And as I continued to drop through the hole
I found all surrounding
To show me that joy innocently is
Just be quiet and feel it around you
And I opened my heart to the whole universe
And I found it was lovin'
And I saw the great blunder my teachers had made
Scientific delerium madness
I will keep falling as long as I live
Ah, without ending
And I will remember the place that is now
That has ended before the beginning
Oh, how is it that I could come out to here
And be still floatin'
And never hit bottom and keep falling through
Just relaxed and paying attention?
East Meets West! I remember reading interviews in Hit Parade magazine around 1967 with David Crosby (then in the Byrds) and Al Kooper (then in the Blues Project) about how certain world or ethnic music had influenced their own music, especially Indian music (like sitarist Ravi Shankar). During this period, a number of bands (the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Traffic, the Grateful Dead) were listening to Ravi Shankar and adding elements of his playing/music to their own. The Byrds claimed to Ravi Shankar and John Coltrane were a direct influence on their early psych epic, "Eight Miles High". Check out the guitar part(s) on that song and you will hear what I/we mean. The Butterfield Blues Band's second album (released in 1966) is called 'East West' and that title track is considered to be the first blues/psych/rock jam band epic. The word is that when the Butterfield Blues Band played in San Francisco that year, members of the Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Big Brother & the Holding Company and Country Joe & the Fish were there and this is when that Bay Area Psych Blues Bent Note style emerged. The Byrds (from L.A.) were one of the first great rock bands to break out after the Beatles, Stones & Animals invaded our shores in 1964. They say that folk rock, psych rock and country rock all began with the Byrds. Along with the Mothers of Invention, Jefferson Airplane and the Dead, The Byrds have been one of my favorite American rock bands. The above song, '5D' is the title track to their third album which also includes "Eight Miles High". I really love this song, especially the lyrics. I have also long sought out the aforementioned East Meets West combinations/blends. I often hear raga-like phrases in Jerry Garcia's guitar solos in the late 60's/early seventies. If you haven't heard Joe Harriott's Indo-Jazz Fusion albums, I would highly recommend them. Also check out Amancio D'Silva/Joe Harriott's 'Hum Dono' recording. There is a current psych/jam band called Third Mind who began by covering Butterfield's "East West" epic/jam. They will be playing in Jersey City on October 17th of this year so.... Who still Loves you bubbies..!?! Me, MC-BruceLee
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THE DMG 34th ANNIVERSARY IN-STORE CONCERT CELEBRATION CONTINUES with:
Tuesday, August 5th:
6:30: STAN ZENKOV - Bass Clarinet & Alto Sax / EVAN CRANE - Bass / YUKO TOGAMI - Drums
7:30: TAKUMA KANAIWA - Guitar / AYUMI ISHITO - Tenor Sax / CAROLINE MORTON - Bass / JONATHAN WILSON - Drums
8:30: CRITICAL RESPONSE: JASON KAO HWANG - Violin / ANDERS NILSSON - Guitar / MICHAEL TA THOMPSON - Drums
Tuesday, August 12th:
6:30: ROBERT DICK and LESZEK "HEFI" WISNIOWSKI - Flute Duo
7:30: KILLICK HINDS / LUCIANA BASS - Guitar Duo
8:30: DAFNA NAPHTALI - Electronics-Voice / SARA SCHOENBECK - Bassoon / YUKO TOGAMI - Drums
Tuesday, August 19th:
6:30: DUSTIN CARLSON - Guitar
7:30: KRIS GRUDA - Guitar / STAN ZENKOV - Saxes & Clarinets
8:30: MIKE McGINNIS - Clarinet / SARA SCHOENBECK - Bassoon / DANA LYNN - Violin
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NEW FROM LITHUANIA’S FABULOUS NoBUSINESS LABEL:
JIMMY LYONS with KAREN BORCA / HAYES BURNETT / HENRY LETCHER / SYD SMART - Rivbea Live! Series, Volume 3 (NoBusiness NBCD 178; Lithuania) Featuring Jimmy Lyons on alto sax, Karen Borca on bassoon (track 1), Hayes Burnett on bass, Henry Letcher (track 1) or Syd Smart (track 2) on drums. Of the great musicians who passed through the different ensembles led by master pianist Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons worked with Mr. Taylor from 1963 until his passing in 1986. As a leader or co-leader, Jimmy Lyons recorded around a dozen discs aside from a long out-of-print 5 CD box set released on Ayler Records in 2003. Since then there has been only 1 release by drummer Paul Murphy (on Cadence Jazz) which features Jimmy Lyons on alto sax. Until now. Thanks to the ongoing Rivbea (Studio) Live! Series on the NoBusiness Records label, this great unreleased session is finally seeing the light of day. It is a joyous occasion for all of us Free/Jazz fan addicts!
This disc features two long pieces from two sessions in May on 1974 and June of 1976. The first piece, “After You Left” features Karen Borca (Lyon’s wife at the time) on bassoon, Hayes Burnett on bass and Henry Letcher on drums. Mr. Burnett played with the Sun Ra Arkestra (1976-1982). “After You Left” begins with Mr. Lyons and Ms. Borca playing the opening theme together at a moderate pace with the rhythm team weaving around them. The tempo increases to a more furious pace as Mr. Lyons takes a long, intense and at times frenetic solo. The rhythm team matches Lyons long, sprawling lines. Lyons often sounds like he is playing his own bebop-like zigzagging lines, occasionally grabbing a note and then twisting it before launching into a series of frenzied lines. After Lyons’ long solo, the quartet play the theme again before Ms. Borca also takes a long, inspired and inventive solo. Although the bassoon is better known as a classical instrument, Ms. Borca pushed things further out, pushing the limits of her tricky double reed instrument. This is a formidable organic quartet that works well together as one united force moving in waves. The second piece is a trio effort with Lyons, Burnett and the great Boston-based drummer Syd Smart. Mr. Smart is an especially great, inventive drummer who has worked with Sam Rivers, Raphe Malik & more recently Leap of Faith. This is an amazing, powerful, free flowing trio and they are burning fiercely on this long piece. This disc and this music is like Manna from Free Jazz Heaven! - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
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DAVE BURRELL / SAM WOODYARD - The Lost Session, Paris 1979 (NoBusiness NBCD 177; Lithuania) Featuring Dave Burrell on piano and Sam Woodyard on drums, recorded in Paris in August of 1979, 46 years ago this month. The first time I head pianist Dave Burrell play live was at Ali’s Alley around 1975 when Burrell was playing with Sunny Murray’s Untouchable Factor. The other players were Byard Lancaster on sax, Cameron Brown on bass, Mr. Burrell on piano and Sunny Murray on drums. I recall that I felt that this was the most outside (a/k/a free) music that I had heard and was completely mystified by it, especially Sunny Murray’s strange drumming. I’ve caught Mr. Burrell more than a dozen times live ever since and have collected his catalogue or records. Mr. Burrell is a rare jazz pianist that can play totally outside and completely inside, from ragtime to boogie woogie to hard swinging to free beyond words. This is a completely unique session featuring Burrell on piano and former Duke Ellington drummer, Sam Woodyard, who was living in Paris at the time. The duo played together for a few months in a club called Campagne Premiere. The music was composed by Mr. Burrell and his partner Monika and was created as an opera known as ‘Windward Passages’. The duo session was at the club where they and was supposed to have been released on Horo Records, but was never released until now. A solo piano version was recorded and released by Hat Hut Records.
