Nendo Dango Records is a fairly new record label that records free jazz. In the words of the musicians behind it, they describe the music and the record label’s mission: “Nendo Dango arises to gather not only our music, but also to show a way to reach it, a way of construction in favor of
I became a listener of jazz composer, Geri Allen when the news of her passing broke in June 2017. Her name and face suddenly flooded mainstream media, music publications and social media timelines at a rate that made me realize that I had been missing out on listening to a staple in the free jazz
482 Music (CD/DL) Recorded Oct 3, 2011; Released Apr 27, 2012 Personnel: Tomas Fujiwara (drums, compositions) Trevor Dunn (bass) Mary Halvorson (guitar) Brian Settles (tenor sax) Jonathan Finlayson (trumpet) Track List Lineage, 7:47 Double Lake, Defined, 3:30 For Ours, 5:09 Cosmopolitan (Rediscovery), 6:07 Smoke-breathing Lights, 10:52 Postcards, 11:44 Review A complaint often leveled against modern musicians
Mary Halvorson Quintet Firehouse 12 Music LP/CD (2013/2012) Recorded: Jul 30-31, 2011; Released: 2012 (CD), Mar 26, 2013 (LP) Personnel: Mary Halvorson (guitar, compositions) Jonathan Finlayson (trumpet) Jon Irabagon (alto sax) John Hebert (bass) Ches Smith (drums) Track Listing: Sinks When She Rounds the Bend (no. 22), 7:48 Hemorrhaging Smiles (no. 25), 7:59 Forgotten Men
Clean Feed Records (CD) Released: June 20, 2013 Personnel: Harris Eisenstadt: drums, compositions Ellery Eskelin: tenor sax Angelica Sanchez: piano Track List: Swimming, then Rained Out, 4:23 Additives, 6:20 From Schoenberg, Part One, 7:41 Back and Forth, 7:01 Ordinary Weirdness, 6:19 The Destructive Element, 2:36 Cascadia, 6:47 From Schoenberg, Part Two, 4:23 Here Are the
Relative Pitch Records (CD) Released: June 2013 Personnel: Taylor Ho Bynum: cornet John Hebert: contrabass Gerald Cleaver: drums Track List: Comin’ On, 7:14 Aware of Vacuity, 10:15 Henry, 6:51 Open City, 6:09 Jamila, 7:15 Journal Square Compilations, 9:25 Precoda/Henry, 9:43 The much-awaited second release by Book of Three, a collaborative trio, witnesses the band opening
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
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
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)
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),
