Kevin Press
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This powerful new disc from Karoline LeBlanc, Ernesto Rodrigues and Nicolas Caloia is true to its title. Autoschediasm isn’t just a synonym for improv. According to Oxford, its use suggests “something done on the spur of the moment or without preparation; a hasty improvisation.” It is certainly all of that. This is Cecil Taylor-level intense.…
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SineRider – Four Below Zero 0.00 Guido – Today or Tomorrow Sensation 2.28 Muqata’a – Sabr Saam 9.53 Shelf Nunny – Ravenna 12.26 Andrew Cyrille / Wadada Leo Smith / Bill Frisell – Pretty Beauty 16.10 Zela Margossian Quintet – Transition 22.12 Xenofox & Joke Lanz – A Mouse in the House of Johann Strauss…
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Low Tape – Red Lights in ma Eyes 0.00 Makaton – Before My Eyes 3.43 Donald’s House – Marimbanana Loaf 7.50 Hans Bouffmyhre – Crossbow 10.10 Linear Straight – Random Orientations 13.50 Cardopusher – Regress to Nowhere 17.30 Klauss & Craig – Repeat After Me (Traumer – Reduced Mind) 21.00 Lixo – Wein 24.28 Lunatik…
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One of the best pieces of writing advice I ever got came from a publishing executive, early in my career. An article is never really finished, he explained. You simply choose to stop working on it. It is an empowering idea. We sometimes become so invested in a project that it begins to take on…
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A second volume of The Moderns is now available exclusively from Amazon, in both paperback and e-book versions. The new book features posts from this blog, exclaim.ca and allaboutjazz.com. Volume 1, released at the beginning of this year, was so warmly received that completing a follow-up was an easy decision. Big thanks to my friends…
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A pair of lengthy recordings land this month that illustrate two extremes of long-form composition. Listening to them side by side (or mixed together if you’re feeling adventurous) reminds us that beauty isn’t just in the eye of the beholder. Beauty is expressed. And everyone gets to decide what theirs looks and sounds like. Monty…
