Kevin Press

  • Improvisational jazz trio Ballister is touring in the U.S. next month. Thirteen straight gigs are scheduled between Apr. 13 and 25 for the group that features Dave Rempis on saxophones, Fred Lonberg-Holm on cello and Paal Nilssen-Love on drums. Apr. 13 – Tubby’s, Kingston, NY with Joe McPhee Apr. 14 – Ars Nova @ Phila…

  • Contemporary music from around the world. Damla Bozkurt – Face Off 0.00  Distant Fires Burning – Book Of Fragmentation (Neuro… No Neuro Remix) 4.52  Mitch Stahlmann – Paris 2107 6.48  Skyence – Creation 9.03  Luca Sigurtà – Glitters 13.08  Cole Peters – Plains Music 14.59  Tülay German & François Rabbath – Abidin 23.20  amosphère –…

  • This week’s favourites: Lawrence English – Viento (Room40) Émilie Girard-Charest – Intimités (Ambiances Magnétiques) Ken Ikeda, Massimo Magee, Eddie Prévost, Joshua Weitzel – Easter Monday Music (577 Records) Hans P. Kjorstad – Avkjølingshistorie (Motvind Records) Stellan Veloce – Stellan Veloce’s Complesso Spettro (Hyperdelia) And from the archives: 3 Head Mechanism – Full Auto Stop (Independent)

  • Terry Jennings’ extraordinary 1960 composition Piece for Cello and Saxophone is finally receiving a proper release, thanks to the Los Angeles label Saltern. The work was arranged in just intonation by the great La Monte Young, and performed by cellist Charles Curtis. (Despite its title, the composition does not feature saxophone.) Sometimes referred to as…

  • Brian Field – Let’s Build a Wall! (An American Satire) 0.00  Ovidiu Marinescu / Richard E. Brown / Mark G. Simon – The Journey – i. There are a Thousand Ways 6.06  Paul Cohen – Concerto for Alto Saxophone – I. Recitative-Adagio 13.33  Eric Biddington – Two Pieces for Saxophone Quartet – I. Serenade 30.05 …

  • Eric Chenaux performed his latest album Say Laura for a small audience and video director Martin Carolo this past December, and A live performance of Eric Chenaux’s latest Say Laura has been posted to Vimeo until Apr. 6. Directed by Martin Carolo, the video features Chenaux in front of a small audience at his home…