Category: Improv

Transylvanian Dance Lucian Ban, piano Mat Maneri, viola ECM Records   “These folk songs teach us many things.”   Transylvanian Dance is the second recording on ECM by pianist Lucian…

Miles Okazaki – Miniature America (Cygnus Records) Miles Okazaki – guitar Jon Ibragon, sopranino saxophone, slide saxophone, voice Caroline Davis, alto saxophone; Anna Weber, flute, tenor saxophone Jacob Garchik, trombone,…

Marta Sanchez Perpetual Void Intakt CD 421 Jazz pianist and composer Marta Sanchez was born in Madrid and now resides in Brooklyn. She presents eleven originals on her fifth recording,…

James Ilgenfritz #entrainments Infrequent Seams Angelika Niescier, saxophone; Nathan Bontrager, cello; James Iglenfritz, bass; Gerry Hemingway, drums   Ecstatic jazz/free improv bassist James Ilgenfritz underwent brain surgery just months before…

            Barre Phillips and ​​György Kurtág Jr. Face á Face  ECM Records   Luminary avant-jazz bassist Barre Phillips and György Kurtág Jr., son of the…

Matthew Shipp Trio World Construct ESP Disk’ Matthew Shipp, piano; Michael Bisio, bass; Newman Taylor Baker, drums On World Construct, pianist Matthew Shipp is joined by bassist Michel Bisio and…

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Sequenza 21 Best of 2021   Craig Taborn Shadowplay ECM Records   I first became aware of pianist Craig Taborn in the early aughts, writing about him for (dearly departed)…

Though our decade technically has another year to go, the marketing appeal of “Hits of the XXs” type formulations tends to overwhelm such semantic niceties. So as we leave the…

Barre Phillips Zürcher Gallery By Christian Carey Sequenza 21 May 20, 2019 NEW YORK – ECM Records has released a number of great solo bass recordings. The label’s producer, Manfred…