Andrew Raffo Dewar, Ekphrasis Suite (RASTASCAN RECORDS BDR 075) Modernist composition – jazz-ish – for a quartet, comprising Gino Robair,
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Andrew Raffo Dewar, Ekphrasis Suite (RASTASCAN RECORDS BDR 075) Modernist composition – jazz-ish – for a quartet, comprising Gino Robair,
Continue readingRandi Pontoppidan & Povl Kristian, Life in Life, United States, Chant Records, CR2205RA CD (2022) A beautiful and very emotional
Continue readingCan’t Hide (FRIM RECORDS FRIM1) is a nifty free-jazz blurt recorded in Stockholm just on the cusp of the international
Continue readingPainting, Painting is Dead, Germany, Antime, ANTIME034, vinyl LP (2022) A lively (and, at least in its early half, very
Continue readingThe Bootstrappers group was quite an interesting proposal in 1989, when guitarist Elliott Sharp joined forces with two of the
Continue readingZolder Ellipsis Entropy Override ITALY LIZARD RECORDS LIZARD CD0176 C.D. (2022) Initially released as Zolder Ellipsis by U.S. keyboardist/composer/producer Tom
Continue readingMasche Oxia Chaos ITALY ADN RECORDS DNN031C CD (2022) That rather thorny sleeve design seems to warn us of being
Continue readingShort percussion works from the team of Ingar Zach (Norway) and Michele Rabbia (Italy) on Musique Pour Deux Corps (SOFA
Continue readingThree new items from the UK label Discus Music, from 11th October 2021 (and one old one). On Provenance (DISCUS
Continue readingItalian player Paolo Gaiba Riva might be called a free improviser (he made Harvesting Pumpkins Before Winter in 2018 with
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