This session features pieces from the opera as well as a few standards by Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington and George Gershwin. “On a Saturday Night” opens and sounds like a history of jazz, moving seamlessly through different eras. The balance, warmth and respect that flows between both of these musicians is marvelous. I heard snippets of assorted melodies which keep changing as the piece evolves. “A.M. Rag” is an uptempo ragtime piece, the groove and/or tempo is most infectious. Strayhorn’s gem “Lush Life” is performed most elegantly with Mr. Burrell’s hands sweeping over the piano like the angels playing harp in the heavens. “Punaluu Peter” sounds like an ancient jazz song which reaches back before bebop took over (around 1945), it speeds ups in the second half, unexpectedly switching direction yet somehow sounds somewhat modern or at least contemporary. “Sarah’s Lament” is actually startling with some explosive piano passages by Burrell which fit within the other twists and turns in direction. I’ve heard several versions of Gershwin’s “Embraceable You” over the years, mostly by jazz singers like Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughn or Chet Baker. This version is most sublime, with some enchanting waves played by Burrell. “Black Robert” sounds rather familiar, like a theme from an old movie with the Keystone Cops running wildly through the streets. This ends with Duke Ellington’s classic “Sophisticated Lady”, a lovely way to conclude this wonderful dynamic duo disc. - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
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MISHA MENGELBERG / SABU TOYOZUMI - The Analects Of Confucius (NoBusiness NBCD 175; Lithuania) Recorded live at Aoshima Hall in Shizuoka City, Japan, on October 21, 2000, this is not the first meeting of Mengelberg and Toyozumi on record. Their earlier collaboration, The Untrammeled Traveler (Chap Chap, 2013), captured a 1994 performance and already hinted at the extraordinary chemistry between them.
A participant in the Fluxus art movement—like Peter Brötzmann and Ryoko Ono—Mengelberg was known for his mischievous intellect and deep roots in jazz history. His music channels Thelonious Monk and Duke Ellington through a deconstructed, often playful, Cecil Taylor-esque lens.
The concert opens with the nearly 40-minute "My Guru MM," an expansive, ever-shifting soundscape. The first two minutes are a whimsical dance of piano flourishes, cymbal strikes and buzzing brushwork. Mengelberg then steps aside, leaving Toyozumi to solo for nearly 14 minutes—a tribute as much as an improvisational exploration. When the pianist returns, playing spare and deliberate phrases, Toyozumi responds with bursts of speed and sudden accents, spurring Mengelberg into motion.
"Song for AMY" is a brief, introspective solo piano piece that elegantly blends Monk-like angularity with hints of classical formalism. The duo reconvenes for "teremakashi to forest of KEYAGU," perhaps the performance's most dynamic exchange. Here, they channel the wild, often humorous energy of Mengelberg's longstanding duo with Han Bennink. The piece begins as a percussive skirmish, slips into a blues motif, shapeshifts into a folk melody, then unravels into a free-form march.
Their encore—an abbreviated take on Monk's "Off Minor"—is a fitting closer. True to form, they disassemble the composition not with irreverence but with care, preserving its contours and tonal fragments, treating them as raw materials for a final, joyous musical dance.
The Analects of Confucius captures two master improvisers in dialogue, fusing intellect and instinct, history and innovation, chaos and structure—all in real time. It is a fascinating addition to the ongoing excavation of the global free jazz underground. - Mark Corroto, AllAboutJazz
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MOTOHARU YOSHIZAWA / KIM DAE HWAN - Way Of The Breeze (NoBusiness NBCD 176; Lithuania) Featuring Motoharu Yoshizawa on homemade electrical 5-string bass and Kim Dae Hwan on percussion. "This duo represents an experiment that pushes the boundaries of music itself. Their collaboration does not confine itself to genres such as free jazz or improvisational music. Instead, it stands as a sonic adventure that explores the very potential of sound. The moments of their collaboration, glimpses into the future of acoustic art, resonate not merely as music but as a philosophical inquiry into "sound" itself."-Nobusiness "This duo represents an experiment that pushes the boundaries of music itself. Their collaboration does not confine itself to genres such as free jazz or improvisational music. Instead, it stands as a sonic adventure that explores the very potential of sound. The moments of their collaboration, glimpses into the future of acoustic art, resonate not merely as music but as a philosophical inquiry into "sound" itself."- Nobusiness
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LITTORINA SAXOPHONE QUARTET with MARIA FAUST / MIKKO INNANEN / FREDRIK LJUNGVIST / LIUDAS MOCKUNAS - Leaking Pipes (NoBusiness NBCD 174; Lithuania) Littorina Saxophone Quartet is a new creative collective of leading Baltic Sea area improvising saxophonists, Maria Faust (alto sax) from Estonia, Mikko Innanen (alto, sopranino & bari) from Finland, Fredrik Ljungkvist (tenor & soprano) from Sweden and Liudas Mockunas (bass, soprano & sopranino) from Lithuania. Littorina is the ancient name of the sea connecting the four saxophonists and together they are aiming to make music that is both ancient and new, sweet and salty, wild and calm, and pure and toxic — just like The Baltic Sea. I know about each of these saxist from different places. I've heard two fine discs from the Maria Fuast Group on the Barefoot label. Both saxists Mikko Innanen and Liudas Mockunas have worked together previously, both have plkayed here at DMG and have recorded for the TUM and Clean Feed labels. Swedish saxist Fredrik Ljungkvist has also visited us at DMG, played in Atomic and The Fire! Orchestra.
