Martin Küchen – tenor, alto and sopranino saxophones – Johan Berthling – double bass | Steve Noble – percussion All music by Martin Küchen, Johan Berthling and Steve Noble (STIM … Continue reading
Today if one thinks back to the beginnings of European or more exactly (West) German Free Jazz, the names of Manfred Schoof, von Schlippenbach, Brotzmann, Globe Unity, or Gunter Hampel immediately come to mind. Much less known is the existence of two more remarkable groups which set out to play and record the then-new music called -Free Jazz- at the end of the 1960s. The “Free Jazz Group Wiesbaden” (FJGW) was one of those ensembles which today, undeserv-edly, are almost forgotten. — Ernst Nebhuth Continue reading
Bobby Bradford – cornet | Frode Gjerstad – alto sax and Bb clarinet | Ingebrigt Håker Flaten – bass | Frank Rosaly – drums Recorded 29th March 2014 at Philadelphia … Continue reading
Echoes from Rudolph’s has topped my list of Albums Most in Need of Reissuing for the longest time. Not only is it one of clarinetist-composer John Carter’s greatest performances on record, it is also the only documentation of a critical period in the evolution of his art. It is the only album he made as a leader or co-leader between Secrets in 1972 and Variations in 1979. And it comes from the period in which he decided to discard his other horns and to focus exclusively on the clarinet. — Ed Hazell Continue reading
Frode Gjerstad – alto sax, bb & bass clarinets | Sabir Mateen – tenos sax, flute and clarinet | Peter Friis-Nielsen – electric bass | Paal Nilssen-Love – drums Recorded … Continue reading
Ken Vandermark – baritone/tenor saxophone, Bb clarinet | Stefano Ferrian – alto/tenor saxophone | Simone Quatrana – piano, zither/fx | Luca Pissavini – double bass | Sec_ – revox tape … Continue reading
Ornette Coleman released This Is Our Music in 1960, that title an assertion of achievement in making what was in many ways a much maligned music, the almost private practice of an excluded sub-group – free jazz musicians – within the already marginalized world of jazz. Perhaps above all, it was an assertion of rights to an original voice and musical speech. Declaring “This Is Our Language,” Rodrigo Amado marks both his kinship to Coleman and the rich tradition that has developed in free jazz since then, the intense sense of a still close-knit discourse community that has somehow expanded around the world. — Stuart Broomer Continue reading
K U M E is the second album from the duo collaboration of bassist Anders Berg (SE) and guitarist Tellef Øgrim (NO). The 9 tracks of this release are all based on improvisations on analogue or electronic instruments. KUME was released at Subradar.no May 17 2015. Continue reading
Szilard Mezei – viola | Andrea Berendika – flute, alto flute | Bogdan Rankovic -alto sax, bass clarinet | Branislav Aksin – trombone | Mate Pozsar – piano | Erno … Continue reading
In Japanese culture KANREKI is the celebration of one’s 60th birthday. It is a time of reflection of one’s past experiences and renewal of one’s energies while moving forward into a new chapter of one’s life with clarity and determination. This CD would not have been possible without all the musicians here, Marek Winiarski and the love of Barbara Manes. — Steve Swell Continue reading