Modern/Avant New Releases: A running thread

[7/4]

Angelica Sanchez/Wadada Leo Smith - Twine Forest looks good to me. I'll need that one.

I really dig the new Snakeoil a lot.

[mjazzg]

Ches is low in the mix, but it works for the music. He plays a lot of percussion, very few beats or rhythms. The clarity is great, so hearing his gongs and marimba etc always shifting and roiling under the music creates tremendous texture.

Matt Mitchell is the star of the record, IMO. His playing is front and center and drives a lot of the momentum, both rhythmically & melodically. There are times when his left & right hands are playing completely independent lines, the effect of which is dazzling. I wish Oscar Noriega played a bigger role, but all in all I love the record. It's dark, knotty, very noisy stuff.

Nicely sums up what I'm enjoying about it, thanks Colinmce for allowing me to be lazy. More Noriega would be grand but overall a very strong release indeed.

[mjazzg]

I've not seen much mention of The Necks on the board anywhere but certainly think their latest release "Open" is very strong.

[uli]

Fay Victor ‏@FreeSongSinger18m

TWO weeks until the release Absinthe & Vermouth! #improv #Compositions #vocals Preview new record here: https://thefayvictorensemble.bandcamp.com/

[alankin]

Fay Victor ‏@FreeSongSinger18m

TWO weeks until the release Absinthe & Vermouth! #improv #Compositions #vocals Preview new record here: https://thefayvictorensemble.bandcamp.com/

Haven't heard too much by her, but "Lazy Old Sun: Live/Life in the Low Lands" from 2004 is excellent.

[Blue Train]

Vinyl only release.

Edited October 26, 2013 by Blue Train

[Blue Train]

Eddie Prévost/Evan Parker/Sebastian Lexer.

[Blue Train]

Two more from Otomo Yoshihide on pre-order @ Cafe Oto from his 2009 Residency.

The first is the first recording I know of him playing piano and it's a solo.

Soundcloud to a track.


https://soundcloud.com/cafeoto/otomo-yoshihide-piano-solo

2nd is with Otomo Yoshihide / Sachiko M / Evan Parker / John Edwards / Tony Marsh / John Butcher

Soundcloud.

https://soundcloud.com/cafeoto/otomo-yoshihide-sachiko-m-evan

[king ubu]

Vinyl only release.

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[Dick Bowman]

Angelica Sanchez/Wadada Leo Smith - Twine Forest looks good to me. I'll need that one.

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Only listened once - seemed excellent.

[Blue Train]

Vinyl only release.

What's that? Dicogs images can't be linked ...

Sorry. Didn't know that.

Let's try this.

Otomo Yoshihide / Lasse Marhaug / Paal Nilssen-Love - Explosion Course

Edited October 28, 2013 by Blue Train

[king ubu]

Thanks! Not quite my turf though (at least not so far).

I'd catch them live if they were coming to town though.

[David Ayers]

Noise fest. Yeah.

[xybert]

Any Ben Allison fans here? According to his website he's got a new album coming out on December 3rd. Looks like he's continuing his journey into fusion as it'll be a line up of guitar, guitar, bass and drums. Will have to wait and see.

http://benallison.com/

There's a song and a 'making of' video here: http://soundcheck.wnyc.org/story/song-premiere-ben-allison/

Definitely seems like he's continuing his path into fusion, the Ben Allison following his muse version of it circa 2013 that is.

[Blue Train]

Wadada Leo Smith & TUMO - Occupy the World

Howard Riley - Live With Repertoire

John Butcher, Thomas Lehn & John Tilbury - Extra

Mostly Other People do The Killing - Red Hot

Edited November 1, 2013 by Blue Train

[jlhoots]

Well - I do like the MOPDTK!!

[.:.impossible]

Seems that this has turned into a now listening thread, a new releases thread, and/or a covers thread.

[CraigP]

I like getting the heads-up on new Avant releases via this thread. Along those lines, Tim Daisy has a new trio album out with the great Havard Wiik and bassist Clayton Thomas. (I wonder if his parents were Blood Sweat & Tears fans?)

http://timdaisyrelayrecords.bandcamp.com/

[Leeway]

Two good recent releases I enjoyed:

[xybert]

Marty Ehrlich Large Ensemble - A Trumpet In The Morning

Album info and lengthy-ish samples can be heard here: http://www.newworldrecords.org/album.cgi?rm=view&album_id=92226

I haven't heard it yet so can't really add anything that you can't judge for yourself by checking out the info and song samples on the labels website. I'm quite looking forward to hearing this album in full.

