Modern/Avant New Releases: A running thread

[Vaudevillian]

On 1/31/2025 at 5:15 PM, Rabshakeh said:

Will give it a go. I'm never sure about Collier but there are some records on which he's been very good.  Thanks for bringing it to the attention. 

How are you liking it? 🙂

 

Edited March 7 by Vaudevillian
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[Rabshakeh]

26 minutes ago, Vaudevillian said:

How are you liking it? 🙂

I did enjoy it. I only streamed the first track which is free on Bandcamp. Clearly, it is breathing the spirit of Coltrane quite strongly, but now moving towards 1967 Coltrane, with an edge of Charles Gayle. I truth I like Collier here a little more than Parker, who I blow how and cold on. 

The Collier I really liked, and which did surprise me, is that I AM record. I strongly recommend that if you haven't heard it yet. Very visceral stuff. 

Otherwise I've always had my suspicions of him. He certainly looks the part. 

[Rabshakeh]

By the way, has anyone heard anything really inspiring in the last couple of months? Any new names to look out for?

[Niko]

I really liked the new Alexandra Grimal / Giovanni di Domenico record... I knew some of their earlier work but this is better imho (much broader, also, with organs, electronics and things... )

[mhatta]

11 minutes ago, Niko said:

I really liked the new Alexandra Grimal / Giovanni di Domenico record... I knew some of their earlier work but this is better imho (much broader, also, with organs, electronics and things... )

It's interesting music. For some reason, they name their album and songs in Japanese, but I don't know why.  it's one of the reason I miss the liner notes. Well, that's because I'm listening to it on Spotify...

Edited March 7 by mhatta

[Niko]

1 hour ago, mhatta said:

It's interesting music. For some reason, they name their album and songs in Japanese, but I don't know why.  it's one of the reason I miss the liner notes. Well, that's because I'm listening to it on Spotify...

I actually bought the CD after streaming it quite a bit... doesn't come with any liner notes... Giovanni di Domenico has recorded quite a bit with Akira Sakata - but that doesn't quite explain the Japanese song titles... 

[Jason Bivins]

Best things I've heard are a pair of new Barry Guy releases and the John Surman on Cuneiform.

[mjazzg]

I'm waiting on the Sorey/Perelman duets album, arriving tomorrow

Meantime I'm enjoying this, a lot

https://www.discogs.com/release/32594670-Sergio-Armaroli-Francesca-Gemmo-Barry-Guy-At-Sotto-Il-Mare-First-Visit

I picked up this today but not really given it a good listen yet

https://lukestewart.bandcamp.com/album/the-mythstory-school
 

 

[clifford_thornton]

the Perelman/Sorey duets are good!

thanks for the tip on Blacks' Myths, just gripped.

[Steve Reynolds]

On 3/7/2025 at 5:46 AM, Rabshakeh said:

By the way, has anyone heard anything really inspiring in the last couple of months? Any new names to look out for?

Stumps Sven Ake Johansen group

some of the Ictus box

some of the Zlatko Kaucic box / the trio with Doerner is great

 Ostertag/Rose/Hemingway from mid 2010’s is incredible 

Rotations with Schick, Hautzinger & Sven / amazing

Nathan Hubbard/Kyle Motl: Obsedian

worlds with Joelle, Lotte & Kresten Osgood is stunning

Martina Verhoeven quartet: Indicator Light

Blue Plum Bloom: Buck, Mayas & Brown

Splitter Orchestra: splitter musik 3 CD set mind blowing 

 

look at my shows for new names or under the radar names to watch out for

Sandy Ewen, Maggie Cox, Chuck Roth, Michael Foster, Hans Young Binter, Orchid McRae, Webb Crawford, Brian Chase, Tim Dahl, Jessica Pavone, Joanna Mattrey, Anna Abondolo, etc.

Edited Sunday at 01:45 PM by Steve Reynolds

[Clunky]

A few recent arrivals

 

Kris Davis Trio---Run the Gauntlet----(Pyroclastic)

Sentient beings---- Truth is not the enemy----(discus music)

The Exu-----s/t---------(discus music)

 

All excellent in very different ways. Discus releases seem to come from all over the categories of music ( always good/excellent) but these two are solidly in the jazz tradition. Kris Davis is an absolute favourite of mine.

[Rabshakeh]

I never really "got" Kris Davis. Her work seems a little inconsistent and not always that groundbreaking or energetic. Particularly when there are so many pianists out there.

Do you have a favourite record of hers? I'm prepared to see the error of my ways.

[Clunky]

18 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

I never really "got" Kris Davis. Her work seems a little inconsistent and not always that groundbreaking or energetic. Particularly when there are so many pianists out there.

Do you have a favourite record of hers? I'm prepared to see the error of my ways.

the Borderlands Trio discs on Intakt (Astroidea and Rewilder) are great places to get acquainted 

[mjazzg]

38 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

I never really "got" Kris Davis. Her work seems a little inconsistent and not always that groundbreaking or energetic. Particularly when there are so many pianists out there.

That almost exactly describes my blind (deaf) spot with her, even in ensembles except Paradoxical Frog