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Archie Shepp: Yasmina, a Black Woman/Poem for Malcolm1 CD / Charly Records (UK) / 2013-05-07 Tracks: Yasmina, a Black Woman; Sonny's Back; Body and Soul; Rain Forest/Oleo; Mamarose; Poem For MalcolmArtists: Archie Shepp Liner Note Author: Edwin Pouncey. Recording information: 08/12/1969/08/14/1969. This fine twofer brings together a pair of albums by tenor and soprano saxophonist Archie Shepp--YASMINA, ...continue... ![]() Massacre: Love Me Tender1 CD / Tzadik Records / 2013-04-23 Tracks: Bright Blue; Dot in the Prison; Rosy Good Shook; Shadow When Omitted; In Search of the Nervous System; History Fictions; Between Roof and Bird; Shoe Often Repeated; North Reaches to the Ankle; Madnes...Artists: Massacre Personnel: Charles Hayward (vocals, melodica, drums); Fred Frith (electric guitar); Bill Laswell (electric bass). Recording information: Castello Estense, Ferrara, Italy (05/23/1999); Moers Fes...continue... ![]() Craig Taborn/Craig Taborn Trio: Chants *1 CD / ECM Records (USA) / 2013-04-23 Tracks: Saints; Beat the Ground; In Chant; Hot Blood; All True Night/Future Perfect; Cracking Hearts; Silver Ghosts; Silver Days or Love; Speak the NameArtists: Craig Taborn/Craig Taborn Trio Recently hailed by DownBeat as 'one of the visionaries of the current wave,' Craig Taborn has a unique perspective on creative music-making. Just as Avenging...continue... Personnel: Craig Taborn (piano); Thomas Morgan (double bass); Gerald Cleaver (drums). Recording information: Avatar Studios, NY (06/2012). Photographer: John Rogers . Less than tw...continue... ![]() Paul Motian: Paul Motian: Old & New Masters [Box] *6 CD / ECM Records (USA) / 2013-04-23 Tracks: Georgian Bay; Ch'i Energie; Rebica; Conception Vessel; American Indian: Song of Sitting Bull; Inspiration from a Vietnamese Lullaby; Victoria; Tuesday Ends Saturday; War Orphans; Sod House; Song for ...Artists: Paul Motian The Guardian (UK) The opening Conception Vessel, with Keith Jarrett and violinist Leroy Jenkins, meditatively mixes world music and free jazz - and Motian, guitarist Sam...continue... Liner Note Author: Ethan Iverson. Recording information: Butterfly And Sound Ideas Studios, NY (05/1974); Generation Sound Studios, New York (05/1974); Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg (05/1974); B...continue... ![]() Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Electro Acoustic Ensemble/Rob Mazurek: The Space BetweenCD / Delmark / 2013-04-16 Tracks: Vortex, Pts. 1-5; We Are All One With the Moon and Planets; Only; Shifting Sequence, The; Illumination Drone 17; Space Between; Seven Blues; Indra's Net; [Untitled]Artists: Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Electro Acoustic Ensemble/Rob Mazurek Personnel: Damon Locks (vocals, electronics); Nicole Mitchell (flute); Rob Mazurek (cornet, electronics); Jeff Kowalkowski (piano, electric piano); John Herndon (drums); Carrie Biolo (percussion); Mat...continue... ![]() John Coltrane: Sun Ship: The Complete Session2 CD / Verve / 2013-04-16 Tracks: Dearly Beloved [Takes 1 & 2, False Start and Alternate Version] - (previously unreleased, take, alternate take); Dearly Beloved [Take 3, Breakdown] - (previously unreleased, take); Dearly Beloved [Ta...Artists: John Coltrane Personnel: John Coltrane (tenor saxophone); McCoy Tyner (piano); Elvin Jones (drums). Liner Note Authors: