Naruyoshi Kikuchi Dub Sextet -][- Dub Orbits – [Plaza Mayor Company, Ltd., 2011] –

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Composer, Naruyoshi Kikuchi, Plaza Mayor Company, Saxophonist

Naruyoshi Kikuchi Dub Sextet, DUB ORBITS

Naruyoshi Kikuchi Dub Sextet -][- Dub Orbits –Mp3– [Plaza Mayor Company, Ltd., 2011]

The Tokyo Kinema Club was packed for the latest semi-annual concert from Kikuchi’s fabulously popular and energetic Dub Sextet. Few jazz musicians can pull in as big a crowd as Naruyoshi Kikuchi, and fewer still for the right reasons, as he does. The strangely converted dance club he chose to play felt more like a set from a David Lynch movie than a traditional jazz place. However, it was a good, big space to let the large crowd stand and dig the new style jazz of the sextet.

The sextet does not put really put in dub as in Jamaican reggae, but dub in terms of splicing in a variety of styles, moods and ways of playing. The music was in turns, modal, straight-ahead, four beat, lushly balladic and occasionally stretching out into free jazz. In short, good strong muscular music, energetically played. Many in the audience might have been drawn by the slick, cool polish of the performers. This isn’t the old school jazz of most clubs in Tokyo, but one where the musicians dress in designer black. Regardless of what got them into the club, they got a stellar evening of intense music. The all-standing crowd loved every minute of the show. -[::: jazzinjapan.com :::]-

You can check out more music by Naruyoshi Kikuchi Dub Sextet at iTunes.apple.com

Myra Melford’s Be Bread -][- The Whole Tree Gone – [Firehouse 12, 2010 – Revisited] –

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Avant-Garde, Firehouse 12, Myra Melford

Myra Melford’s Be Bread, The Whole Tree Gone

Myra Melford’s Be Bread -][- The Whole Tree Gone –Mp3– [Firehouse 12, 2010 – Revisited]

Inspired by mevlana rumi’s poems, eastern sounds & wisdom and western modernism/avant-gardism, Myra Melford’s compositions reach to a higher standart again. on horns cuong vu and ben goldberg, on strings brandon ross (intriguing soprano guitar sounds) and stomu takeishi suit well with melford’s cecil tayloresque percussive piano style. all originals are complex but accessible. even, some tracks are “catchy” (1st track “through the same gate”, third one “night” and the sixth “i see a horizon”).

As rumi said “intricate sounds, not words. i catch what i can’t quite make out. fire burning down along the roots, as well as the branches. the whole tree gone”… “the fire music” (like the legendary archie shepp album) burn you as well… the whole sextet well done… -[Ali Haluk | Customer Review | Amazon.com]-

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS & NEW YEAR!

Paradoxical Frog -][- UNION – [Clean Feed Records, 2012] –

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Clean Feed Records, estrugamng.com, KRIS DAVIS, ngrid Laubrock, Paradoxical Frog, Tyshawn Sorey

Paradoxical Frog, UNION

Paradoxical Frog -][- UNION –Mp3– [Clean Feed Records, 2012]

This exciting trio sees drummer Tyshawn Sorey, pianist Kris Davis and reedist Ingrid Laubrock, all extremely thoughtful and engaging composer-improvisers, join forces.

The group started at a session Kris Davis called. They played for about and hour and Tyshawn Sorey suggested to turn it into collaboration. They have developed an almost telepathic way of interacting really deconstruct and improvise with the sometimes long and involved compositions. Everything is possible and each one of them is kept on his/her toes all the time.

All three musicians contribute their own unmistakable compositions to the group’s sound. “AllAboutJazz” has described their unique interplay as “a taut set, as if they’d agreed to avoid the easy way to make a fire and instead rubbed sticks telekinetically”. -[::: estrugamng.com :::]-

New Orleans Guitarist/Composer CLIFF HINES Presents a Rich Tapestry of Ideas, Inspirations & Sounds on His New Recording, WANDERLUST

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Andrew McGowan, Cliff Hines, Composer, Guitarist, New Orleans, Paul Thibodeaux & Jasen Weaver, Red Cat Publicity, Sasha Masakowski

Cliff Hines, WANDERLUST

Wanderlust, the new recording from New Orleans guitarist/composer Cliff Hines, is a rich tapestry of ideas, inspirations and sounds patched together from various times and places in the world. It is a sonic journey, an electro-acoustic blend traveling from one culture to the next. In making this record, Hines and co-producer/engineer Ian Painter gathered together some of New Orleans’s finest musicians, including local legends James Singleton, Bill Summers, Kent Jordan, Dave Easley and Helen Gillet, coupled with some of the best musicians of the new generation, including Khris Royal, Ashlin Parker, Mike Watson, Rex Gregory, Sam Craft and Jack Craft. Hines’ core band features vocalist Sasha Masakowski, drummer Paul Thibodeaux, bassist Jasen Weaver, and pianist Andrew McGowan. While all of these musicians are well versed in jazz, rock, funk and many other genres, the music they created together on Wanderlust defies convention and categorization.

