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Saturday, June 03, 2023
Noah Howard - Quartet To At Judson Hall Revisited (ezz-thetics records, 2023)
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Noah Howard is an unjustly neglected alto saxophonist whose small discography has still managed to influence generations of avant-garde jazz...
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Henry Threadgill - The Other One (Pi Recordings, 2023)
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This is a beautiful quasi-classical work from multi-reedist and composer Henry Threadgill, someone who has never been afraid to experiment o...
Thursday, May 25, 2023
Dave Douglas and Elan Mehler - If There Are Mountains (Greenleaf Records / Newvelle Records, 2023)
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Dave Douglas and collaborators create a thoughtful and patiently constructed album where clear, well developed compositions meet considerate...
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
George Coleman - Live At Smalls Jazz Club (Cellar Live Records, 2023)
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Saxophonist George Coleman has had quite a career. Over eighty-eight years, he's been a soulful young lion out of Memphis and a bridge s...
Thursday, May 18, 2023
Natural Information Society - Since Time Is Gravity (Eremite Records, 2023)
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The Natural Information Society is a band that seems to me to be the logical extension of the music that Don Cherry was creating in the 1970...
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
New York Art Quartet - Revisited (ezz-thetics records, 2023)
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For a band with a relatively short career consisting of a few albums and a late reunion, The New York Art Quartet was quite influential. The...
Tuesday, May 09, 2023
Peter Brötzmann / Majid Bekkas / Hamid Drake - Catching Ghosts (ACT Music, 2023)
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The 2022 Jazzfest Berlin performance by milti-reedist Peter Brötzmann, Moroccan singer and guembre player Majid Bekkas and drummer Hamid D...
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