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Mike Reed --
People Places and Things: Clean on the Corner
The fourth release by Reed's acclaimed quartet.
"This Corner is at
an intersection of Eric Dolphy, Mingus, Art Ensemble of Chicago, and Johnny Griffin - location,
location, location!" - Icon |
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Tomas Fujiwara --
The Air is Different
Second release by this highly-acclaimed quintet
"...utterly enchanting.." - The Village Voice
"adventurous new music making use of
the powerful talents of its players and composition
versed in form.." - New York City Jazz Record |
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Greg Burk --
The Path Here
Burk travels forward into his past on a relaxed and melodic album that is his most immediately accessible.
"This is a most exciting and consistently crafty piano trio, certainly one of this year's best offerings." - Downtown Music Gallery |
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My Silence --
It Only Happens at Night
Trio improvisations and Sharon Van Etten
"...jagged, beautifully lyrical, and rich in texture.." - Chicago Reader |
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Dave Rempis --
Montreal Parade
The Rempis Percussion Quartet
with drummers Tim Daisy and Frank Rosaly and bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten
"Rempis is already a respected and valuable figure in Chicago jazz, but Montreal Parade makes a case that he's still underrated." - The Chicago Reader |
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NEWS...
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Out today: Clean on the Corner .. " what's always most distinguished People, Places & Things is the members' high-level rapport......" (Chicago Reader)
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Out today: The Air is Different .. "features a killer band - guitarist Mary Halvorson, bassist Trevor Dunn, tenor saxophonist Brian Settles, and trumpeter Jonathan Finlayson - that pushes and pulls the drummer's lovely, episodic compositions with high-level improvisation..." (Chicago Reader)
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"The team spirit of these budding young stars of New York’s Downtown scene point the way forward for where acoustic jazz can go.. " The Air is Different at Something Else |
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Tomas Fujiwara & The Hook Up, Jazz Gallery, 12/12/2011 by Peter Gannushkin .. (new album spring 2012)..
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Congrats! to Matt Bauder and Dave Rempis on leading Magnet's Best of 2011
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"Revealing a singular aesthetic sensibility, Burk's probing ruminations juxtapose rapturous virtuosity and lyrical restraint, creating a cohesive, harmonically sophisticated style that veers from the bristling polyphonic clusters of "BC" to the ambling euphony of "Serenity's Distant Dawn." .. The Path Here at All About Jazz |
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"This is a most exciting and consistently crafty piano trio, certainly one of this year's best offerings..." The Path Here
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Out Now: The Greg Burk Trio: The Path Here .. "Judging from the breadth of styles and approaches evident on The Path Here, Burk is either a musical chameleon or a protean jazz stylist conversant in a vast swath of jazz history." - The New York City Jazz Record
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Out Now: Comfort: Proximity to Temporality
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"..the transformation of free improvisation into delicate meditations that veer naturally from tender, folk-like melodies to controlled chaos... 4**** ": My Silence in Downbeat
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"Post-rock, free music, and laptops rarely sound this good on one platter... 4**** ": My Silence in Tiny Mix Tapes
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Out Now: My Silence: It Only Happens at Night
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"...jagged, beautifully lyrical, and rich in texture... ": My Silence in the Chicago Reader
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It's come to our attention that we never told you that Flora.Fauna.Fervor. is now available on
iTunes
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"...something to marvel at quietly and return to repeatedly." :
Memorize the Sky at Bagatellen |
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