Relative Pitch Records (CD) Released: June 2013 Personnel: Taylor Ho Bynum: cornet John Hebert: contrabass Gerald Cleaver: drums Track List: Comin’ On, 7:14 Aware of Vacuity, 10:15 Henry, 6:51 Open City, 6:09 Jamila, 7:15 Journal Square Compilations, 9:25 Precoda/Henry, 9:43 The much-awaited second release by Book of Three, a collaborative trio, witnesses the band opening
Out Now Recordings CD Recorded: July 25, 2011; Released: 2012 Personnel: Yoni Kretzmer (tenor sax, compositions) Sean Conly (bass) Reuben Radding (bass) Mike Pride (drums) Track Listing: Number One, 10:40 Giving Tree, 8:34 Smallone, 2:51 Again and Again, 6:56 Number Three, 10:00 A Bit of Peace, 5:52 Detail, 1:06 GT Reprise, 4:17 Yoni Kretzmer emerged
Tri-Centric Foundation (DVD with free audio download) Recorded: 22 Sep 2010; Released 13 Aug 2013 Personnel: Anthony Braxton (alto, sopranino, soprano & baritone saxes, compositions) Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet, flugelhorn, pocket cornet, trumpbone, piccolo and bass trumpets, compositions) It is amazing that this is the first live performance that Anthony Braxton and Taylor Ho Bynum
Lisa Mezzacappa Trio Queen Bee Records (CD) Released 2013; recorded by Michael Marciano at Systems Two, Brooklyn; mixed by John Finkbeiner at New, Improved Recording, Oakland, CA; mastered by Myles Boisen at Headless Buddha Mastering Lab, Oakland; cover photo by Myles Boisen; design by Lisa Mezzacappa. Personnel Lisa Mezzacappa (bass, compositions) Chris Welcome (guitar, compositions)
Firehouse 12 LP/CD (2013) Recorded: 2012; Released: September 10, 2013 Personnel: Mary Halvorson (guitar, compositions) Jonathan Finlayson (trumpet) Jacob Garchik (trombone) Jon Irabagon (alto saxophone) Ingrid Laubrock (tenor saxophone) John Hebert (bass) Ches Smith (drums) Track Listing: Illusionary Sea (no. 33), 7:12 Smiles of Great Men (no. 34), 7:41 Red Sky Still Sea (no. 31),
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Luis Lopes’ Humanization 4tet Ayler Records (CD) Released 2013; recorded live by Anna Weisling at Audio for the Arts, Madison, WI, USA, July 8, 2011; mixed & mastered by Joaquim Monte at Namouche Studios, Lisbon, Portugal; produced by Luis Lopes; layout, design & executive production by Stephane Berland Personnel: Luis Lopes (electric guitar) Rodrigo Amado
Small Elephant Band NCM East (CD) Released 2013; recorded July 30, 2011 by Michael Brorby at Acoustic Recording; mixed by Marc Urselli; mastered by Steve Vavagiakis at Bang Zoom Personnel: Sean Moran (guitar) Michael McGinnis (clarinet, bass clarinet) Chris Dingman (vibraphone) Reuben Radding (bass) Harris Eisenstadt (drums) Track List: Elliptical (4:50) Circle One, Two (4:43)
Motions Braveheart Self-released (CD/DL) Recorded in Banff, Alberta, and White Rock, B.C., Canada, March-May 2013; mastered by Reuben Ghose at Mojito Mastering; photographs by Ted Crosby. Personnel: Ted Crosby (tenor saxophone, bass clarinet) James Meger (bass) Omar Amlani (drums) Track List: Motions How Do You Feel? Divided – United Thick Stars Firing into a Continent
Robinwood Patrick Breiner as Vartan Mamigonian Sulde (CD/DL) Recorded live at Robinwood Concert House, Toledo, OH, by Gabe Beam, 27 Oct 2013; mastered by Steve Gotcher at Audio for the Arts, Madison, WI, 31 Oct 2013. Track List: Motion Sickness (15:40) Pills / Side Effects / Remedy / Pills (5:47) Patrick Breiner (tenor saxophone, clarinet,
