NNA Tapes (LP) / New Amsterdam Records (CD) Recorded by Michael Marciano at Systems Two Studios in Brooklyn, NY, June 17, 2013; mixed by Ryan Power & Travis Laplante; mastered by Aaron Sanchez. Personnel: Travis Laplante (tenor saxophone) Patrick Breiner (tenor saxophone) Matt Nelson (tenor saxophone) Jeremy Viner (tenor saxophone) Track Listing: Palace of Wind
Sulde (CD) Recorded by Jimmy Katz at Steve Maxwell’s, July 28, 2013; mixed & mastered by Katsuhiko Naito at Avatar Studios; photography by Patrick Breiner Personnel: Patrick Breiner (tenor saxophone) Adam Hopkins (bass) Will McEvoy (bass) Flin van Hemmen (drums) Track Listing: Isn’t It Obvious? (4:42) Flood Fathers (7:53) Outside Noise (3:25) Mourner (6:18) Rhino
Relative Pitch (CD/DL) Recorded by Aaron Nevezie at the Bunker, December 6, 2013. Mixed by Eivind Opsvik at Greenwood Underground. Mastered by Nate Wood at Kerseboom Mastering. Executive production by Mike Panico and Kevin Reilly. Personnel: Mary Halvorson (guitar) Chris Speed (tenor saxophone, clarinet) Eivind Opsvik (bass) Tomas Fujiwara (drums) Track Listing: Torturer’s Reverse Delight
This past weekend, Cornelia Street Cafe hosted two significant record release concerts. On Friday, guitarist Mary Halvorson and bassist Stephan Crump teamed up with their Secret Keeper project to debut their second record, Emerge (Intakt). On Saturday, Tomas Fujiwara & the Hook Up (including Halvorson, Jonathan Finlayson, Brian Settles, and Michael Formanek) debuted their third
Carlo Costa Quartet Neither Nor Records (CD) Sediment is an interesting new foray into free improvisation, based around concepts percussionist Carlo Costa outlines to his bandmates. This certainly is no easy task, for free improvisation is a very difficult thing to do well. Getting the right balance of voices in any given ensemble takes a
Tomas Fujiwara Trio Relative Pitch (CD) Released December 2, 2014; recorded live by Jonathan Goldberger at Barbes, Brooklyn, September 11, 2013; mixed by Goldberger; mastered by Nate Wood at Kerseboom Mastering; produced by Tomas Fujiwara; artwork by Tetsuo Hasegawa; photography by Peter Gannushkin; art design & layout by Spl@T!; executive production by Kevin Reilly and
SIMPLE Anna Webber This record is a fascinating window into the mind of a talented, young composer. Building off of her previous record, Percussive Mechanics (2013), Webber’s new band, the Simple Trio, strikes boldly into new territory. On the surface, this is a surprisingly unpretentious record in that it sets out to take rhythmic structures
Matt Mitchell-Ches Smith Duo Pi Recordings (CD) Released 2013; recorded by Joseph Branciforte, Dec 17-18, 2012 at the Loove, Brooklyn, NY; mixed and mastered by David Torn at Cell Labs East; produced by David Torn; executive production by Seth Rosner and Yulun Wang; art and design by Michael Cina Personnel: Matt Mitchell (piano) Ches Smith
The Prisoner Max Johnson No Business Records (CD) Released 2014; recorded by Tom Tedesco at Tedesco Studios, Paramus, NJ, Dec 20, 2012; mixed by Eivind Opsvik at Greenwood Underground, Brooklyn; mastered by Tim Cramer at Cramersound, New York; original artwork by Russ Johnson; design by Oskaras Anosovas; produced by Max Johnson; executive production by Danas
Ideal Bread – Beating the Teens (2014) Cuneiform Records (2 CDs/DL) Released May 13, 2014; recorded by Tyler Wood at Vibromonk Studios, Brooklyn, August 16-19, 2013; mixed by Tyler Wood at Vibromonk Studios, Dec 2013; mastered by Randy Merrill at Sterling Sound, New York, NY, Jan 7 & 9, 2014; produced by Josh Sinton &
