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Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Steven Bernstein's "ResoNation Trio/"Ultra Resonance"

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Photo by Andrew Blackstein. It's hard to believe now how controversial Teo Macero's editing on Miles Davis'  late '60s-earl...
Monday, May 11, 2026

Golems of the Red Planet's "Surf Masada"

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You might think that no thread could possibly connect surf music, John Zorn , and Northern Ohio. But you’d be wrong. Start with the hijaz sc...
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Wednesday, May 06, 2026

Things we like: Yvonne Rogers, Myra Melford/Satoko Fujii, Cecil Taylor Unit

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I simply adore jazz piano records. And I have three new ones to edify and amaze me this month. Like Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and Heather ...
Monday, April 27, 2026

Things we like: Lisa Cameron, Sleeping Beast

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Lisa Cameron  is one of my favorite musicians on Earth, one whose work exemplifies electroacoustic improvisation at its finest. With a style...
Friday, March 27, 2026

Vocamov Rites' "Live at They, Who Sound"

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Improvisation is ephemeral, and attempts to document it often fail because they neglect to take this into account. When what is presented is...
Thursday, March 19, 2026

Simon Hanes' "Gargantua"

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Photo by Jacob Garchik. The cognitive scientist David Huron  has written that people's emotional reactions to music are driven by our ex...
Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Max Kutner's "Rogue Lash"

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I first encountered NYC-based guitarist Max Kutner  playing with the Grandmothers of Invention at the Kessler back in...was it 2014? Since t...
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