Each of the 6 pieces here was composed by a member of the quartet. "Kop Kop" begins with a opening theme played by the entire quartet before it breaks into quirky, quick-spinning improvised sections. Since this quartet uses a variety of saxes from sopranino to bass, they cover a wide range of tonal center from the highest to the lowest. That broad range makes a sharp contrast between the high end and the deep low end. On "Hells Bells", there are several layers of harmonized sax parts going on, each one quite fascinating. "Matkalla Poitierslin" sounds like a circus melody, silly yet somehow fun and uplifting. "Nils-Olof" has a theme that sounds like it comes from a foreign film and is filled with several layers of thoughtful, haunting melodies. I've listened to quite a few sax quartets over the years and I must admit that this one of the best especially since they are not trying to be too far out. A great deal of thought has gone into the composing and arranging here. Each piece is strong, strong and diverse. You can't ask for much more than this! - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
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ARTHUR BLYTHE QUARTET with JUINI BOOTH / MUHAMMAD ABDULLAH / STEVE REID - Live from Studio Rivbea, July 6, 1976 (NoBusiness NBCD 173; Lithuania) Saxophonist Arthur Blythe arrived in New York City in 1974 with a gorgeous tone and a fully formed conception. Having featured in the ensembles of pianist Horace Tapscott in his native LA, he first caught the ear in the Big Apple after his recruitment into the bands of drummer Chico Hamilton and pianist/composer Gil Evans. This gem from Sam Rivers' Studio Rivbea archive constitutes his debut as a leader, recorded some seven months before the previous contender for that title, The Grip (India Navigation, 1977). While he later signed for CBS (now Sony) and released a string of albums notable for their driving rhythms, infectious heads and affinity for the tradition, on this date Blythe takes maximum advantage of the opportunity the loft scene offered to develop music unconstrained by the need to help club and bar owners sell booze. At the helm of an adventurous quartet comprising regular collaborators Steve Reid on drums and Muhammad Abdullah on congas, along with bassist Juini Booth, he tackles three numbers which remained mainstays of his repertoire for many years to come, alongside a medley of unidentified tunes. Blythe takes the opening "Spirits In The Field" unaccompanied. His distinctive wide vibrato and blues cry are on full display, as he alternates between sanctified melody, blaring harmonics and piercing wails, intermittently separated by twisting and unpredictable runs. He continues solo into the medley before Booth doubles his line. Fresh from a sojourn in the McCoy Tyner band which waxed Enlightenment (Milestone, 1973) and Atlantis (Milestone, 1975), the bassist lends the vamps an indefatigable bounce. However, he also proves fearless in following Blythe off the beaten track, contributing an oblique counterpoint that amplifies the experimental dimension. As Ed Hazell notes in the insightful liners, Blythe treats the material here as rhythmically and tonally mutable, aided by the facility of Reid and Abdullah to shift in and out of a meter which itself is variable. The lengthy "Miss Nancy" also serves as a vehicle for extended breaks by all. Reid's stuttered digressions suggest dub echo effects at times, while Abdullah adds an unadorned pulsation. He comes into his own, especially on the concluding procession of "Lower Nile," where Reid's tambourine apart, his congas are the sole accompaniment to the leader's incantatory alto. Blythe, who died in 2017, never again sounded quite so untrammeled and free as he does here, captured in a time of flux before everything became codified. - John Sharpe, AllAboutJazz
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JOE McPHEE & STRINGS with MAT MANERI / FRED LONBERG-HOLM / MICHAEL BISIO - We Know Why The Caged Bird Sings (Rogue Art ROG 141CD; France) "These four musicians have all played with each other before. Just to name a few: two albums in duo for Joe McPhee and Michael Bisio, in addition of appearing in different other bands; Mat Maneri and Fred Lonberg-Holm, also recorded as a duo; Fred Lonberg-Holm is part of Joe McPhee's Survival Unit III with Michael Zerang and both are also part of Peter Brötzman's Chicago Tentet; Joe McPhee is within Mat Maneri Quintet in the album Sustain; Mat Maneri is within Michael Bisio's quartet on the album 'Before' and both are part of Matthew Shipp's trio Chamber Ensemble on The Gospel According to Matthew and Michael. So, no need to say that they were already very familiar to each other. Almost four generations of musicians; four very strong musical personalities, four very rich musical careers and, above all, four musicians who know how much the confrontation of different ideas pushes music forward; and it is exactly what we had hoped from this band, that they find a common language richer than the sum of the individual languages of each of them, a coherent musical material that respect each personality without reducing the great diversity of their individual approaches. If there was no doubt at the outset that Joe McPhee, Mat Maneri, Fred Lonberg-Holm and Michael Bisio would be able to make a great recording, eventually, they have done much more, finding original forms and producing an album on which the diversity of the pieces in no way detracts from the cohesion of the whole -- quite the opposite, in fact."
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REZ ABBASI ACOUSTIC QUARTET with BILL WARE / STEPHAN CRUMP / HASAN BAKR / ERIC McPHERSON - sound remains (Whirlwind Records WR4834; USA) Featuring Rez Abbasi on acoustic guitars & compositions, Bill Ware on vibes, Stephan Crump on contrabass, Hasan Bakr on percussion and Eric McPherson on drums. I’ve had my eye and ear on Downtown guitarist Rez Abbasi since first hearing in the late 1990’s. I’ve been collecting his dozen plus records and always look forward to each of his releases. Each of his records have different personnel and a different concept. I recall vibesman Bill Ware from his time with the Lounge Lizard as well as a few of his own projects (especially the duo with Marc Ribot). Contrabassist Stephan Crump recently (7/29/25) played a lovely solo set here at DMG and has worked with Mary Halvorson, Ingrid Laubrock and Vijay Iyer. I’ve heard drummer Eric McPherson with the Borderlands Trio (w/ Crump & Kris Davis), as well as with Lucian Ban and Abraham Burton.