Here's the album personnel:

E.J. Allen, trumpet; Ray Anderson, trombone; Uri Caine, piano; John Clark, French horn; Joseph Daley, tuba; Robert DeBellis, alto and soprano sax, clarinet; Michael Dessen, trombone; Curtis Fowlkes, trombone; Drew Gress, bass; Jerome Harris, guitar, slide guitar; Miki Hirose, trumpet; Ron Horton, trumpet; Howard Johnson, baritone sax; Brad Jones, bass; Adam Kolker, tenor sax, clarinet; Andy Laster, alto sax; Eric McPherson, drums; J.D. Parran, narrator, soprano and bass sax; Lisa Parrott, baritone sax, bass clarinet; Jason Robinson, tenor sax; Warren Smith, vibraphone, percussion; James Weidman, piano; Matt Wilson, drums; James Zollar, trumpet; Marty Ehrlich, conductor

[jlhoots]

Marty Ehrlich Large Ensemble - A Trumpet In The Morning

Album info and lengthy-ish samples can be heard here: http://www.newworldrecords.org/album.cgi?rm=view&album_id=92226

I haven't heard it yet so can't really add anything that you can't judge for yourself by checking out the info and song samples on the labels website. I'm quite looking forward to hearing this album in full.

Here's the album personnel:

E.J. Allen, trumpet; Ray Anderson, trombone; Uri Caine, piano; John Clark, French horn; Joseph Daley, tuba; Robert DeBellis, alto and soprano sax, clarinet; Michael Dessen, trombone; Curtis Fowlkes, trombone; Drew Gress, bass; Jerome Harris, guitar, slide guitar; Miki Hirose, trumpet; Ron Horton, trumpet; Howard Johnson, baritone sax; Brad Jones, bass; Adam Kolker, tenor sax, clarinet; Andy Laster, alto sax; Eric McPherson, drums; J.D. Parran, narrator, soprano and bass sax; Lisa Parrott, baritone sax, bass clarinet; Jason Robinson, tenor sax; Warren Smith, vibraphone, percussion; James Weidman, piano; Matt Wilson, drums; James Zollar, trumpet; Marty Ehrlich, conductor

Great personnel. I always get nervous when I see "narrator".

[xybert]

Great personnel. I always get nervous when I see "narrator".

Yeah it can be a bit of a red flag. You can hear some of it on track two of the samples posted on the label's website... it's in the same style as the spoken word sections of the recent Trio 3 + Jason Moran album so i'm guessing that style of poetic spoken word in is a thing... anyway, i liked it although it is a bit corny; i listened to that particular track sample about ten times to make sure i really was okay with the vocal before i made my order.

[xybert]

Just ordered two great-looking cross-pollinated releases: Aquarius by Nicole Mitchell on Delmark and Unknown Known by Josh Abrams on Rogue Art. Both feature the core trio of Abrams, Adasiewicz, and Frank Rosaly with Mitchell and David Boykin respectively.

I've had the Mitchell for a couple of days and I'm thoroughly enjoying it however it's almost designed for me as flute/vibes is a line up that would be close to the top of my list and Mitchell and Adasiewicz top of each instrumnets' 'must hear' players. There's some strong writing on the album and the playing's as good as you'd expect. I doubt you'll be disappointed

I was blown away by Nicole Mitchell's performance on Harris Eisenstadt's Golden State album and made a mental note to check her music out further but kind of forgot about it. Stumbled across this album and just about couldn't think of a more perfect line up. Couldn't resist ordering it; had to divert some money i'd put aside for pre-orders for albums coming out in December but i've still got time to skip some meals between now and then.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPQFq9oMz98

[mjazzg]

Just ordered two great-looking cross-pollinated releases: Aquarius by Nicole Mitchell on Delmark and Unknown Known by Josh Abrams on Rogue Art. Both feature the core trio of Abrams, Adasiewicz, and Frank Rosaly with Mitchell and David Boykin respectively.

I've had the Mitchell for a couple of days and I'm thoroughly enjoying it however it's almost designed for me as flute/vibes is a line up that would be close to the top of my list and Mitchell and Adasiewicz top of each instrumnets' 'must hear' players. There's some strong writing on the album and the playing's as good as you'd expect. I doubt you'll be disappointed

I was blown away by Nicole Mitchell's performance on Harris Eisenstadt's Golden State album and made a mental note to check her music out further but kind of forgot about it. Stumbled across this album and just about couldn't think of a more perfect line up. Couldn't resist ordering it; had to divert some money i'd put aside for pre-orders for albums coming out in December but i've still got time to skip some meals between now and then.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPQFq9oMz98

You'll not regret your hunger - it's a marvellous album. I need to get Golden State

[colinmce]

. Keep digging in her other Delmark & Rogue Art releases, lots of great stuff there. Awakening may be the best.