least drive through Toronto (chromewaves.net)

Tags Add new tag, Arts and Entertainment, Blast First, Business, Drag City, Labels, Music, Red Krayola, Specialty

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Free Jazz Blog Reviews

Post author By Mike
Post date January 18, 2010

From Free Jazz:

SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 2010
Thomas Heberer – Five By Five (Self Published, 2009) ****

SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 2010
Chicago Underground Duo – Boca Negra (Thrill Jockey, 2010) ****½

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2010
Dave Rempis & Frank Rosaly – Cyrillic (482 Records, 2010) ****

TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2010
Andreas Schmidt, Samuel Rohrer, Thomas Heberer – Pieces For A Husky Puzzle (Jazzwerkstatt, 2009) *****

Claudio Nunez – six albums (netnewmusic.net)
Free Jazz: Joe Morris’ Wildlife + Carl Maguire’s Sided Silver Solid (improvisedcommunications.wordpress.com)
FONT Music’s Forward Flight Fest is underway (Dave Douglas, Opsvik & Jennings, Low Anthem, & more) (brooklynvegan.com)

Tags Add new tag, Boca Negra, Free jazz, Jazz, Music, Recordings, Shopping, Specialty, Thrill Jockey

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Free Jazz Blog Reviews

Post author By Mike
Post date January 12, 2010

From Free Jazz:

TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2010
Fred Anderson – 21st Century Chase (Delmark, 2009) ****

SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 2010
Bengt Berger – Beches Brew (Country & Eastern, 2009) ** or ****

FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2010
Splatter – Music For Misanthropes (Self Published, 2009) ****

THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2010
Han Bennink & Frode Gjerstad – Han & Frode (CJR, 2009) ****½

Wally Shoup Quartet (waywardmusic.blogspot.com)
Bynum-Hébert-Cleaver Trio In Philly Tonight (improvisedcommunications.wordpress.com)
Free Jazz: Joe Morris’ Wildlife + Carl Maguire’s Sided Silver Solid (improvisedcommunications.wordpress.com)

Tags Add new tag, Arts and Entertainment, Delmark Records, Free jazz, Jazz, Music, Shopping, Specialty, United States

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Dusted Reviews

Post author By Mike
Post date January 6, 2010

: Bill Dixon via last.fm

From Dusted:

Artist: Colin McLean / Andy Moor
Album: Everything but the Beginning
Label: Unsounds
Review date: Jan. 5, 2010

Artist: Bill Dixon
Album: Tapestries for Small Orchestra
Label: Firehouse 12
Review date: Jan. 4, 2010

Artist: Pontiak
Album: Sea Voids
Label: Thrill Jockey
Review date: Jan. 4, 2010

AAJ-NY: Best Of 2009 (improvisedcommunications.wordpress.com)
Trip Out to 2009’s Best Unheard Music (wired.com)
Chicago Freebop from Pianist Paul Giallorenzo (netnewmusic.net)

Tags Add new tag, Arts and Entertainment, Bill Dixon, Business, Dance, Labels, Music, Specialty, Thrill Jockey

Reviews

The Squid’s Ear Reviews

Post author By Mike
Post date December 30, 2009

Sad-ish news from The Squid’s Ear, as Verge Music is shutting down. The lining on this dark cloud is that Squidco is going to take over the distribution of some of the labels Verge used to handle.

In any case, we have bunch of new reviews from the Squid folks:

Frode Gjerstad / John Edwards / Mark Sanders – Bergen
(FMR)
– Dave Madden

Olivier Capparos & Lionel Marchetti – Equus (Grand Vehicule)
(Pogus)
– Dave Madden

Jessica Pavone – Songs Of Synastry And Solitude
(Tzadik)
– Massimo Ricci

Elton Dean’s Ninesense – Happy Daze + Oh! For the Edge
(Ogun)
– Darren Bergstein

Ergo – Multitude, Solitude
(Cuneiform)
– Darren Bergstein

The Nu Band – Lower East Side Blues
(Porter Records)
– Paul Serralheiro

La Casa, Eric / Jean-Luc Guionnet – Inscape. Lille-Flandres
(Monotype)
– Jeph Jerman

Moscow Composers Orchestra & Sainkho Namchylak – Portrait of an Idealist
(Leo)
– Jeph Jerman

Various Artists – Three 7″ Records and 1 Various Artists CD
(Generate Records)
– Massimo Ricci

Anthony Braxton – Creative Orchestra (Koeln) 1978
(Hatology)
– Kurt Gottschalk

Full disclosure (classicaldrone.blogspot.com)
FONT Music To Present Four-Night Event At Abrons Arts Center In January (improvisedcommunications.wordpress.com)

Tags Add new tag, Arts and Entertainment, Business, Compact Disc, John Edwards, Lower East Side, Music, Specialty, Tzadik Records

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All About Jazz Reviews

Post author By Mike
Post date December 28, 2009

: Bill Dixon via last.fm

From All About Jazz:

Medeski, Martin & Wood
Medeski, Martin & Wood: Radiolarians – The Evolutionary Set (Indirecto Records)

Anthony Braxton
Creative Orchestra (Koln) 1978 (Hatology)

Bill Dixon
Tapestries for Small Orchestra (Firehouse 12 Records)

Joe McPhee / Peter Brotzmann / Kent Kessler / Michael Zerang
The Damage Is Done (Not Two Records)

