John McCowen – 4 Chairs in Three Dimensions (Astral Spirits, 2018) [cassette] Donald Byrd – Free Form (Blue Note, 1966) [vinyl] Freddie Hubbard – Breaking Point (Blue Note, 1964) [vinyl] Tomeka Reid, Kyoko Kitamura, Taylor Ho Bynum, Joe Morris – Geometry of Caves (Relative Pitch, 2018) Ana Lopez Reyes’s Nnux – Distancia (Nnux Music, 2018) Tiger Hatchery – Breathing in the
Guitarist Sandy Ewen’s move from Houston to Brooklyn in early 2018 has no doubt had a transformative impact upon the improvised music scene here. Her unique, abrasion-focused way of playing her guitar, vertically situated in her lap, has provided her some significant and innovative musical techniques that she has employed to great purpose. Ewen is
We want to take a moment to thank all of our readers for supporting Jazz Right Now in 2018. The number of visitors to our site increased by over 9% this year. The share of our readers coming from outside the United States continued to increase as it has over the past 3 years. We
Op-Ed: A Feminist Urge Is Driving the Shape of Jazz to Come, written by Hillary Donnell Solidarity with New York Musicians [Updated Post] Interview: Trumpeter Jacob Wick Artist Feature: Jessica Ackerley In Conversation with Scottie McNiece, Co-Founder of International Anthem Recording Co., written by Jordannah Elizabeth Interview: Sam Weinberg Artist Feature: Samantha Riott Artist Feature:
Luke Stewart – Works for Upright Bass and Amplifier (Astral Spirits) Stephanie Richards – Fullmoon (Relative Pitch) Mary Halvorson – Code Girl (Firehouse 12) Weasel Walter – Skhiizm (ugEXPLODE) Sarah Bernstein’s Unearthish – Crazy Lights Shining (Phase Frame Music) Jeremiah Cymerman – Decay of the Angel (5049) Fay Victor’s SoundNoiseFUNK – Wet Robots (ESP-Disk’) Andrew Barker
(Chronological Order) VAX: Patrick Breiner, Liz Kosack, Devin Gray – Brooklyn Conservatory, January 21 Mary Halvorson Trio – The Stone, February 2 Patrick Shiroishi Nonet – Ham & Eggs (Los Angeles), March 12 Don Dietrich & Camille Dietrich – JACK, April 13 Viv Corringham & Nicola Hein – Outskirts, May 6 Anais Maviel & Luke
John McCowen – Solo Contra (International Anthem, 2017) Francois Houle, Alexander Hawkins, Harris Eisenstadt – You Have Options (Songlines, 2018) Kyle Bruckmann’s Wrack – … Awaits Silent Tristero’s Empire (Singlespeed Music, 2014) Maxime de la Rochefoucauld – Automates Ki (Plastique Records, 1997) Dustin Carlson – Air Ceremony (Out of Your Head Records, 2018) Vibrating Skull Trio – self-titled (unknown, n.d.)
While We Still Have Bodies is one of the most developed freely improvised ensembles to emerge in Brooklyn over the past decade. This band is comprised of Michael Foster (saxophones), Ben Gerstein (trombone), Sean Ali (bass), and Flin van Hemmen (drums). As stated, their music is entirely improvised and each time I have seen them
I have been familiar with trumpeter Aquiles Navarro and Tcheser Holmes for several years now. Their work in Irreversible Entanglements, a quintet featuring Moor Mother, Keir Neuringer, and Luke Stewart, has seen them touring internationally since 2016 and releasing one of the foremost records of 2017. Navarro and Holmes have been working on their duo
Don & Camille Dietrich – Dietrichs (Pica Disk, 2017) Cecil Taylor Segments II (Orchestra of Two Continents) – Winged Serpent (Sliding Quadrants) (Soul Note, 1985) Cecil Taylor – In Florescence (A&M Records, 1990) No-Neck Blues Band – Qvaris (5 Rue Christine, 2005) Glenn Branca – Lesson no. 1 (Superior Viaduct, 1980) Brad Whiteley – Presence (Destiny Records, 2018) Talibam! – Endgame of