Lewis Porter; Yasuhiro "Fuji" Fujioka; Wolf Schmaler; Chris DeVito; David Wild. ...continue... ![]() Bill Frisell/Carol Emanuel/Kenny Wollesen: John Zorn: The Mysteries1 CD / Tzadik Records / 2013-04-09 Tracks: Sacred Oracle; Hymn of the Naassenes; Dance of Sappho; Bacchanalia, The; Consolamentum; Ode to the Cathars; Apollo; Yaldabaoth; Nymphs, TheArtists: Bill Frisell/Carol Emanuel/Kenny Wollesen Audio Mixer: Marc Urselli. Recording information: EastSide Sound, NYC (12/2012). Arranger: John Zorn . On The Mysteries, composer John Zorn reunites the trio of harpist Carol Eman...continue... ![]() The Knife: Shaking the Habitual [Digipak]1 CD / Mute / 2013-04-09 Tracks: Tooth for an Eye, A; Full of Fire; Cherry on Top, A; Without You My Life Would Be Boring; Wrap Your Arms Around Me; Crake; Raging Lung; Networking; Oryx; Stay Out Here; Fracking Fluid Injection; Read...Artists: The Knife On their fourth studio album, the Knife don't change their habits as much as they push themselves to the extreme. Despite its 100-minute length and political overtones, musically Shaking the Habitual ...continue... ![]() The Knife: Shaking the Habitual [2 CD] *2 CD / Mute / 2013-04-09 Tracks: Tooth For an Eye, A; Full of Fire; Cherry On Top, A; Without You My Life Would Be Boring; Wrap Your Arms Around Me; Crake; Old Dreams Waiting To Be Realized; Raging Lung; Networking; Oryx; Stay Out H...Artists: The Knife On their fourth studio album, the Knife don't change their habits as much as they push themselves to the extreme. Despite its 100-minute length and political overtones, musically Shaking the Habitual ...continue... ![]() John Medeski: A Different Time [Digipak]1 CD / Masterworks / 2013-04-09 Tracks: Different Time, A; I'm Falling in Love Again; His Eye Is on the Sparrow; Ran; Graveyard Fields; Luz Marina; Waiting at the Gate; Lacrima; OtisArtists: John Medeski All About Jazz The delicacy of touch required by the historic instrument elicits a fastidious approach in which John Medeski's patience comes into full play to...continue... Audio Mixer: Henry Hirsch. Liner Note Author: John Medeski. Recording information: Waterfront Studios, Hudson, NY. Photographer: Philippe Garnier. John Medeski's solo piano...continue... ![]() Iva Bittová: Iva Bittová *1 CD / ECM Records (USA) / 2013-03-26 Tracks: I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; IX; X; XI; XIIArtists: Iva Bittová Personnel: Iva Bittová (vocals, violin, kalimba). Recording information: Auditorio Radiotelevisione Svizzera, Lugano (02/2012). Photographer: Pavel Strázay. Iva Bittov...continue... ![]() Roscoe Mitchell: Duets with Tyshawn Sorey and Special Guest Hugh Ragin [Digipak] *1 CD / Wide Hive Records / 2013-03-26 Tracks: Horn, The; Way Home, The; Bells in the Air; Out There; Scrunch; Cactus and a Rose, A; Chant; Meadows; Game of Catch, A; Waves; Windows with a ViewArtists: Roscoe Mitchell Recording information: Wide Hive Records (06/29/2012). Photographer: Gregory Howe. Legendary improviser Roscoe Mitchell teamed up with multi-instrumentalist and modern composer Tyshawn S...continue... ![]() Ensemble Signal/Bradley Lubman: Shelter [Digipak]1 CD / Cantaloupe / 2013-03-26 Tracks: Shelter: Before I Enter; Shelter: Is the Wind; Shelter: The Boy Sleeps; Shelter: American Home; Shelter: Porch; Shelter: I Want to Live; Shelter: What We BuildArtists: Ensemble Signal/Bradley Lubman Shelter is the result of an unusual collaboration among Bang on a Can's founding composers Michael Gordon, David Lang and Julia Wolfe. Scored for three...continue... Audio Mixer: Michael Riesman. Recording information: The James L. Dolan Music Recording Studio, New York Uni. Photographer: Stephanie Berger....continue... ![]() The Art Ensemble of Chicago: A Jackson in Your House/Message to Our Folks [Digipak]2 CD / Charly Records (UK) / 2013-03-26 Tracks: Jackson in Your House, A; Get in Line; Waltz, The; Ericka; Song for Charles; Old Time Religion; Dexterity; Rock Out; Brain for the Seine, A; Reese and the Smooth Ones, Pt. 1; Reese and the Smooth One...Artists: The Art Ensemble of Chicago 2 LPs on 1 CD: A JACKSON IN YOUR HOUSE/MESSAGE TO OUR FOLKS. Art Ensemble Of Chicago: Roscoe Mitchell (soprano, alto & baritone saxophones, flute, clarinet, drums, percussion); Joseph Jarman (s...continue... ![]() Sexmob: Cinema, Circus & Spaghetti: Sexmob Plays Fellini [Digipak] *CD / The Royal Potato / 2013-03-19 Tracks: Amacord; Teatrino Delle Suore [from "Juliet of the Spirits"], Il; Strada, La; Volpina [From "Amacord"]; Paparazzo [From "La Dolce Vita"]; Toby Dammit's Last Act [From "Spirits of the Dead"]; Dolce Vi...Artists: Sexmob Seventeen years strong, Sexmob are a venerable New York City music institution. The band's four founding members - Steven Bernstein, Briggan Krauss, Tony Scherr and...continue... Personnel: Briggan Krauss (alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Steven Bernstein (slide trumpet, alto horn); Kenny Wollesen (vibraphone, drums, congas, log drum, waterphone); Tony Scherr (electric bas...continue... ![]() Tomasz Stanko New York Quartet/Tomasz Stanko: Wislawa [2 CD]2 CD / ECM Records (USA) / 2013-03-19 Tracks: Wislawa; Assassins; Metafizyka; Dernier Cri; Mikrokosmos; Song for H; Oni; April Story; Tutaj-Here; Faces; Shaggy Vandal, A; Wislawa, Var.Artists: Tomasz Stanko New York Quartet/Tomasz Stanko Personnel: Tomasz Stanko (trumpet); David Virelles (piano); Thomas Morgan (double bass); Gerald Cleaver (drums). Liner Note Author: Tomasz Stanko. Recording information: Avatar Studios, ...continue... ![]() ![]() Soft Machine Legacy: Burden of Proof [Digipak] *CD / MoonJune Records / 2013-03-19 Tracks: Burden of Proof; Voyage Beyond Seven; Kitto; Pie Chart; JSP; Kings and Queens; Fallout; Going Somewhere Canorous?; Black and Crimson; Brief, The; Pump Room; Green Cubes; They Landed on a HillArtists: Soft Machine Legacy Personnel: John Etheridge (guitar, electric guitar); Theo Travis (flute, tenor saxophone, piano, Fender Rhodes piano); Roy Babbington (bass guitar); John Marshall (drums, percussion). Audio Mix...continue... ![]() Prurient: Through the Window *CD / Blackest Ever Black / 2013-03-19 Tracks: Through the Window; Terracotta Spine; You Show Great SpiritArtists: Prurient Audio Mixer: Kris Lapke. Recording information: Hospital Productions, New York, NY (10/01/2011-10/07/2011). Photographers: Tim Cadiente; Juan Mendez . Under the Prurient moniker, ...continue... ![]() Jerusalem in My Heart: Mo7it Al-Mo7it (Ocean of the Ocean) [Digipak]CD / Constellation / 2013-03-19 Tracks: Koll Lil-Mali7ati Fi Al-Khimar Al-Aswadi (Speak of the Woman In the Black Robe); 3andalib Al-Furat (Nightingale of the Euphrates); Yudaghdegh El-Ra3ey Walal-Ghanam (He Titillates the Shepherd, But No...Artists: Jerusalem in My Heart Personnel: Radwan Ghazi Moumneh, Jérémie