Band: Tim Berne’s Almost Human with Matt Mitchell, Dan Weiss Videographer: Kevin Reilly [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkG6h_sg6SE&w=560&h=315] [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUWCQAEtshA&w=560&h=315]
Band: Ingrid Laubrock Septet with Peter Evans, Miya Masaoka, Craig Taborn, Sam Pluta, Dan Peck, Tyshawn Sorey Videographer: Kevin Reilly [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xPaiwgWAp8&w=560&h=315] [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFS3tAzwKkw&w=560&h=315]
Band: Chris Pitsiokos Solo Videographer: Kevin Reilly [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok1radtc9qE&w=560&h=315] [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRhXIM45V18&w=560&h=315] [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjmw_Wnqzvw&w=560&h=315]
Band: Chris Pitsiokos Solo Videographer: Kevin Reilly [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TxlzWukPIY&w=560&h=315] [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxMpk4NRD7s&w=560&h=315] [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyDqNnyP6E8&w=560&h=315]
Michael Foster’s The Ghost The Hole (Tombed Visions, 2016) The Hole is the second recording of Michael Foster’s trio, The Ghost, with bassist Henry Fraser and drummer Connor Baker. If you listened to their previous recording, There’s Always A First Time For Everything, the playing on this project is much tighter. All three musicians mesh
Matthew Shipp Trio – Piano Song Newman Taylor Baker – Drums Michael Bisio – Bass Matthew Shipp – Piano Renowned pianist, composer and bandleader Matthew Shipp’s new full length album Piano Song is the latest in a discography that establishes him as a contemporary master of the jazz idiom. For nearly three decades Shipp has
Mary Halvorson – Meltframe (Firehouse 12) A few weeks ago, something amazing happened. I closed my eyes and was transported back in time to the music of my youth: the angsty, rough edges of Nirvana, the intricate and driving rhythms of Radiohead, the dark melodicism of Muse. When I opened them again, I realized it
Michael Foster’s The Ghost There’s a First Time for Everything Self-released on Bandcamp and on cassette; recorded live in Philadelphia. Michael Foster is an emerging musician on the New York music scene. For the past several years, he’s been active working with his group, The Ghost. He also has a duo consisting of himself and
James Brandon Lewis Trio – No Filter (BNS Records, 2016) Consisting of Luke Stewart on bass, Warren G. “Trae” Crudup III on drums and bandleader James Brandon Lewis on tenor sax and vocals, the James Brandon Lewis Trio is an electrifying, forward thinking contemporary Jazz ensemble. The trio’s newest project No Filter is a forceful,
