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Entries Tagged as 'Music Festival'

Robert Black: Possessed

Double bassist m: Robert Black (a member of the Bang on a Can All-Stars) became fascinated by the desert landscape around Moab, Utah after an invitation to play at a music festival there. He improvised this entire site-specific environmental duet “on location” over the course of three d… [ read more ]

Date: Oct 2nd, 2017 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz CD Reviews · Music Festival

Pauline Oliveros/Roscoe Mitchell/John Tilbury/Wadada Leo Smith: Nessuno

In 1991 the label I Dischi Di Angelica was founded solely for the purpose of documenting the performances of its namesake music festival in Italy. The non-profit label has grown–but only marginally–releasing a compact catalog of global music, typically related to artists that have some association… [ read more ]

Date: Dec 30th, 2016 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz CD Reviews · Music Festival

Philip Thomas / JA1/4rg Frey: Circles and Landscapes

When the Swiss clarinetist and composer JA1/4rg Frey was celebrated as Composer in Residence at the 2015 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, pianist m: Philip Thomas wrote of him, “JA1/4rg Frey the composer is inseparable from JA1/4rg Frey the composer. To understand his music is to know… [ read more ]

Date: Mar 16th, 2016 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz CD Reviews · Music Festival

John Butcher, Thomas Lehn, John Tilbury: Exta

The trio of saxophonist m: John Butcher , synthesiser player m: Thomas Lehn and pianist m: John Tilbury had a certain inevitability about it. Although they had not recorded together prior to this album, each of the three possible pairs had done so–Lehn and Tilbury when the Englishman recorded the extraordinary The Hands of Caravaggio (Erstwhile, 2002) with MIMEO of which Lehn was a member, Butcher and Tilbury when the saxophonist joined AMM to record Trinity (Matchless, 2008), and Butcher and Lehn when the latter was a member of the large John Butcher Group which recorded Somethingtobesaid (Weight of Wax, 2009) at the 2008 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. Consequently, they understood and were familiar with each other’s playing when they got together to record this album at City University Music Studios in June 2012…

Date: Sep 21st, 2013 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz CD Reviews · Music Festival

AccuJazz Internet Radio Celebrates New Orleans Jazz Fest With New Channel

The onset of warmer weather can mean only one thing: music festival season is nigh! There may be other joys that Summer brings, but for the folks at AccuJazz Internet Radio it’s all about savoring great music in the great outdoors. AccuJazz has a tradition of creating channels dedicated to the jazz festivals they’re most [continue reading…]

Date: Apr 10th, 2012 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz Festivals · Jazz News · Music Festival

Otomo Yoshihide Quartet: Allurements of the Ellipsoid

The minimalist improvisation of Otomo Yoshihide’s Quartet, assembled for the 2005 Donaueschinger Music Festival, delivers a thoroughly abstract sound that could never be described as obtuse. This coming together of heavyweight improvisers yielded two discs– one, a studio session and the other, a live performance–recorded over three days. Those familiar with the genius of Yoshihide’s music can follow his career from the noisy rock of his band Ground Zero to his swinging free jazz recordings for small and large ensemble. His previous releases include two 2010 tributes: one, to m: Albert Ayler , Bells; the other, to {{Ornette Coleman, Lonely Woman (both on Doubt)

Date: Oct 6th, 2011 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz CD Reviews · Music Festival

Otomo Yoshihide Quartet: Allurements of the Ellipsoid

The minimalist improvisation of Otomo Yoshihide’s Quartet, assembled for the 2005 Donaueschinger Music Festival, delivers a thoroughly abstract sound that could never be described as obtuse. This coming together of heavyweight improvisers yielded two discs– one, a studio session and the other, a live performance–recorded over three days. Those familiar with the genius of Yoshihide’s music can follow his career from the noisy rock of his band Ground Zero to his swinging free jazz recordings for small and large ensemble.

Date: Oct 6th, 2011 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz CD Reviews · Music Festival