Rez Abbasi composed all but two of the songs here, with one by John Coltrane and one by Keith Jarrett. “Presence” opens this disc with a lovely, haunting melody played by the guitar and vibes. The melody is most charming and reminds me of early Pat Metheny as does Mr. Abassi’s fleet fingered acoustic guitar playing and soloing. It sounds like Mr. Bakr is playing a tamborine along with vibes and drums, all three working well together, tight and uplifting. “You Are” has an eerie melody which reminds me of early John McLaughlin or his band Mahavishu Orchestra. As the group plays that riff over and over in the 2nd half of this piece, the percussionist gets a chance to stretch out and rev things up a bit. Keith Jarrett’s “Questar” comes from an ancient album called ‘My Song’ (from 1978). While Mr. Abbasi takes a long, inspired solo, Mr. Ware’s vibes back him, playing strong chords underneath and finally taking a strong solo in the last section. It seems to me that Mr. Abbasi worked hard on composing these pieces are sly, challenging to play yet they still have a sunny, positive vibe as well. “Spin Dream” is a highlight here since it keeps changing direction every few bars, with numerous surprising twists and turns. Coltrane’s classic “Lonnie Lament” begins with a superb bass solo by Mr. Crump when it starts and then Abbasi takes a long, story-like guitar solo. It is actually Crump’s bass that plays the main theme here, adding his own magical tone to the haunting song. “Meet the Moment” has a laid back, funky groove that feels just right with a sort of dark undertow as well. The first time I heard this disc, I thought it was cool, laid back and groove-oriented. The more I hear it now, the more I hear some buried treasure going on below the surface that I do like more and more. - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
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REZ ABBASI / JOSH FEINBERG with JENNIFER VINCENT / SATOSHI TAKEISHI - Naya Baaz Charm (Whirlwind Records WR4806; USA) Featuring Rez Abbasi on electric & acoustic guitars, Josh Feinberg on sitar, Jennifer Vincent on 5-string cello and Satoshi Takeishi on drums. At first, jazz guitarist Rez Abbasi was reluctant to work with sitarist Josh Feinberg due to past collaborations with other Indian musicians which didn’t turn out as well as they were planned to do so. Mr. Ababasi eventually changed his mind when he realized that Mr. Feinberg also played jazz bass and had studied with Dave Holland and Paul Bley. Mr. Feinberg also helped design and had built for himself a new and different sitar that could play parts that a regular sitar could not. Abassi also utilized the talents of cellist Jennifer Vincent who has worked with Abbey Lincoln, Judi Silvano and Roberto Rodriguez. You no doubt know about percussionist Satoshi Takeishi who keeps busy working with Erik Friedlander, Michael Attias and Joe Daley.
The title of this disc, ‘Naya Baaz’ is in Urdu and translates to New Bird. Starting with “Bekhayal”, Abbasi on guitar and Feinberg on sitar play that challenging theme tightly together. While Abbasi takes a long solo, Feinberg shadows him adding sly drone notes which expand and contract like a tambura while the cello and drums play tightly underneath. Instead of taking long raga-like sitar solos, Feinberg does a fine job of matching Abbasi’s playing and adding selective sustain tones here and there. “No Lack Thereof” is a lovely, laid back sort of ballad that I found to be most touching. Mr. Abbasi has a way of composing songs which sound simple or easy to play but there is much more going on here what we hear at first glance or listen. Since there is no bassist, it sounds like Ms. Vincent is plucking out bass lines on her cello at times. Although “No Lack Thereof” starts out modestly, when Abbasi finally solos he goes for it, taking a long exciting solo with Feinberg’s sitar playing tightly along and finally soloing strongly as well. More than half of these pieces were co-written by Abbasi and Feinberg and the two have found a way of combining their talents as complers and players with the right balance of both. Abbasi often writes slower, more moody sections while Feinberg adds his parts like an undertow which holds down the bottom while the currents continue to flow back and forth together. What makes this disc special is the way that this quartet, especially the guitar and sitar combine different cultures, textures, styles or ideas and turn them into something new, inspiring and spirited. This is a rare combination of talents that is united as one Spirit/Force. - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
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MERZBOW - Scene (20th Anniversary)(Mirae Arts MACD 007CD; USA) Merzbow, the pioneering Japanese noise project led by Masami Akita since 1979, remains a defining force in experimental electronic music. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Scene -- originally a limited CD release on Waystyx in 2005 -- was reissued on vinyl in 2024, quickly selling out. Now, it returns as a remastered CD, featuring an exclusive bonus track from the original sessions, housed in premium SACD jewel cases, and accompanied by a new essay by Dr. Jamie Stephenson. A surrealist gem from Merzbow's mid-2000s "laptop era," Scene opens with the chaotic carnival energy of "Part 1," before dissolving into hypnotic layers of rhythmic drums, metallic clangs, distant bird calls, and atonal wind chimes shimmering in an otherworldly haze. A vital piece of Merzbow's ongoing analog and digital sound experiments, this CD reissue of Scene is limited to 300 copies, offering fans and collectors another chance to own this long-unavailable masterpiece. Artwork by Masami Akita. Design by Takashi Makabe.
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THE HAT EZZ-THETICS AVANT/JAZZ REISSUE CD SIZZLING SUMMER SALE: All prices reduced!
Over the past decade, the Hat (Hut, Art , Now & Ology) label has been shifting over to reissues moreso than new discs by current musicians. At first, I wasn't so sure that this was a good idea but now know why it is a good thing. Instead of reissuing this gem as is (single albums with 40 minutes or less of music), Hat Ezz-Thetics has been mostly putting LP's worth of material on each disc as well as remastering them so that they sound better then they did in the past. The label often adds rare or bootleg material to fill up each disc to more than 70 minutes of music. A number of these titles were either hard to find, long out-of-print or have added rare material from similar sessions. For those of you/us, who are fabs of avant, progressive or free/jazz, many of these titles are essential. I myself have been collecting all of the reissued titles and recognize what a great job Hat Ezz-Thetics has done here. We got these titles in earlier this month and sold a few. I have lowered the price of all of these titles, $10 for single CD's and $12 for double CD's. Original (or even reissued) vinyl copies would cost you an arm & a leg, so please check out this list and order what we want before we run out. - BLG, DMG
ALBERT AYLER / JOHN TCHICAI / ROSWELL RUDD / GARY PEACOCK / SUNNY MURRAY - New York Eye And Ear Control, Revisited (Hat Ezz-Thetics 1118; Switzerland) After moving to NYC in the early 60s, filmmaker Michael Snow was introduced the music of saxophonist Albert Ayler's Trio with bassist Gary Peacock & drummer Sunny Murray, inviting them and trumpeter Don Cherry, trombonist Rudd and altoist John Tchicai to record these three brilliant freely improvised tracks, parts of which would be used in his art film "New York Eye and Ear Control".
