Album Reviews

Gordion Twine (2015)

Chris Pitsiokos Trio New Atlantis (CD/DL) Recorded by WKCR-FM, Brooklyn, NY; engineered by Gabe Ibagon, Oct 2, 2014; mixed by Chris Pitsiokos; mastered by Weasel Walter. Personnel: Chris Pitsiokos (alto saxophone, composition) Max Johnson (bass) Kevin Shea (percussion) Track Listing: Prologue Lethe Clotho Lachesis Atropos Dissolution Epilogue Gordion Twine is a superb record featuring three

LARK (2014)

Skirl (CD) Recorded by Paul Geluso at Dolan Studios, Jun 5, 2011; mixed by Paul Geluso and Ravi Coltrane at Dolan Studios, Aug 28, 2012; mastered by Liberty Ellman, Feb 21, 2013. Personnel Ralph Alessi (trumpet) Ingrid Laubrock (tenor saxophone) Kris Davis (piano) Tom Rainey (drums) Track Listing Thieves in a Pod Nit-Splitting Hypnotic Jerk

Massive Threads (2013)

Thirsty Ear (CD) Recorded by Tom Tedesco at Tedesco Studios, Oct 21, 2012; mixed & mastered by Katherine Miller; photography by Peter Gannushkin; graphic design by Amy Bennick. Personnel Kris Davis (piano) Track Listing Ten Exorcists Desolation and Despair Intermission Music Massive Threads Dancing Marlins Evidence Leaf-like Slow Growing External Reviews Pop Matters, by Rob

Ghost Loop (2013)

Fortune (CD) Recorded live by Michal Kupicz at Chorzowskie Centrum Kultury during Jazz & Beyond Festival (Poland), Sep 27, 2012. Personnel Mary Halvorson (guitar) John Hebert (bass) Ches Smith (drums) Track Listing Into the Sea into Me (no. 36) (8:16) The Cadence of Tears (no. 40) Crashes Like Lights (no. 39) Existential Tearings (no. 44)

Big Eyed Rabbit (2014)

Not Two (CD) Recorded by Tom Tedesco at Tedesco Studios, June 28, 2013; mixed by Eivind Opsvik at Greenwood Underground; mastered by Jim Clouse at Park West Studios; artwork by Victoria Salvador. Personnel Ross Martin (electric guitar) Max Johnson (bass) Jeff Davis (drums) Track Listing Cluck Old Hen Mr. Sherbert Poughkeepsie Ridge Brown County Breakdown

Dragon Father (2014)

Fresh Sound (CD) Recorded live by Joseph Branciforte at Cornelia Street Cafe, New York, NY, Mar 29, 2013; mixed & mastered by Eivind Opsvik at Greenwood Underground, Brooklyn, NY; photography & design by Bryan Murray. Personnel Jeff Davis (drums) Kirk Knuffke (cornet) Oscar Noriega (alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet) Russ Lossing (piano) Eivind Opsvik (bass)

Destination: Void (2014)

More Is More (CD) Recorded by Jeff Svatek at the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, March 27-29, 2013; mixed & mastered by Sam Pluta. Personnel: Peter Evans (trumpet) Ron Stabinsky (piano, prepared piano) Tom Blancarte (bass) Jim Black (drums) Sam Pluta (live electronics) Track

Navigation (2013)

Firehouse 12 (LP/CD) Recorded live by Nick Lloyd at Firehouse 12, New Haven, CT, December 7, 2012; mixed & mastered by Nick Lloyd; produced by Nick Lloyd & Taylor Ho Bynum. Personnel: Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet) Jim Hobbs (alto saxophone) Bill Lowe (bass trombone, tuba) Mary Halvorson (guitar) Ken Filiano (bass) Tomas Fujiwara (drums) Track

Invisible Trio (2014)

Fresh Sound (CD) Recorded at Acoustic Recording, May 29, 2013. Personnel: Max Johnson (bass, compositions) Kirk Knuffke (cornet) Ziv Ravitz (drums) Track Listing: The Pretzel (3:47) Bizza (7:55) Held for Questioning (4:15) Don Wrinkles (4:58) The Invisible Trio (4:13) Moving Vehicle (4:02) A Pair of Glasses (6:52) The Golem (4:28) External Reviews: Improvised, by Craig

Through Foundation (2014)

Self-Released (LP) Recorded in Taylor Ho Bynum’s basement, April 4-6, 2012; mixed & mastered by Nick Lloyd. Personnel: Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet) Tomas Fujiwara (drums) Track Listing: Reunion (for Alan Dawson) (5:35) Black Cherry Basement (5:24) Backyard Wind (3:11) LoJo (for Bill Lowe and Joseph Daley) (1:47) Prime 3 (5:24) Lemuel Birks (5:03) Micro (for