All posts tagged: Rodrigo Amado

Playlist for Week of December 8, 2014

Matt Nelson – Lower Bottoms (Tubapede, 2014) Travis Laplante’s Battle Trance – Palace of Wind (NNA Tapes, 2014) Rodrigo Amado Motion Trio & Peter Evans – Live in Lisbon (No Business, 2014) Tyshawn Sorey – Alloy (Pi, 2014) VAX – Count to VAX (self-released, 2014) [vinyl] Jesse Stacken – Helleborus (Fresh Sound, 2014) Taylor Ho

Best Albums of 2014

This was an amazing year with a number of innovative and revolutionary releases that made it very difficult to choose. I spent many days narrowing the best records of 2014 down to fifteen: Josh Sinton’s Ideal Bread – Beating the Teens (Cuneiform) Travis Laplante’s Battle Trance – Palace of Wind (NNA Tapes) Rodrigo Amado Motion

Luis Lopes’ Humanization 4tet – Live in Madison (2013)

Luis Lopes’ Humanization 4tet Ayler Records (CD) Released 2013; recorded live by Anna Weisling at Audio for the Arts, Madison, WI, USA, July 8, 2011; mixed & mastered by Joaquim Monte at Namouche Studios, Lisbon, Portugal; produced by Luis Lopes; layout, design & executive production by Stephane Berland Personnel: Luis Lopes (electric guitar) Rodrigo Amado