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ALBERT AYLER QUARTETS with DON CHERRY / NORMAN HOWARD / HENRY GRIMES / EARLE HENDERSON / GARY PEACOCK / SUNNY MURRAY - Spirits To Ghosts Revisited (remastered)(Hat Ezz-Thetics 1101) Three variations of quartet settings from iconoclastic free jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler, remastering and combining two Debut Records albums, "Spirits" from 1964 with Norman Howard (trumpet), Sunny Murray (drums), and alternating bass between Henry Grimes & Earle Henderson; and 1965's "Ghosts" on Debut Records with Don Cherry (trumpet), Gary Peacock (bass), and Sunny Murray.
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ALBERT AYLER QUINTET 66 with DONALD AYLER / MICHAEL SAMSON / WILLIAM FOLWELL / BEAVER HARRIS - Berlin, Lorrach, Paris & Stockholm. Revisited (Hat Ezz-Thetics 1117-2) Tenor saxophonist Albert Ayler's 1966 quintet brought a unique orchestration to his music, heard in these live performances in Berlin, Lörrach, Paris & Stockholm in November of 1966, four concerts presented chronologically as performed with the exemplary playing of brother Donald Ayler on trumpet, Michel Samson on violin, William Folwell on bass, and Beaver Harris on drums.
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ALBERT AYLER with DONALD AYLER / MICHAEL SAMSON / HENRY GRIMES / ALAN SILVA / CALL COBBS /BEAVER HARRIS / MILFORD GRAVES - Live Greenwich Village To Love Cry, Revisited (Hat Ezz-Thetics 1118; Switzerland) Bringing together two contrasting Impulse! albums from Aylers late 60's output: the exemplary free jazz release Live Greenwich Village in two sessions with core Ayler associates, brother Donald, Michael Sampson, Henry Grimes, Beaver Harris, &c.; then Ayler's challenging attempt to reach a more popular following in Love Cry, with Milford Graves taking the drummers chair.
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MARION BROWN with GRACHAN MONCUR III / GUNTER HAMPEL / AMBROSE JACKSON / DAVE BURRELL / STANLEY COWELL / SIRONE / BUSCHI NIEBERGALL / BEAVER HARRIS / BOBBY KAPP - Three For Shepp to Gesprachsfetzen Revisited (Hat Ezz-Thetics 1170; Switzerland) Remastering and restoring Marion Brown's 1967 Impulse! album with Grachan Moncure III, Dave Burrel, Stanley Cowell, Sirone, Beaver Harris & Bobby Capp, and his 1968 album on the Calig label with Gunter Hampel, Steve McCall, Ambrosa Jackson & Buschi Niedergall; two albums of essential "New Thing" work through fascinating composed forms by Brown, plus Archie Shepps' "Delicado"; essential.
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MARION BROWN with ALAN SHORTER / BENNIE MAUPIN / GRACHAN MONCUR III / DAVE BURRELL / REGGIE JOHNSON / RONNIE BOYKINS / RASHIED ALI / BEAVER HARRIS - Capricorn Moon To Juba Lee (remastered) (Hat Ezz-Thetics 1102; Switzerland) Merging and remastering two essential albums from free jazz saxophonist Marion Brown: his 1966 ESP album "Marion Brown Quartet" with trumpeter Alan Shorter, bassist Reggie Johnson and percussionist Rahied Ali; and his 1967 Fontana album "Juba-Lee" in a septet with Reggie Johnson, drummer Beaver Harris, pianist Dave Burrell, trombonist Grachan Moncur III & saxophonist Bennie Maupin.
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JOHN CAGE // CALATO - Variations Four6 (Hat Ezz-Thetics 1024; Switzerland) Calato, the quartet of Javier Areal Vélez, Jorge Espinal, Agustín Genoud and Pablo Verón based in Buenos Aires, formed in 2010 as an improvisation and experimental composition group exploring music notation and graphic scores in convergence with free improvisation, performing on prepared electric guitars, drums, sampler and amplified voice, here taking on two works by John Cage: Variations I-III, and Four6.
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ORNETTE COLEMAN with DON CHERRY / FREDDIE HUBBARD / SCOTT LAFARO / CHARLIE HADEN / ED BLACKWELL / BILLY HIGGINS - Free Jazz To Ornette! Revisited (Hat Ezz-Thetics 1024; Switzerland) Exploring further the concepts of free jazz, saxophonist Ornette Coleman's back-to-back 1961 & 62 albums find the composer and innovator in a ground-breaking double quartet that includes Eric Dolphy, Don Cherry & Freddie Hubbard, Scott LaFaro & Charlie Haden, and Billy Higgns & Ed Blackwell; then with quintet with Scott LaFaro temporarily taking Charlie Haden's chair.
CD Sale $10
JOHN COLTRANE with McCOY TYNER / JIMMY GARRISON / ELVIN JONES - My Favorite Things Graz 1962 (Hat Ezz-Thetics 1024; Switzerland) The 2nd volume from tenor & soprano saxophonist John Coltrane 1962 tour of Europe and Scandinavia, heard here in late November at Stefaniensaal, Graz with his quartet of pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Jimmy Garrison, and drummer Elvin Jones, the band playing classic numbers under the influence of Coltrane's expanding drive to transform his music toward greater freedom.
CD Sale $10
JOHN COLTRANE with McCOY TYNER / JIMMY GARRISON ROY HAYNES or ELVIN JONES - Newport, New York, Alabama, 1963, Revisited (Hat Ezz-Thetics 1114; Switzerland) Two quartets performing two live concerts from 1963 led by John Coltrane on tenor & soprano saxophones, the first at the Newport Jazz Festival with McCoy Tyner on piano, Jimmy Garrison on double bass and Roy Haynes on drums, the second at Birdland with Elvin Jones on the drums, plus 2 studio recordings with that quartet at Van Gelder Studio in the same year.
CD Sale $10
JOHN COLTRANE with ERIC DOLPHY / McCOY TYNER / REGGIE WORKMAN / JIMMY GARRISON / ELVIN JONES - Chasin The Trane, Revisited (Hat Ezz-Thetics 1020; Switzerland) The 4-night engagement at the Village Vanguard in November 1961 with sidemen Eric Dolphy, McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman, Jimmy Garrison & Elvin Jones resulted in saxophonist John Coltrane's 1962 "Live at the Village Vanguard" album, his evolving freedom surprisingly divisive and even decried as "anti-jazz", here reissued and remastered with a bonus version of "Spiritual".
CD Sale $10
BILL EVANS TRIO with SCOTT LaFARO / PAUL MOTIAN - At The Village Vanguard 1961, Revisited (Hat Ezz-Thetics 1159; Switzerland) Reissuing and remastering two seminal albums on the Riverside label from pianist and composer Bill Evan's trio with double bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian — Sunday At The Village Vanguard and Waltz for Debby — yielding jazz standards and helping define the modern jazz trio through impressive technical underpinnings and lyrical sophistication.
CD Sale $10
DIZZY GILLESPIE & CHARLIE PARKER with DON BYAS / AL HAIG / JOHN LEWIS / BUD POWELL / AL McKIBBON / CURLEY RUSSELL / TOMMY POTTER / MAX ROACH / JOE HUNT- Live, Revisited - Town Hall 1945, Carnegie Hall 1947, Birdland 1951 (Hat Ezz-Thetics 1156; Switzerland) Three essential concerts remastered, from the legacy of be-bop trailblazers, trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and alto saxophonist Charlie Parker, with Don Byas, Al Haig piano, Curley Russell, Max Roach & Sidney Catlett at Town Hall 1945; with John Lewis, Al McKibbon & Joe Harris at Carnegie Hall 1947; and with Bud Powell, Tommy Potter & Roy Haynes at Birdland 1951.
CD Sale $10
JIMMY GIUFFRE / PAUL BLEY / STEVE SWALLOW - Free Fall Clarinet 1962, Revisited (Hat Ezz-Thetics 1119; Switzerland) Reissuing clarinetist Jimmy Giuffre's 1963 Columbia album Free Fall, presenting trio performances with bassist Steve Swallow and pianist Paul Bley recorded after their 1961 European tour, along with duos between Giuffre and Swallow and several solo tracks from the clarinetist himself, propelling himself and his band into his sophisticated, risk-taking chamber jazz compositions.
CD Sale $10
ANDREW HILL with ERIC DOLPHY / JOE HENDERSON / JOHN GILMORE / KENNY DORHAM / FREDDIE HUBBARD / RICHARD DAVIS / CECIL McBEE / TONY WILLIAMS / JOE CHAMBERS - Point Of Departure To Compulsion!!!!! (Hat Ezz-Thetics 1139; Switzerland) Remastering pianist Andrew Hill's distinct and exemplary albums issued on Blue Note Records in 1965 & 1967: Point of Departure, illustrating Hill's complex and exciting compositions in a front line with Eric Dolphy, Joe Henderson, Kenny Dorham and Tony Williams & Richard Davis; and the percussively rich Compulsion with John Gilmore, Freddie Hubbard, Cecil McBee, & Joe Chambers.
CD Sale $10
FRANZ KOGLMANN SEPTET with JOHN CLARK / DANIELE D'AGARO / PETER HERBERT/ et al - Fruits Of Solitude (Hat Ezz-Thetics 1005; Switzerland) With a superb septet of improvisers also versed in contemporary music, trumpeter Franz Koglmann presents sophisticated compositions that interject the concept of "solitude" in the three-part title track, alongside Koglmann compositions and Jimmy Giuffre's "Finger Snapper", using striking orchestration of trumpet, sax, clarinet, bassoon, oboe, french horn, cello and double bass.
CD Sale $10
CHARLES MINGUS with ERIC DOLPHY / BOOKER ERVIN / JOE FARRILL / YUSEF LATEEF / JOHN LaPORTA / BILL BARON / TED CURSON / CLARK TERRY / HOBART DOTSON / JIMMY KNEPPER / EDDIE BERT / PAUL BLEY / ROLAND HANNA / et al - Presents Charles Mingus To Pre Bird, Revisited (Hat Ezz-Thetics 1169; Switzerland) Three sides of Charles Mingus in this remastered reissue set: the 1961 Candid album Mingus Presents Mingus with the classic quartet of Eric Dolphy, Ted Curson and Dannie Richmond; then the Mercury release Pre-Bird from the same year, in ensembles performing the music of or influenced by Duke Ellington, along with the ambitious and brilliant through-composed work, "Half Mast Inhibition".
CD Sale $10
NEW YORK CONTEMPORARY FIVE with ARCHIE SHEPP / JOHN TCHICAI / DON CHERRY / DON MOORE / J.C. MOSES - Consequences Revisited (Hat Ezz-Thetics 1105; Switzerland) Though short-lived, the New York Contemporary Five brought together NY free players Don Moore on bass, J.C. Moses on drums, Archie Shepp on tenor saxophone, and Don Cherry on trumpet with Danish alto saxophonist John Tchicai, in a remastered edition of their 1966 album "Consequences", expanded with Shepp's revisiting of the material in a sextet with Sunny Murray and Ted Curson.
CD Sale $10
CHARLIE PARKER with DON BYAS / MILES DAVIS / DIZZY GILLESPIE / KENNY DORHAM / RED RODNEY / AL HAIG / CURLEY RUSSELL / TOMMY POTTER / KENNY CLARKE / MAX ROACH / ROY HAYNES- Bebop Live (Hat Ezz-Thetics 1113-2; Switzerland) Remarkably remastered recordings of Charlie Parker's quintets from 1945-49, performing live at Carnegie Hall, Royal Roost, & Town Hall with configurations of Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Dorham, Red Rodney, Don Byas, Al Haig, Max Roach, Roy Haynes, Kenny Clarke, Tommy Potter & Curley Russell, allowing us to re-live the consistent brilliance of the leader and his sidemen.
