Free Jazz / Avante Garde - CD Reviews (1158)
The days of innovation in music are far from being over.Witness pianist Jason Moran’s body of work, most recently his 2001 Blue Note release, Black Stars. Here is…
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I’d really didn’t think they made records like this anymore. Ethereal, breathing, cerebral, rhythmic, haunting . . .A spectral, glacial presence moving to it’s own inner wo…
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Blending avante garde with contemporary jazz, pianist Satoko Fujii and trumpeter Natsuki Tamura create a unique series of images which will intrigue the listening audience …
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Trumpeter Raphe Malik has been a mainstay in the free and avant-garde jazz scenes for nearly thirty years now. Malik came to prominence in the 1970’s through work wi…
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The performances on this CD are simply music to my ears. This is not a case of my merely stating the obvious; I am using this cliché to underscore both how refreshing I fin…
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MUKILTEO features six jazz compositions by Tom Bergeron, a gifted reeds performer, accompanied by Keller Coker on trombone, Page Hundemer on bass, and Dave Storrs on drums.…
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Jazz writer Howard Mandel once recounted an observation he’d heard from Michael Cuscuna a propos of the loft-jazz scene in 1970’s New York - the surprising realizati…
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There's a lot of upside to this CD. That the four musicians on this recording constitute a regular working unit is evident by the ease and fluency with which they communica…
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The CD opens with the aptly titled "Child's Play" which features kids singing, playing laughing and having a good time. The music comes in about 1:23 minutes into the song …
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Paraphrasing a comment saxophonist Paul Desmond once made about free jazz he said that it was like a house in which every room was painted red. Interesting to visit, perhap…
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A short while ago I was down with the flu and spent a good deal of time listening to Albert Ayler recordings. The experience left me with several thought. Of course, Ayler …
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Experimental musicians playing pop songs would be an accurate description of Don't Shave the Feeling. In theory that could lead to an enjoyable, if not exactly revol…
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In this post Ken Burns "Jazz" status quo, where legends are dusted off for an occasional spin and treated as footnotes and "authoritative" types like Wynton Marsalis and hi…
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The title of this CD is "Place of Resonance" - subtitled "A state of being where one feels a connection to life and the universe." A quick look up (courtesy of "Dictionary.…
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On the newest CD release X-ray by the Italian trombonist Gianluca Petrella, one hears strong reverberation of the avant-garde sounds of Ornette Coleman, Charles Ming…
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The first of a two volume (2-CD) set released by IKEF recordings is a conversation, which, according to Eugene Redmond, executor of the estate of Henry Dumas, was probably …
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Apparently entirely absorbed in his art and not so much in making a name for himself, Jason Moran is making a name for himself through the personalized art he creates. Seep…
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The Chicago free jazz scene is one of vibrancy and daring, which is one of the keys to its success and being held in high esteem by players, fans, and critics around the gl…
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This brilliant collection from reeds player Tom Bergeron and his quartet of Keller Coker (trombone), Page Hundemer (bass) and Dave Storrs (drums) is marked by Bergeron's in…
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What happens when three master improvisors get together to record, what happens? I mean, aside from the clash of egos and personalities, impossibly high expectations from t…
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