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New releases from Tzadik:
Mark Feldman and Sylvie Courvoisier
ObliviaMycale
Mycale: The Book of Angels Volume 13Noah Creshevsky
The Twilight of the GodsYuka Honda
Heart Chamber Phantoms
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From All About Jazz:
Geoff Leigh / Yumi Hara
Upstream (Moonjune Records)
Reviewed by Nic JonesEri Yamamoto Trio
In Each Day, Something Good (AUM Fidelity)
Reviewed by Lyn HortonEnrico Pieranunzi / Marc Johnson / Joey Baron
Dream Dance (Cam Jazz)
Reviewed by Dan McClenaghanErgo
Multitude, Solitude (Cuneiform Records)
Reviewed by Nic JonesChicago Underground Duo
Chad Taylor & Rob Mazurek: Chicago Underground Duo
Reviewed by David AdlerJoe Morris
Joe Morris: Today on Earth; Colorfield; The Necessary and the Possible; Fine Objects
Reviewed by Wilbur MacKenzieTony Malaby
Tony Malaby: Voladores, Houria
Reviewed by Jeff StocktonNicole Mitchell
Nicole Mitchell: Renegades, Anaya, Collective Creativity
Reviewed by Jeff StocktonEri Yamamoto
The Multiple Musical Personalities of Eri Yamamoto
Reviewed by Tom GreenlandGerald Cleaver
Gerald Cleaver: Downtown’s Hardest Working Drummer
Reviewed by Tom GreenlandJohn Zorn
O’o (Tzadik)
Reviewed by Stuart BroomerMike Reed’s People, Places & Things
About Us (482 Music)
Reviewed by Jeff StocktonSoft Machine
Soft Machine: Live At Henie Onstad Arts Centre 1971 (Reel Recordings)
Reviewed by Nic JonesMyra Melford’s Be Bread
The Whole Tree Gone (Firehouse 12 Records)
Reviewed by John Sharpe100nka and Herb Robertson
Superdesert (Not Two Records)
Reviewed by Robert Iannapollo
We’re a little late on this one, but here’s some new Tzadik releases.
Sajjanu – Pechiku!!
Evan Parker – House Full of Floors
Jose Maceda – Ugnayan
Meredith Monk – Beginnings
From All About Jazz:
Ergo
Multitude, Solitude (Cuneiform Records)
Reviewed by John KelmanSun Ra
Sun Ra Quartet in Italy, 1978 (Art Yard)
Reviewed by Robert DuganEvan Parker
House Full Of Floors (Tzadik)
Reviewed by Mark CorrotoMedeski, Martin & Wood
Medeski, Martin & Wood: Radiolarians – The Evolutionary Set
Reviewed by Doug ColletteManuel Mengis Gruppe 6
Dulcet Crush (Hatology)
Reviewed by Glenn AstaritaPaul Rutherford
Tetralogy (1978-82) (Emanem)
Reviewed by John EylesAnthony Braxton / Joelle Leandre
Duo (Heidelberg Loppem) 2007 (Leo Records)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita
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 MaddenOlivier Capparos & Lionel Marchetti – Equus (Grand Vehicule)
(Pogus)
– Dave MaddenJessica Pavone – Songs Of Synastry And Solitude
(Tzadik)
– Massimo RicciElton Dean’s Ninesense – Happy Daze + Oh! For the Edge
(Ogun)
– Darren BergsteinErgo – Multitude, Solitude
(Cuneiform)
– Darren BergsteinThe Nu Band – Lower East Side Blues
(Porter Records)
– Paul SerralheiroLa Casa, Eric / Jean-Luc Guionnet – Inscape. Lille-Flandres
(Monotype)
– Jeph JermanMoscow Composers Orchestra & Sainkho Namchylak – Portrait of an Idealist
(Leo)
– Jeph JermanVarious Artists – Three 7″ Records and 1 Various Artists CD
(Generate Records)
– Massimo RicciAnthony Braxton – Creative Orchestra (Koeln) 1978
(Hatology)
– Kurt Gottschalk
From Free Jazz:
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2009
The Light – Afekty (MultiKulti, 2009) ****½THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2009
Empty Cage Quartet – Gravity (Clean Feed, 2009) ****TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2009
Daniel Blacksberg Trio – Bit Heads (NoBusiness, 2009)
David Taylor – Red Sea (Tzadik, 2009)
Superimpose – Talk Talk (Leo Records, 2009)