Edward Maclean’s Adoqué -][- Adoqué – [r3w records, 2013] –

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Bassist, Composer, Edward Maclean, Ghana, Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin, r3w records

Edward Maclean’s Adoqué, Adoqué

Edward Maclean’s Adoqué -][- Adoqué –Mp3– [r3w records, 2013]

Edward Maclean has been operating in the deep frequency trade for some time now. Electric bass, double bass, and the occasional fat bass synth are his constant companions. He was born in Ghana, went to school in the far west of Germany and graduated from the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin where he currently lives.

His sound is rich,warm and has a lot of bottom with a little bit of grime in the middle. Holding down the time while keeping songs breathing – always focused on the overall sound – he has established himself as a sought after musical director.

Curtis Macdonald (Saxophonist, Sound Artist) Releases Three-Song EP, TWICE THROUGH THE WALL February 12, 2013

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Adam Jackson, Chris Tordini, Composer, Curtis MacDonald, David Virelles, Douglass Street Music Collective, Greenwich House Music School, Jeremy Viner, Saxophonist, Sound Artist

Curtis Macdonald, Twice Through the Wall

Featuring David Virelles (piano), Chris Tordini (bass), Jeremy Viner (saxophone), Adam Jackson (drums)

Canadian-born jazz composer and sound artist Curtis Macdonald’s new EP, Twice Through the Wall, explores the hidden potential of everyday experiences and the way those experiences can be altered and fine-tuned through metaphysical disciplines, such as classical yoga, meditation and lucid dreaming.

Evaristo Pérez Trio -][- Suite Paul Klee (feat. Ohad Talmor) – [Evaristo Pérez, 2012] –

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Composer, Conservatory of Geneva, Evaristo Pérez, Ohad Talmor), Pianist, Switzerland

Evaristo Pérez Trio, SUITE PAUL KLEE

Evaristo Pérez Trio -][- Suite Paul Klee (feat. Ohad Talmor) –Mp3– [Evaristo Pérez, 2012]

Passionate meetings in several fields of music, pianist Geneva of Catalan origin Evaristo Pérez (1969) discovered jazz in Switzerland and Italy, with Michel Bastet, Enrico Pieranunzi and Franco D’Andrea. It puts into practice a broad vision of this musical tradition, Drawn to among other things, freedom structured trio. Also active in music education, he continued, beaches solitary journeys collective, the way to approach personal music improvisation.

Magnanimus Trio -][- STILL TIME – [Nomeolvides. Co, 2012] –

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Aristotle University, Christos Barbas, Dimitris Tasoudis, Edvard Grieg, European Jazz, Magnanimus Trio, Nomeolvides

Magnanimus Trio, STILL TIME

Magnanimus Trio -][- STILL TIME –Mp3– [Nomeolvides. Co, 2012]

Magnanimus Trio is formed by three friends, Christos Barbas (piano, kaval, voice), Dimitris Tasoudis (drums, piano, voice) and Pavlos Spyropoulos (contrabass, voice) on September 2010. They met back in the 90s when they where co-students in the Music Studies Department in the Aristotle University of their city, Thessaloniki/Greece. Each of them has followed his own road, mixing musicalities and jobs both interesting and diverse.

Trombonist Ryan Keberle (Sufjan Stevens, Darcy James Argue, Maria Schneider, Escort) Releases “Music is Emotion” Feb 19, 2013

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Alternate Side Records, Composer, Eric Doob, Jorge Roeder, Michael Rodriguez, Ryan Keberle, Scott Robinson, Trombonist

Releases His Third Album, Music is Emotion (Alternate Side Records) February 19th, 2013

Ryan Keberle, MUSIC IS EMOTION

Featuring Michael Rodriguez (trumpet), Jorge Roeder (bass) and Eric Doob (drums) Plus Special Guest Scott Robinson (tenor sax).

Pre-Release at the Jazz Gallery Thursday, December 6th 9:00 and 10:30PM sets

Thirteen years after arriving in New York City, trombonist/composer Ryan Keberle has performed with a jaw-dropping roster of legendary musicians across a vast array of styles. At 32, his resume is more eclectic and impressive than that of many musicians twice his age.