Album Reviews

Weight (2012)

Out Now Recordings CD Recorded: July 25, 2011; Released: 2012 Personnel: Yoni Kretzmer (tenor sax, compositions) Sean Conly (bass) Reuben Radding (bass) Mike Pride (drums) Track Listing: Number One, 10:40 Giving Tree, 8:34 Smallone, 2:51 Again and Again, 6:56 Number Three, 10:00 A Bit of Peace, 5:52 Detail, 1:06 GT Reprise, 4:17 Yoni Kretzmer emerged

Anthony Braxton & Taylor Ho Bynum – Duo (Amherst) 2010

Tri-Centric Foundation (DVD with free audio download) Recorded: 22 Sep 2010; Released 13 Aug 2013 Personnel: Anthony Braxton (alto, sopranino, soprano & baritone saxes, compositions) Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet, flugelhorn, pocket cornet, trumpbone, piccolo and bass trumpets, compositions) It is amazing that this is the first live performance that Anthony Braxton and Taylor Ho Bynum

X Marks The Question (2013)

Lisa Mezzacappa Trio Queen Bee Records (CD) Released 2013; recorded by Michael Marciano at Systems Two, Brooklyn; mixed by John Finkbeiner at New, Improved Recording, Oakland, CA; mastered by Myles Boisen at Headless Buddha Mastering Lab, Oakland; cover photo by Myles Boisen; design by Lisa Mezzacappa. Personnel Lisa Mezzacappa (bass, compositions) Chris Welcome (guitar, compositions)

Illusionary Sea (2013)

Firehouse 12 LP/CD (2013) Recorded: 2012; Released: September 10, 2013 Personnel: Mary Halvorson (guitar, compositions) Jonathan Finlayson (trumpet) Jacob Garchik (trombone) Jon Irabagon (alto saxophone) Ingrid Laubrock (tenor saxophone) John Hebert (bass) Ches Smith (drums) Track Listing: Illusionary Sea (no. 33), 7:12 Smiles of Great Men (no. 34), 7:41 Red Sky Still Sea (no. 31),

Golden State (2013)

Harris Eisenstadt’s Golden State Songlines (CD) Released Sep 14, 2013; recorded by Darrell Harvey at Studio West, San Diego, CA, Nov 17, 2012; mixed by John Raham at Afterlife, Vancouver, BC; mastered by Graemme Brown at Zen Mastering; photography by Jon Setzen; design by Jordan Bent; produced by Harris Eisenstadt; executive production by Tony Relf

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

Tusk (2013)

Small Elephant Band NCM East (CD) Released 2013; recorded July 30, 2011 by Michael Brorby at Acoustic Recording; mixed by Marc Urselli; mastered by Steve Vavagiakis at Bang Zoom Personnel: Sean Moran (guitar) Michael McGinnis (clarinet, bass clarinet) Chris Dingman (vibraphone) Reuben Radding (bass) Harris Eisenstadt (drums) Track List: Elliptical (4:50) Circle One, Two (4:43)

Motions (2013) By Braveheart

Motions Braveheart Self-released (CD/DL) Recorded in Banff, Alberta, and White Rock, B.C., Canada, March-May 2013; mastered by Reuben Ghose at Mojito Mastering; photographs by Ted Crosby. Personnel: Ted Crosby (tenor saxophone, bass clarinet) James Meger (bass) Omar Amlani (drums) Track List: Motions How Do You Feel? Divided – United Thick Stars Firing into a Continent

Robinwood (2013) By Patrick Breiner As Vartan Mamigonian

Robinwood Patrick Breiner as Vartan Mamigonian Sulde (CD/DL) Recorded live at Robinwood Concert House, Toledo, OH, by Gabe Beam, 27 Oct 2013; mastered by Steve Gotcher at Audio for the Arts, Madison, WI, 31 Oct 2013. Track List: Motion Sickness (15:40) Pills / Side Effects / Remedy / Pills (5:47) Patrick Breiner (tenor saxophone, clarinet,

Heart Of The Sun (2013) – William Hooker

William Hooker Engine Records (CD) Recorded at Roulette, Brooklyn, Feb 20, 2013; mixed and mastered by Steven Walcott; letterpress design by Anjali Grant Personnel: William Hooker (drums) David Soldier (violin, banjo, guitar) Roy Campbell (trumpet, pocket trumpet, flute) Track List: Reflector of the Truth Bike Lane Snowflakes Seat of Green Slippers For Leroy…1 Rainwater For