2 CD Sale Set $12
ARCHIE SHEPP with JEANNE LEE / ROSCOE MITCHELL / CHICAGO BEAU / JULIO FINN / DAVE BURRELL / MALACHI FAVORS / SUNNY MURRAY / ART TAYLOR - Blase And Yasmina Revisited (Hat Ezz-Thetics 1115; Switzerland) Revisiting two of Archie Shepp's 1969 recordings released on the BYG label as Blasé, and title track to Yasmina, three tracks featuring the vocals of Jeanne Lee, with four band configurations including Dave Burrell, Malachi Favors, Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Sunny Murray, Philly Joe Jones, &c., beautifully remastered to bring to light Shepp's pan-stylistic impulses.
CD Sale $10
CECIL TAYLOR with JIMMY LYONS / KEN McINTYRE / EDDIE GALE / ARCHIE SHEPP / TED CURSON / ROSWELL RUDD / HENRY GRIMES / ALAN SILVA / ANDREW CYRILLE / SUNNY MURRAY - Mixed To Unit: Structures Revisited (Hat Ezz-Thetics 1110; Switzerland) Bringing together two essential and impeccably remastered 1960's Cecil Taylor albums — Cecil Taylor Unit Structures and Cecil Taylor Unit Mixed — presenting both traditional influences and Taylor's unique approaches to modern jazz, featuring two septets with musicians including Jimmy Lyons, Henry Grimes, Archies Shepp, Ted Curson, Andrew Cyrille, Roswell Rudd, Sunny Murray.
CD Sale $10
MIKE TAYLOR with DAVE TOMLIN / ERIC CLAPTON / JACK BRUCE / TONY REEVES/ JON HISEMAN / GINGER BAKER - Trio, Quartet & Composer, Revisited (Hat Ezz-Thetics 1110; Switzerland) Found dead in the Thames River in 1969, pianist & composer Mike Taylor left a legacy of two solid & lyrical jazz albums, of which the complete Trio album and one track from Pendulum are remastered; but he was also a songwriter for the Eric Clapton/Ginger Baker/Jack Bruce band Cream, of which three Taylor compositions with lyrics and vocals by Baker are included.
CD Sale $10
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LP SECTION:
RAINIER JANCIS - Tahkuna Kaanon (U-Duur; Estonia) Featuring Rainier Jancis on solo electric guitar(s). Guitarist Rainier Jancis hails from Estonia and has played in bands Metro Luminal, Modern Ethnic and the Dildos. Mr. Jancis is currently living in NYC and this his 5th release under his name. Jancis is playing a modified electric guitar on this album along with another guitar-like neck hanging off his unique looking guitar. He told me that there is no overdubbing going on here, all of the music recorded live in the studio. Each side of this album contains one long piece. Jancis begins with some stark, sustained notes, slowly adding a note or two at a time, the sound eerie, the notes floating in space. Jancis takes his time, making each note or phrase count, each sound suspended in space. Jancis has a metallic but not a metaL-like tone, using sustain to extend each note, with subtle echo effects as well. The overall sound is somewhat liquid so it floats around us as we lie on raft floating on top of the tranquil water. Jancis carefully adds more stark, somewhat dark notes or lines, with an eerie drone/resonance in the distance. The music is seems to be more about creating a certain mood, calm yet disorienting, dreamy yet quietly disturbing. Side 2 is called ‘Viscoma” and Jancis plays a somber repeating riff with a low-end bass pulse churning underneath. The repeating riff is two fold, the riff itself and the sound of the strings being hit by a pic. That repeating throb is at the center and gives this a sort of solemn space-rock like vibe. Aside from the bass throb, the higher end repeating riff changes slowly over time as Ranier bents the notes slightly. The overall vibe here is most hypnotic and calm at the center. I am trying to get Rainier Jancis to play a solo set here since he does have his own sound/approach. - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
LP $25
SHELLEY BURGON - The In Between (Thin Wrist TW U-LP; USA) The In Between is the debut solo album by harpist, composer, and sound artist Shelley Burgon. Burgon is one of the most accomplished and sought-after performers and collaborators in the world of avant-garde and new music. Her interpretations of works by composers such as Pauline Oliveros, John Cage, Morton Subotnick, and Cornelius Cardew, as well as her collaborations with artists as diverse as Bjork, Anthony Braxton, and Fred Frith have shown her to be an artist with an extraordinary ability to get to the core of the music, surpassing the limitations of technical mastery with a transcendent sense of nuance and feel. Over the years, Burgon's own compositions, including works for groups such as the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and The Ne(x)tworks ensemble featuring Joan LaBarbara, have demonstrated these intangible qualities with even greater clarity and shown her to be an artist with a deeply personal, spiritual vision. The In Between is an immersive, meditative work in which Burgon's subtle arrangement of space and seemingly simple melodic lines draws the listener into a deep awareness of the piece itself as well as the wider, vibrant sound world that we all inhabit. It was composed and performed by Burgon alone on her acoustic concert harp without amplification or effects and recorded live, in one take, as an early summer day gave way to dusk in the mountains overlooking the Ojai Valley in California. The continuous 56-minute piece unfolds as the sounds of songbirds and airplanes fade with the setting sun; the chirps of crickets and frogs slowly emerge; the wood of the auditorium roof crackles as it cools with the evening air. The music is spacious, Burgon plays each note with a focus that is both tense and gentle, often allowing each to fully resonate and float before evaporating into the sounds of the surrounding chaparral and woodlands. At other moments, cascades of notes come into being, flowing with a ringing clarity and dissolving as quickly as they emerge from the mountain air. As motifs and figures repeat and evolve, Burgon's work becomes one of memory and foresight, a Feldman-esque unfurling realized as a sort of field recording in which the listener is both present and in between. Cut at 45RPM and pressed to HQ180gram vinyl at RTI. Presented in heavy tip-on gatefold double vinyl. with spot finishes and two full color printed inner sleeves with notes by the artist.
2 LP Set $36
ERKIN KORAY - Erkin Koray (Survival Research SVVRCH 108LP; Australia) Often dubbed the Jimi Hendrix of the Bosphorus, Erkin Koray was a trailblazer of Anatolian psych -- a mind-bending fusion of traditional Turkish music and electrified Western rock. After experimenting with beat and pop in the '60s, Koray fully embraced the underground, eventually releasing his game-changing self-titled debut in 1973. A landmark release, it seamlessly weaves fuzzed-out guitar work, Anatolian folk melodies, R&B grooves, and raw psychedelia into something entirely unique. A cornerstone of Turkey's countercultural sound.