Ulrich Gumpert / Gunther Baby Sommer
Das Donnernde Leben (Intakt Records)
Reviewed by Nic Jones

Medeski, Martin & Wood | 11.14 | NYC (jambase.com)
Chicago Freebop from Pianist Paul Giallorenzo (netnewmusic.net)
Earshot: Kaufmann/Gratkowski/de Joode (waywardmusic.blogspot.com)

Tags Add new tag, Arts and Entertainment, Bill Dixon, Cologne, Jazz, Kent Kessler, Martin & Wood Medeski, Music, Specialty

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All About Jazz Reviews

Post author By Mike
Post date December 21, 2009

: Image via Wikipedia

From All About Jazz:

Empty Cage Quartet
Gravity (Clean Feed Records)
Reviewed by Troy Collins

Mike Keneally
Scambot 1 (Exowax)
Reviewed by John Kelman

Uwe Oberg / Christof Thewes / Michael Griener
Lacy Pool (Hatology)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

Peter Brotzmann
Peter Brotzmann: Die Like A Dog
Reviewed by Clifford Allen

Tony Malaby‘s Apparitions
Voladores (Clean Feed Records)
Reviewed by Troy Collins

Lucien Dubuis Trio with Marc Ribot
Ultime Cosmos (Enja Records)
Reviewed by Mark Corroto

Dave Douglas‘ Tiny Bell Trio
Constellations (Hat Hut Records)
Reviewed by Chris May

DownBeat: John Hébert’s Byzantine Monkey (improvisedcommunications.wordpress.com)
Duane Pitre at Metropolis, Friday Sept 11 (newthingproductions.blogspot.com)
Firehouse 12 To Present ODE With Special Guest Michael Sarin November 6th (improvisedcommunications.wordpress.com)

Tags All About Jazz, Arts and Entertainment, Business, Dave Douglas, Hathut Records, Music, Specialty, Video Games

Reviews

Dusted Reviews

Post author By Mike
Post date December 11, 2009

Dusted Reviews

Artist: N.E.W. (Noble/Edwards/Ward)
Album: NEWtoons
Label: Bo’Weavil
Review date: Dec. 11, 2009

Artist: Animal Collective
Album: Fall Be Kind
Label: Domino
Review date: Dec. 11, 2009

Artist: Hayward/Coxon/Thomas/Taylor
Album: About
Label: Treader
Review date: Dec. 9, 2009

Album: An Anthology of Chinese Experimental Music: 1992-2008
Label: Sub Rosa
Review date: Dec. 8, 2009

Artist: Peter Brötzmann
Album: A Night in Sana’a
Label: ARM
Review date: Dec. 8, 2009

Artist: Jason Adasiewicz’s Rolldown
Album: Varmint
Label: Cuneiform
Review date: Dec. 2, 2009

Makino/Manousakis/Pan: dis/continuity (waywardmusic.blogspot.com)
Joel Palmer & Scott Ezell: Electroacoustic Daydreams (waywardmusic.blogspot.com)
Jozef Van Wissem / Robbie Lee & Che Chen – October 24th (metropolisunderground.wordpress.com)
Jessica Pavone CD Release Concert At Roulette Tonight (improvisedcommunications.wordpress.com)

Tags Arts and Entertainment, Business, Experimental, Experimental music, Jason Adasiewicz, Labels, Music, Specialty

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Free Jazz Blog Reviews

Post author By Mike
Post date November 30, 2009

: Craig Taborn via last.fm

From Free Jazz:

Monday, November 30, 2009
Joachim Gies & Sound/body/cells – Shimmering (Leo Records, 2009)
Sainkhò Namtchylak & Dickson Dee – Tea Opera (Leo Records, 2009)
Katja Krusche & Martin Krusche – I Am One (Leo Records, 2009)
Stefano Luigi – Painting On Wood (Leo Records, 2009)
Viviane Houle – Treize (Drip Audio, 2009)

Sunday, November 29, 2009
Li Tie Qiao – Wind Of Lunacy

Friday, November 27, 2009
Lotte Anker, Craig Taborn, Gerald Cleaver – Floating Islands (Ilk, 2009) *****

Thursday, November 26, 2009
Jesse Stacken & Kirk Knuffke – Mockingbird (Steeplechase, 2009) ****

Joe Maneri (1927-2009) (thebadplus.typepad.com)
JazzTimes: Taylor Ho Bynum, Darius Jones and Jessica Pavone (improvisedcommunications.wordpress.com)
Hilo Hero: John Coltrane (hermenaut.org)
Claudio Nunez – six albums (netnewmusic.net)
Music Review | Bargemusic: A Weekend for Floating on the East River (nytimes.com)

Tags Arts and Entertainment, Business, Craig Taborn, Free jazz, Jazz, Leo Records, Music, Specialty

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Free Jazz Blog Reviews

Post author By Mike
Post date November 26, 2009

: Image via Wikipedia

From Free Jazz:

Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Ivo Perelman – Mind Games (Leo Records, 2009) ****

Monday, November 23, 2009
Frode Gjerstad, Nick Stephens, Louis Moholo-Moholo (Loose Torque, 2009) ****

Sunday, November 22, 2009
Trio Passeurs – Existences (Futura Marge, 2009) ****

Saturday, November 21, 2009
Five Spot – Poltva (SoLyd Records, 2009) ****

Tags Entertainment, Free jazz, Jazz, Leo Records, Music, Recordings, Shopping, Specialty

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