Regnier, Malena Szlam Salazar (vocals, harp, zurna, virginal, synthesizer, sequencer). Founded by the Lebanese émigré Radwan Ghazi M...continue... ![]() Adam Bohman: Music and WordsCD / Paradigm Discs / 2013-03-19 Tracks: Cinders; Metal Mushroom; At Home (Sunbury); Sun Dried; At Home (Fishstock or Pussy); Troops Move Through the Undergrowth; At Home (White Sauce Without for Those Who Don't); In Memoriam E. Power Biggs...Artists: Adam Bohman Photographer: Richard Crow. As a member of British experimental group Morphogenesis, Adam Bohman was no stranger to wayward sound experiments when recording this solo CD. Favoring acoustic soun...continue... ![]() Balázs Pándi/Mats Gustafsson (Saxophone)/Merzbow: Cuts [Digipak] *CD / Rarenoise / 2013-03-12 Tracks: Evil Knives. Lines.; Deep Lines. Cuts.; Feart Too. Invisible, The; Like Razor Blades In the Dark; Like Me. Like You.Artists: Balázs Pándi/Mats Gustafsson (Saxophone)/Merzbow Personnel: Balázs Pándi (drums, percussion); Mats Gustafsson (clarinet, baritone saxophone, electronics); Masami Akita (electronics). Audio Mixer: Masami Akita. Recording infor...continue... ![]() Jeanne Lee/Ran Blake: The Newest Sound AroundCD / Phoenix Jazz / 2013-03-12 Artists: Jeanne Lee/Ran Blake![]() Julia Kent: Character [Digipak] *CD / The Leaf Label / 2013-03-05 Tracks: Ebb; Transportation; Flicker; Tourbillon; Fall; Kingdom; Only Child; Intent; Salute; Nina and OscarArtists: Julia Kent Personnel: Julia Kent (cello, electronics). Audio Mixer: Marlan Barry. Character is cellist and composer Julia Kent's third solo album. Like its predecessors, 2007's Delay and 2011's Gre...continue... ![]() Hiromi/The Trio Project: MoveCD / Telarc / 2013-03-05 Tracks: Move; Brand New Day; Endeavor; Rainmaker; Suite Escapism: Reality; Suite Escapism: Fantasy; Suite Escapism: In Between; Margarita!; 11:49 PMArtists: Hiromi/The Trio Project Personnel: Hiromi (piano, keyboards); Anthony Jackson (contra guitar); Simon Phillips (drums). Audio Mixer: Michael Bishop . Recording information: Aire Born Studios, Studio A, Zionsvill...continue... ![]() Stefano Battaglia/Stefano Battaglia Trio: SongwaysCD / ECM Records (USA) / 2013-03-05 Tracks: Euphonia Elegy; Ismaro; Vondervotteimittis; Armonia; Mildendo Wide Song; Monte Analogo; Abdias; Songways; Perla; Babel HymnArtists: Stefano Battaglia/Stefano Battaglia Trio Allmusic.com Songways in the process creating a deft, instinctive, and highly expressionistic music. ...continue... Personnel: Stefano Battaglia (piano); Salvatore Maiore (double bass); Roberto Dani (drums). Recording information: Auditorio Radiotelevisione Svizzera, Lugano (04/2012). Photographer: Ca...continue... ![]() Stephan Micus: PanagiaCD / ECM Records (USA) / 2013-03-05 Tracks: Praise You, Unfading Rose; You Are the Treasure of Life; I Praise You, Lady of Passion; You Are the Life-Giving Rain; I Praise You, Sacred Mother; You Are Like Fragrant Incense; I Praise You, Sweet-S...Artists: Stephan Micus Allmusic.com This is all music that emerges from silence. Panagia is a small part of his larger body of work to be sure, but it's as...continue... Composer: Stephan Micus. Liner Note Author: René Dalpra. Recording information: MCM Studios (2009-2012). Multi-instrumentalist, composer, and musical anthropologist Stephan M...continue... ![]() Guy Klucevsek: Free Range Accordion
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