Noah Rosen, Yves Robert, Didier Levallet – Silhouette (Sans Bruit, 2009)
From the Squid’s Ear:
Mahall / Dorner / Roder / Jennessen:
Die Enttauschung
(Intakt)Fred Frith:
Nowhere, Sideshow, Thin Air
(Recommended Records / Fred Records)Noyes / Chabala:
The Shade & The Squint
(Roeba)Furt:
Sense
(psi)Phill Niblock:
Touch Strings
(Touch)Ignaz Schick/Martin Tetreault:
Live-33-45-78
(Ambiances Magnetiques)Kevin Drumm:
Imperial Horizon
(Hospital)Weightless:
A Brush With Dignity
(Clean Feed)Fossils:
A Common Confusion
(Bug Incision)
From All About Jazz:
Uwe Oberg / Christof Thewes / Michael Griener
Lacy Pool (Hatology)Joe Morris
Colorfield (ESP Disk)Phillip Johnston
Page of Madness (Asynchronous)Aram Shelton’s Fast Citizens
Two Cities (Delmark Records)David Sylvian
David Sylvian: Manafon (SamadhiSound)Jason Adasiewicz
VarmintDonny McCaslin
Declaration (Sunnyside Records)Minamo
Kuroi Kawa – Black River (Tzadik)The Gordon Grdina Trio
. . . If Accident Will (Plunge Records)John Hebert
Byzantine Monkey (Firehouse 12 Records)Slivovitz
Hubris (Moonjune Records)Ed Palermo Big Band
Eddy Loves Frank (Cuneiform Records)Manuel Mengis Gruppe 6
Dulcet Crush (Hatology)Duck Baker
Everything That Rises Must Converge (Mighty Quinn Productions)
Reviewed by Bruce LindsayVlatko Stefanovski & Miroslav Tadic
Vlatko Stefanovski & Miroslav Tadic: Live in Zagreb
From All About Jazz:
Wadada Leo Smith
Spiritual Dimensions (Cuneiform Records)
Reviewed by Dan McClenaghanEberhard Weber
Eberhard Weber: Colours (ECM Records)
Reviewed by John KelmanFred Frith
Nowhere / Sideshow / Thin Air (ReR Megacorp)
Reviewed by John KelmanGrand Valley State University New Music Ensemble
Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble: In C Remixed (Innovative Records)
Reviewed by John KelmanAhleuchatistas
Of The Body Prone (Tzadik)
Reviewed by Troy CollinsManifeste DeNsity (Moonjune Records)
Reviewed by John KelmanJoelle Leandre / Maguelone Vidal / Raymond Boni
trace (Red Toucan Records)
Reviewed by Jerry D’SouzaMinamo
Kuroi Kawa – Black River (Tzadik)
Reviewed by Raul d’Gama RoseYitzhak Yedid
Since My Soul Loved (Between the Lines)
Reviewed by Eyal HareuveniPeter Brotzmann
Lost & Found (FMP Records)
Reviewed by Nic JonesTord Gustavsen Ensemble
Restored, Returned (ECM Records)
Reviewed by John KelmanHerculaneum
Herculaneum III (Clean Feed Records)
Reviewed by Nic Jones
From All About Jazz:
Jerry Granelli V16
Vancouver ’08 (Songlines Recordings)
Reviewed by Sean Patrick FitzellMikkel Ploug / Sissel Vera Pettersen / Joachim Badenhorst
Equilibrium (Songlines Recordings)
Reviewed by Wilbur MacKenzieBeppe Crovella
What’s Rattlin’ On The Moon? A Personal Vision of the Music of Mike Ratledge (Moonjune Records)
Reviewed by John KelmanJesse Stacken / Kirk Knuffke
Mockingbird (SteepleChase Records)
Reviewed by Martin LongleyGene Segal
Hypnotic (Innova Recordings)
Reviewed by Mark F. TurnerKing Crimson
King Crimson: In the Court of the Crimson King (40th Anniversary Series) (DGM Live)
Reviewed by John KelmanJohn Zorn
Femina (Tzadik)
Reviewed by Mark CorrotoRevolutionary Ensemble
Vietnam (ESP Disk)
Reviewed by Jerry D’SouzaLarry Ochs Sax & Drumming Core
Stone Shift (Rogue Art)
Reviewed by Kurt GottschalkJon Irabagon
The Observer (Concord Music Group)
Reviewed by John SharpeVijay Iyer
Historicity (ACT Music)
Reviewed by Chris KompanekSoft Machine
Soft Machine: Live at Henie Onstad Arts Centre 1971 (Reel Recordings)
Reviewed by John KelmanUri Gurvich
The Storyteller (Tzadik)
Reviewed by Andrey HenkinPaul Motian
On Broadway Vol. 5 (Winter & Winter)
Reviewed by Brandt Reiter
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