Enzo Rocco
SCRAPS: (very) old and (almost) new solo guitar pieces. Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Tag: Improvisation
Patricia Brennan
More Touch (Pyroclastic Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Trevor Dunn’s Trio-Convulsant avec Folie À Quatre
Séances (Pyroclastic Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
John Yao & Triceratops
Off Kilter (See Tao). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Gordon Grdina, Mark Helias, Matthew Shipp
Pathways (ABG Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Futari
Beyond (Libra Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Ches Smith / We All Break
Path of Seven Colors (Pyroclastic Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Outside Music, Inside Voices
Garrison Fewell explores the meaning of spirituality and jazz improvisation in 25 conversations with modern jazz greats.
Kevin Coelho
Turn It Up (Chicken Coup Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Saxophone Colossus: Sonny Rollins
Idiosyncratic and in relentless pursuit of perfection, Sonny Rollins cut a swath through jazz music that has yet to fade out. Scott Adams examines this documentary of his musical achievements.
L’Ocelle Mare
L’Ocelle Mare (Sickroom). Review by Aaron Shaul.
David Thomas Broughton vs. 7 Hertz
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Random Touch
A True Conductor Wears a Man (Token Boy). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Ghost
Overture: Live in Nippon Yusen Soko 2006 (Drag City). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Brotzmann / Friis Niesen / Uuskyla
Medicina (Atavistic). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Jack Logan and The Monday Night Recorders
Nature’s Assembly Line (Orange Twin). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Tara Jane O’Neil
Bones (Preservation). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Berg Sans Nipple
Play the Immutable Truth (Acuarela). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Béla Fleck & the Flecktones
Live at the Quick (Columbia). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
David Grubbs
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