Cellist Erik Friedlander has turned in some fine examples of contemporary small-group jazz in recent years. 50 Miniatures for Improvising
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New promo CDs in The Sound Projector box
Keep Your Temper, Don’t Be Afraid
Super Relaxed (SECOND LAYER RECORDS SLR009) is a recent release on Second Layer Records, a collaboration between Japanese noise fiend
Continue readingBats of Pure Energy
PAS is the acronym for Post-Abortion Stress, not an especially savoury name for your band, but Robert L. Pepper and
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MRI (EVEREST RECORDS ER CD 043) is a nifty piece of process-electronica produced by Patricia Bosshard and Simon Grab. All
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Algernon are a five-piece contemporary prog-jazz-rock fusion outfit based in Chicago, and Ghost Surveillance (CUNEIFORM RECORDS RUNE 297) is their
Continue readingMombasa Love Songs
Just spun this delicious dose of 1950s exotica this afternoon, while dozing on the armchair and half-watching a Star Trek
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@c are the duo of Miguel Carvalhais and Pedro Tudela from Portugal. On 0° to 100° (MONOCHROME VISION MV31), we
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Jüppala Kääpiö take us on a Sporing Promenade (OMNIMEMENTO OM01), a very sylvian-pastoral escapade where the watercolour-styled music is a
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JD Parran, Window Spirits (MUTABLE 17539-2). Solo CD (bass sax, clarinet, and flutes) from this estimable veteran improviser and player
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Early Electronic Works (PRISMA CD708) is a collection of compositions made by the Norwegian 20th century composer, Sigurd Berge. The
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