Michael Attias’ Renku – Live In Greenwich Village (2016)
A review of Live in Greenwich Village, by Michael Attias’ long-time trio Renku, is now available here.
Album Reviews
Light: The Early Years 1975-1989 By William Hooker
William Hooker NoBusiness Records (Limited Edition Box Set, 4 CDs) Drummer William Hooker (b. June 18, 1946) is a player who gives absolutely everything in performance. Not only does he put his entire being into the music, but in each setting, whether in concert or on recordings, he gives listeners a complete picture of his
Cosmic Nickolodeon (2016) By Jemeel Moondoc & Hilliard Greene
Jemeel Moondoc & Hilliard Greene Relative Pitch (CD) Personnel Jemeel Moondoc (alto saxophone) Hilliard Greene (bass) Review I have had the pleasure of seeing Jemeel Moondoc and Hilliard Greene play live. I recall seeing Jemeel playing at a free jazz series on the Lower East Side at the Chase Manhattan Bar and Grille some years
The Bell (2016)
Ches Smith-Craig Taborn-Mat Maneri ECM (2016) Personnel Ches Smith (percussion, compositions) Craig Taborn (piano) Mat Maneri (viola) Track Listing The Bell (9:29) Barely Intervallic (7:43) Isn’t It Over? (13:11) I’ll See You on the Dark Side of the Earth (10:47) I Think (9:31) Wacken Open Air (5:16) It’s Always Winter (Somewhere) (5:32) For Days (6:38)
Drums Of Days (2016) By Flin Van Hemmen
Flin van Hemmen’s Drums of Days Neither/Nor Records (CD) Personnel: Flin van Hemmen (drums, piano) Todd Neufeld (guitar) Eivind Opsvik (bass) Special Guest: Tony Malaby (tenor & soprano saxophones on track 2) Special Guest: Eliot Cardinaux (poetry) Track List: Drums of Days I (8:40) Morsel! (1:28) Dream Tree (2:13) Aching Arches (16:38) Sensitive Chaos I
The Dreemzboat! (2016) By Pulcinella
Pulcinella – The Dreemzboat! Personnel: Colin Sanderson (electric guitar) Paul Feitzinger “Clambo” (drums) Andrew MacLarty “Captain Careful” (modular synth and lead vocals on the track “Varying Intensities (feat. Orgasm Avenue)”) Jodi Gay-Cooper – (electric guitar on track three “Varying Intensities (feat. Orgasm Avenue)”) Track Listing: I Never Said You Could Stop Doing That Puls’d Tydez
The Distance (2016) BY Michael Formanek & Ensemble Kolussus
The Distance – Michael Formanek and Ensemble Kolossus ECM (2016) Personnel: Loren Stillman (alto saxophone, flute) Oscar Noriega (alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet) Chris Speed (tenor saxophone, clarinet) Brian Settles (tenor saxophone, flute) Tim Berne (baritone saxophone) Dave Ballou (trumpet) Ralph Alessi (trumpet) Shane Endsley (trumpet) Kirk Knuffke (cornet) Alan Ferber (trombone) Jacob Garchik (trombone)
Diachronic Paths (2016) By Rafal Mazur-Kier Neuringer Duo
Mazur/Neuringer – Diachronic Paths Relative Pitch CD (2016) Recorded November 13, 2013 in Krakow, Poland Personnel: Keir Neuringer (alto saxophone) Rafal Mazur (bass guitar) Review Bass and Saxophone duo Mazur/Neuringer journey through an improvised song set that is at times equal parts playful, fierce and inventive. The duo of Philadelphia-based saxophonist Keir Neuringer and Polish bassist
Birth Of A Being By David S. Ware’s Apogee
DAVID S. WARE / APOGEE Birth Of A Being (Expanded) AUM096/97 DSW-ARC01 Personnel: David S. Ware: tenor saxophone Cooper-Moore: piano, ashimba on * Marc Edwards: drums Original sessions produced by David S. Ware and Cooper-Moore; Recorded by Fred Seibert at C.I. Recording, NYC on April 14 & 15, 1977 This edition produced by Steven Joerg.
No Project Trio – Vol. 2
No Project Trio – Volume II (FMR Records, 2016) Vol II (FMR Records) Released December 17, 2015; recorded at the Timbuktu Studio on September 2, 2014; mixed and mastered by André Fernandes; cover artwork and photography by João Pedro Lomelino. Personnel João Paulo Esteves da Silva (piano) Nelson Cascais (bass) João Lencastre (drums) Track List: