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July 28, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Acute Inflections: 400
Acute Inflections 400 (Independent) Vocalist Elasea Douglas and basis Sadiki Pierre are New York-based duo Acute Inflections. Here, they have taken he music of Bob Marley and reduced it down to its core elements – lyrics and melody supplied by Douglas’ vocals, groove and flow by Pierre on the bass.Archive
July 27, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Erik Wøllo / Michael Stearns: Convergence
Erik Wøllo / Michael Stearns Convergence Projek Records I found this record recently in a beautiful fluke – well, a routine search for ambient/space records I guess. What a find. I knew Michael Stearns’ fine work – particularly his score for Baraka (and its ‘sister’ films). He made ambient electronic music in the late 1970s […]Archive
June 1, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Frederick Johnson & Andre Reiss: Duo
Frederick Johnson & Andre Reiss Duo TNT Groove International Journeyman singer Frederick Johnson, a Tampa Bay native, has a dreamy voice – and he never over-sings. Much the same can be said for Nashville guitarist Andre (Andy) Reiss. He never over-sings on his instrument – he’s got all of the Barney Kessel, Tal Farlow tricks […]Archive
May 27, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Chris Schlarb & Chad Taylor: Time No Changes
Chris Schlarb & Chad Taylor Time No Changes Joyful Noise Recordings & BIG EGO Records Chris Schlarb is a guitarist – 6 and 12 strings, acoustic and electric – and Chad Taylor is a drummer, also adding marimba and a few other percussion instruments. This duo set sits right in the middle of the wild […]Archive
May 5, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Chris Abrahams / Mark Wastell: A Thousand Sacred Ships
Chris Abrahams / Mark Wastell A Thousand Sacred Ships Confront Recordings Two great improvisers finally recording together. Back in 2018 The Necks had a European residency – so while over there and in that place pianist Chris Abrahams recorded this EP with multi-instrumentalist Mark Wastell. The British percussionist (at least on this recording) and Australian […]Archive
February 23, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon: Noon
Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon Noon Megaplum / ATO Records What a wonderful anomaly Leo Kottke is – a folk guitarist, but also a jazz guitarist and there’s classical in there, it’s just an absolute stew. He also doesn’t seem to have ever gone too far down the eccentric path (Bill Orcutt, Sir Richard Bishop) […]Archive
February 11, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Torben Ulrich & Lori Goldston: Oakland moments – cello, voice, reuniting (rejoicing)
Torben Ulrich & Lori Goldston Oakland moments: cello, voice, reuniting (rejoicing) Obscure & Terrible Lori Goldston is a cellist and composer – she has performed solo and with orchestras and had her pop-cultural crossover moment when she appeared on the Nirvana episode of MTV Unplugged and toured with the band. Torben Ulrich is a former […]Archive
February 4, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Cecil Taylor / Tony Oxley: Being Astral & All Registers: Power of Two
Cecil Taylor / Tony Oxley Being Astral & All Registers: Power of Two Discus Music Cecil Taylor left this dimension nearly three years ago now – he’s almost certainly swirling elsewhere, projecting, transmitting; at the very least his towering influence continues to sway jazzers to the freer side. It’s quite possible that Taylor invented free […]Archive
February 1, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Daniel Carter, Matthew Shipp: Dark Matrix
Daniel Carter, Matthew Shipp Dark Matrix Not Two Records You find Daniel Carter and his saxophone in a variety of places. A free-jazz player, he’s made dozens of albums on his own or as bandleader, several at the side of William Parker and he’s sat in on sessions from the indie-rock, dance and hip-hop communities […]Archive
January 21, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger: Force Majeure
Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger Force Majeure International Anthem Recording Co. Here’s something really beautiful that has come directly from Covid-19. There have been many lockdown performances and attempts at sharing and connecting from artists – and now we’re starting to receive the ‘traditional’ recordings from those ad-hoc shows. Live to Instagram or Facebook, Zooming […]Archive
November 27, 2020 by Simon Sweetman