https://cleanfeedrecords.bandcamp.com/album/pas-de-deux Free Jazz Adjacent Rating: Highly Recommended released October 20, 2023 Fritz Hauser drums and percussionPedro Carneiro marimba impressive bio here: https://www.innovativepercussion.com/artists/pedro_carneiro Two world class percussionists get together in Lisbon and record a subtle and almost egoless album. This is truly music that’s only about the music. It’s challenging without being harsh, existing in theContinue reading “Pas de Deux by Fritz Hauser & Pedro Carneiro”
Category Archives: improvisational
No Brake by Dom Bouffard+Simon Rose
https://scatterarchive.bandcamp.com/album/no-brake free jazz ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ released July 9, 2023 My narcissism about being an authority on music and my belief that my opinions should start trends is beaten down regularly by the nobody gives a fuck reality of this blog with hundreds of reviews at this point. What’s even more absurd is fucking aroundContinue reading “No Brake by Dom Bouffard+Simon Rose”
CIRCUMSTELLAR by Álvaro Domene & Álvaro Pérez
https://ilusorecords.bandcamp.com/album/circumstellar Jazz Fusion ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ released July 7, 2023 This is great music. Without a doubt one of the best releases so far this year. CIRCUMSTELLAR blends prog jazz and ambient and successfully pushes the boundaries of all of it. I’ll admit that when I go through the prog archives recommendations sometimesContinue reading “CIRCUMSTELLAR by Álvaro Domene & Álvaro Pérez”
Repetition Disguises by James O’Sullivan+N O Moore
https://scatterarchive.bandcamp.com/album/repetition-disguises Experimental Rating: Worth a Listen released June 4, 2023 I woke up determined to find something worth reviewing in my Bandcamp feed and after maybe an hour that included half of a generic slushwave record I settled on this: two guitarists collaborating on an avant garde improv. They’re both restrained and respectful of eachContinue reading “Repetition Disguises by James O’Sullivan+N O Moore”
Joe Lovano, Trio Tapestry, Marilyn Crispell, Carmen Castaldi – Our Daily Bread
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Spiritual Jazz released may 5 2023 Lovano (sax) and Crispell (piano) are both in their 70’s and Castaldi (percussion) graduated Berklee in the seventies so he’s gotta be up there, too. Lovano is taking the lead here but Crispell is a actually quite considerably superior as a jazz musician andContinue reading “Joe Lovano, Trio Tapestry, Marilyn Crispell, Carmen Castaldi – Our Daily Bread”
Pre-Exist /Joe Morris/Raf Vertessen/Joe Morris
https://glacialerratic.bandcamp.com/album/pre-exist-joe-morris-raf-vertessen-joe-morris ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Free Jazz released June 7, 2023 Morris decides to play bass instead of guitar on the third recording he appears on so far in 2023. I copy and paste the names of the recordings from the bandcamp page but I figure it’s actually supposed to be Pre-Exist /Joe Morris/Raf Vertessen/Will GreeneContinue reading “Pre-Exist /Joe Morris/Raf Vertessen/Joe Morris”
Mostly Happy Endings by Greg Segal
https://gregsegal.bandcamp.com/album/mostly-happy-endings Genre: Experimental Rating: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ released January 22, 2023 Recently, it came into my Bandcamp feed that Segal has re-released several recordings of his band from the 80’s Paperbag. I bought their album Ticket to Trauma when it came out on SST and I’ve had a fondness for it for several decadesContinue reading “Mostly Happy Endings by Greg Segal”
Live at Jazz Cava by Oriol Roca Trio & Lynn Cassiers
https://underpool.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-jazz-cava Genre: Avant-Garde Jazz Rating: Very Highly Recommended released February 11, 2023 Belgian jazz vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and master of electronics, Lynn Cassiers, makes avant garde singing emotionally relatable on this exceptional album. At times, there’s a scented candle lava lamp vibe which might sound like I’m implying there’s a touch of the cliche in theContinue reading “Live at Jazz Cava by Oriol Roca Trio & Lynn Cassiers”
Entropy by Colin Bragg
https://colinbragg.bandcamp.com/album/entropy Genre: Experimental Rating: 🎸 🎸 🎸 🎸 🎸 5/5 Stars According to his BandCamp notes Bragg decided to pull out his old man’s guitar and created this excellent release in a couple days. The electronics remind me of Edgar Froese and the guitar playing Loren Connors. From what I’m seeing this music hasn’t reachedContinue reading “Entropy by Colin Bragg”
Remembered Present by Jacek Chmiel+Thomas Rohrer
https://scatterarchive.bandcamp.com/album/remembered-present Genre: Experimental Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/5 stars highest recommendation released January 30, 2023 This is the experience I want when I listen to experimental music. Engaging. Surprising. And cutting edge. The trend for artists to turn to field recordings is a great one. Especially when it’s done right. Remembered Present has all the electroacoustic musiqueContinue reading “Remembered Present by Jacek Chmiel+Thomas Rohrer”
