Jazz
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Chad Fowler is joined by Zoh Amba, Ivo Perelman and a rhythm section featuring Matthew Shipp, William Parker and Steve Hirsch on the forthcoming album Alien Skin. It’s out Nov. 11 on Fowler’s Mahakala Music label. Check out this gorgeous clip of the group performing “In Pairs.”
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Avant-garde legend Pharoah Sanders has passed in Los Angeles, according to his record label Luaka Bop. He was 81. Born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1940, Sanders given name was Farrell. It was Sun Ra that gave him the nickname Pharoah, when the two began working together in the 1960s. Sanders joined John Coltrane’s band…
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Byron Asher says he named his quintet Basher after the nickname he earned in high school. The oft-posed question: “what would a band called Basher sound like?” is said to be at the project’s origin. Here’s at least one answer, from Basher’s forthcoming LP Doubles. The full album drops Sept. 30 on Sinking City Records.
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