Album Reviews

Out Louds (2016) By Fujiwara/Goldberg/Halvorson

The Out Louds Relative Pitch Records (CD/DL) Personnel Tomas Fujiwara (drums) Ben Goldberg (clarinet) Mary Halvorson (guitar) Track List Starry / False 4:23 Trout-Lily 5:48 False Goat’s-Beard 10:13 Yellow Queen 2:26 Obedience 5:54 Pink Home Run 7:26 Preference 4:09 Old Blush 3:08 Black Garlic 5:53 Nearly Wild 6:59 Pink Double Knock Out 1:34 Review The

Live At Channel Zero (2016) By Defunkt (ESP-DISK’)

Defunkt ESP-Disk’ (CD/DL) Personnel Joseph Bowie (lead vocals, trombone, percussion) John Mulkerin (trumpet) Bill Bickford (guitar) Ronny Drayton (guitar) Kim Clarke (bass) Kenny Martin (drums)   Track List In the Good Times (7:16) Make Them Dance (6:58) Love You from Afar (11:22) Ooh Baby (7:52) The Eternal Triangle (7:36) Defunkt (7:20) Refuse to Love (8:03)

Double Review Of Weasel Walter Records: Large Ensemble And Plane Crash Two

Percussionist, guitarist and improvising composer Weasel Walter has been a crucial part of the New York creative music scene for the better part of the last eight years since planting roots here in 2009 and following lengthy stints in the Bay Area and Chicago. He’s part of a generation of musicians who, trawling the cut-out

Heroes Are Gang Leaders Double Review

Heroes Are Gang Leaders The Avant Age Garde I Ams of the Gal Luxury (Fast Speaking Music/Flat Langston’s Ark Eyes, 2015) BUY Highest Engines Near / Near Higher Engineers (Flat Langston’s Ark Eyes, 2016) BUY Review Heroes Are Gang Leaders (HAGL) is a New York based ensemble that was formed in the wake of the

The Assembly (2016, Out Now Recordings) By Frantz Loriot’s Systematic Distortion Orchestra

Frantz Loriot Systematic Distortion Orchestra Out Now Recordings (CD) Personnel: Frantz Loriot (viola) Nathananiel Morgan (alto saxophone) Brad Henkel (trumpet) Joe Moffett (trumpet) Ben Gerstein (trombone) Sam Kulik (bass trombone) Sean Ali (bass, voice) Pascal Niggenkemper (bass) Carlo Costa (drums, percussion) Devin Gray (drums, percussion) Flin Van Hemmen (drums, percussion)   Track Listing: Echo 9:50

Michael Bisio/Kirk Knuffke – Row For William O.

Michael Bisio & Kirk Knuffke Row for William O. (Relative Pitch Records, 2016) Personnel: Michael Bisio (bass) Kirk Knuffke (cornet) Review To fully appreciate the latest CD by bassist Michael Bisio and cornet player Kirk Knuffke, “Row For William O,” picture yourself in the backseat of a car, on a joyride with two friends in

Purple Patio’s Debut Release

Purple Patio (No Business Records, 2016) Personnel: Nate Wooley – trumpet Hugo Antunes – bass Jorge Queijo – drums Mário Costa – drums Chris Corsano – drums Tracks List: Parturition Aurora Animals Triangle Sueca All music by Nate Wooley, Hugo Antunes, Jorge Queijo, Mário Costa, Chris Corsano Recorded on 12th May 2012 at Sá Da

Double Review Of Peter Kuhn Releases

Peter Kuhn The Other Shore (No Business, 2016) No Coming, No Going: The Music of Peter Kuhn, 1978-79 (No Business Records, 2016) Reprieves aren’t too common in the jazz business. For every rediscovered figure who narrowly lost battles with personal demons, like bassist Henry Grimes or reedists Giuseppe Logan and Frank Morgan, there are countless

Review: Metal Chaos Ensemble – Intermetallic Compounds

Metal Chaos Ensemble Intermetallic Compounds (Evil Clown) Personnel: PEK – tenor sax, alto sax, bass tromboon, contra-alto clarinet, gaunzi, sheng, metal, crotales/bells, daxophone, aquasonic, theremin, korg ms-20, daiko, guzheng, yanqin, whistles Andria Nicodemou – vibes, crotales/bells, metal, aquasonic, daxophone, guzheng, yanqin Yuri Zbitnov – metal, drums, daiko, Indian Festival Drum, daxophone, vibes, aquasonic, crotales/bells, yanqin,

Review: Houle By Anais Maviel

Anaïs Maviel Solo (Voice & Percussion) Gold Bolus Recordings (CD) Recorded by Sami Bouvet, Paris, 2014; artwork by My Lê Chabert If you are interested in purchasing a copy of this record, you may obtain one directly from the artist here. Review hOULe is a fascinating and vital solo recording from New York-based, French-Haitian musician