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Stirrup --
Sewn
Originally “the shimmering rhythm section of the Horse’s Ha,” Stirrup formed to explore deep grooves, moody harmonies, and extended structures.. |
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Seval --
2
Leaner, meaner and harder than before, 2 continues to explore spaces in between pop, jazz, new music and of course free improv..
"Beautiful, and moody as hell" - eMusic
"Exquisite!" - DIG Jazz |
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Nat Reeves --
State of Emergency
Nat leads an accomplished ensemble through a program of lively straight-ahead jazz
"A tremendous set..." - Dusty Groove
"the group pushes itself to make the set sound anything but routine.." - JazzTimes |
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Harris Eisenstadt --
Canada Day Octet
Eisenstadt expands his highly-acclaimed Canada Day to an octet
"... seriously innovative... highly recommended." - eMusic
"My favorite disc of the month." - Downtown Music Gallery |
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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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NEWS...
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Sewn : "One of those remarkable albums that everyone should give a shot" - Bird is the Worm
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Out today: Stirrup Sewn : "To call this jazz is only partially accurate, and other poorly defined classifications (chamber jazz, post-rock) also miss the mark..." (ChicagoMusic.org)
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"... Stirrup coats American roots music with a layer of avant sound delivered with a pleasing infectious groove... " - All About Jazz
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Congrats to Seval (our favorite Swedish 482 band) for being named Sweden's Jazz Group of the Year ! |
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Out today: Seval 2 : Leaner, meaner and harder than before, this new album continues to explore the interstitial spaces in between pop, jazz, new music and, of course, free improvisation, while not losing its sensitive melodic core..
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Out today: State of Emergency! : Nat Reeves moves to center stage on record for the first time in his career to lead an accomplished ensemble through a program of lively straight-ahead jazz.
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"...colorful arrangements... consistently engaging... complex and diverse..." : Canada Day Octet in September DownBeat..
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Clean on the Corner gets a 4-star review... August DownBeat mag..
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Out today: Canada Day Octet : Harris Eisenstadt expands his primary working group to a small large band...
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A flurry of recent updates on Twitter..
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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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