Out Of Nowhereby John Edwards / Andrew Lisle / Dirk Serries / Colin Webster
https://rawtonkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/out-of-nowhere Genre: Improvised Music Rating: ⭐️⭐️ 2/5 Stars Dirk Serries is my favorite musician on this record and I wish he was the only one. I respect what the musicians are doing but at some point when there’s a 1000 records of a 1000 other people doing it as well or better it’s time forContinue reading “Out Of Nowhereby John Edwards / Andrew Lisle / Dirk Serries / Colin Webster”
Tiga Bilangan by Rizky Argadipradja, Wahono
https://divisi62.bandcamp.com/album/tiga-bilangan Genre: Experimental Avant-Garde Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 3/5 Release Date: January 19, 2023 The sound on this one is like 1940’s serial compositions but with a looser improvised feel rather than the austere feel of the written music from that era. The artists are a duo from Indonesia. The three stars are pretty much obligatory basedContinue reading “Tiga Bilangan by Rizky Argadipradja, Wahono”
Two Centuries by Qasim Naqvi / Wadada Leo Smith / Andrew Cyrille
https://redhookrecords.bandcamp.com/album/two-centuries Genre: Ambient Jazz Rating: 5/5 Stars Highest Rating released August 17, 2022 (Bandcamp) This deserves the same type of love Space 1.8 and Promises received but honest recognition is hard to come by even among jazz fans. Wadada Leo Smith is in the discussion as the greatest jazz musician still on the planet. TheContinue reading “Two Centuries by Qasim Naqvi / Wadada Leo Smith / Andrew Cyrille”
I Am the Spirit of the Earth by Igor Lumpert’s Innertextures
https://cleanfeedrecords.bandcamp.com/album/i-am-the-spirit-of-the-earth genre: contemporary jazz released November 18, 2022 rating: highly recommended Clean Feed has clearly become the leader at regularly and reliably releasing very high quality jazz records. They’re also generous on BandCamp and keep excellent curated playlists available on Spotify. Everyone who plays on this record is intensely talented and they all have fantasticContinue reading “I Am the Spirit of the Earth by Igor Lumpert’s Innertextures”
Transient Signalling At A Distance by Tom Ward
https://rawtonkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/transient-signalling-at-a-distance Genre: Free Jazz Rating: 🎷 🎷 🎷 🎷 🎷 When and Where: Track 1 recorded by Tom Ward at Two Ships, The Nest, Hastings on 16th July 2022 Tracks 2,4,5 recorded by Tom Ward at SET Lewisham on 1st August 2022 Tracks 3,6 recorded by Tom Ward at SET Lewisham on 20th June 2022Continue reading “Transient Signalling At A Distance by Tom Ward”
Vibraphone Improvisations by Will Redman
https://willredman.bandcamp.com/album/vibraphone-improvisations Genre: Avant Garde Rating: 5/5 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ released on bandcamp March 29, 2022 This one is an austere, no gimmicks, no bullshit, no show off flash – vibraphone improvisation. It’s the right instrument done the right way. I’d be comfortable calling this third stream jazz just based off of the instrumentContinue reading “Vibraphone Improvisations by Will Redman”
Khimaira by Child of Illusion
https://susanasantossilva.bandcamp.com/album/khimaira Genre: Free Jazz Rating: 5/5 releases May 13, 2022 Chris Pitsiokos – alto saxophone Susana Santos Silva – trumpet Torbjörn Zetterberg – double bass To me, Silva is golden. I treat everything she does with awe and respect. Put it this way, I get as excited about her releases as I do anyone’s inContinue reading “Khimaira by Child of Illusion”
Fertile Garden by Rob Brown / Juan Pablo Carletti
https://nobusinessrecords.bandcamp.com/album/fertile-garden Genre: Free Jazz Rating: 4/5 Brown and Carletti have created a laid back free jazz release consisting of two tracks that combine to make a little under an hour’s worth of solid music. Both tracks are credited to alto saxophonist Brown. I’m pretty sure the majority of the jazz I listen to the saxContinue reading “Fertile Garden by Rob Brown / Juan Pablo Carletti”
…for double bass & prerecorded electronics by Daniel Barbiero
https://shopendtitles.bandcamp.com/album/for-double-bass-prerecorded-electronics Genre: Experimental Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp March 22, 2022 Sometimes I really feel pressure to get the right words out there. I’m pressed for time this morning but I want to get this review out. Two and half listens in, I’m telling you this is one of those that’s going to… let’s sayContinue reading “…for double bass & prerecorded electronics by Daniel Barbiero”
Wagtail by Julius Schwing
https://isthmus-music.bandcamp.com/album/wagtail Genre: Avant Garde Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp March 4, 2022 This one really took me by surprise and grabbed me by the nuts. Maybe this is as obscure as I think it is or maybe by admitting this is my first contact will get me laughed out of the blogosphere. I hope it’sContinue reading “Wagtail by Julius Schwing”
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