LP $22
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ATTENTION ALL CREATIVE MUSICIANS OUT THERE, Around the world.
If you have a link for some music that you are working on and want to share it with the folks who read the DMG Newsletter, please send the link to DMG at DMG@Downtownmusicgallery.com
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THE STONE RESIDENCIES / NICOLE MITCHELL / JULY 30-AUG 2
7/30 Wednesday
8:30 pm - DUO - Craig Taborn (piano) Nicole Mitchell (flutes, electronics)
7/31 Thursday
8:30 pm - DUO - Mary Halvorson (guitar) Nicole Mitchell (flutes, electronics)
8/1 Friday
8:30 pm - Black Earth Strings - Teddy Rankin Parker (cello) Mazz Swift (violin) Melanie Dyer (viola) Anna Abondolo (bass) Nicole Mitchell (flute)
8/2 Saturday
8:30 pm - DUO - Vijay Iyer (piano) Nicole Mitchell (flute)
THE STONE RESIDENCIES / VERNON REID / AUG 6-9
The Stone is proud to present a fabulous and historic four-night residency with Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber (VR-Stoned Edition) for three nights and the legendary trio Free Form Funky Frēqs with Jamaaladeen Tacuma and Grant Calvin Weston on the fourth night. They’ll be performing different music each night with some very special guests! DON'T MISS A SINGLE NIGHT!!! ADMISSION IS THIRTY DOLLARS EACH NIGHT
8/6 Wednesday
8:30 pm - A Night of Radiance featuring Ambient pioneer Laraaji; Featuring: Vernon Reid (conduction, guitar) Shelley Nicole (vocals) Miss Olithea (vocals, electronics) Lewis Flip Barnes (trumpet) V. Jeffery Smith (alto, tenor, baritone saxes) Leon Gruenbaum (keyboards, samchillian, vocoder) Ben Tyree (electric guitar) Chris Eddleton (trap drums, electronics) LaFrae Sci (trap drums, electronics) Shawn Banks (congas, percussion) Jason DiMatteo (acoustic bass) Jared Michael Nickerson (electric bubble bass) Laraaji Venus (electric auto harp) ADMISSION THIRTY DOLLARS
8/7 Thursday
8:30 pm - Summertime of Love ~ The Psychedelic Conductions (turning 67 on the 22nd….Why Not!?) Vernon Reid (conduction, guitar) Shelley Nicole (vocals) Miss Olithea (vocals, electronics) Lewis Flip Barnes (trumpet) V. Jeffery Smith (alto, tenor, baritone saxes) Leon Gruenbaum (keyboards, samchillian, vocoder) Ben Tyree (electric guitar) Chris Eddleton (trap drums, electronics) LaFrae Sci (trap drums, electronics) Shawn Banks (congas, percussion) Jason DiMatteo (acoustic bass) Jared Michael Nickerson (electric bubble bass) ADMISSION THIRTY DOLLARS
8/8 Friday
8:30 pm Bohos & Blues featuring David Barnes - Vernon Reid (conduction, guitar) Shelley Nicole (vocals) Miss Olithea (vocals, electronics) Lewis Flip Barnes (trumpet) V. Jeffery Smith (alto, tenor, baritone saxes) Leon Gruenbaum (keyboards, samchillian, vocoder) Ben Tyree (electric guitar) Chris Eddleton (trap drums, electronics) LaFrae Sci (trap drums, electronics) Shawn Banks (congas, percussion) Jason DiMatteo (acoustic bass) Jared Michael Nickerson (electric bubble bass) David Barnes (harmonica) ADMISSION THIRTY DOLLARS
8/9 Saturday
8:30 pm - Free Form Funky Frēqs #79 - Featuring Vernon Reid (guitar)) Jamaaladeen Tacuma (bass) Grant Calvin Weston (drums) and Special Guests ADMISSION THIRTY DOLLARS
THE STONE is located in
The New School at the Glass Box Theatre
55 West 13th Street - near 6th ave
LIVE MUSIC
wed-sat - music at 8:30pm
ADMISSION - $20 per set
unless otherwise noted
cash only payment
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Saturday, August 2nd, 2025:
UNTETERED Featuring:
PAUL GEISS - Trumpet & Electronics
BRANDON ROSS - Guitar
TIN=MOTHY RAGSDALE - Bass
GRANT CALVIN WESTON - Drums
Doors: 7pm
1st set: 7:30
2nd Set: 8:45
At Nublu
151 Ave C
NYC, NY
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THIS NOTE COMES FROM MY GOOD BUDDY JOEL HARRISON, Gifted Guitarist and Organizer. His yearly concerts at LPR have been a highlight for myself and other Guitar Freaks…
Dear Guitar Enthusiasts … There's a lot going:
—MIDWESTERNERS: please take note of the below dates. I'm lucky to be playing with two of the greatest B-3 organ players alive, and fantastic drummers as well. https://joelharrison.com/shows/
—On March 14 AGS (Alternative Guitar Summit) recordings releases ANUPAM SHOBHAKAR'S LIQUID REALITY, a tour de force on double neck guitar that fuses Indian music, jazz, and rock. If you like John McLaughlin this is for you. Preorder here: https://agsrecordings.bandcamp.com/
—We have uploaded some GREAT NEW PODCASTS to the AGS youtube channel with Ben Monder, Redd Volkaert, and more to come. Please check it out.
https://www.youtube.com/@alternativeguitarsummit
—For a couple of years I have been working on a major piece entitled "Burn Pit." The orchestration is jazz big band and a 16 person chorus. The subject matter is the deadly toxic burnpits from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that killed or sickened hundreds of thousands of military personnel. To fulfill my obligation to the NY State Council on the Arts and the Governors Office of NY, from whom I received a generous composition grant, I have posted a video discussing and playing excerpts from this work here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulyk1Pgrym8
Don't forget to sign up for our summer camp! Kevin Eubanks, Vernon Reid, Kurt Rosenwinkel, John Scofield...come on! https://www.alternativeguitarsummitcamp.com/ - Joel Harrison
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NEW VIDEOS from GUITAR MASTER HENRY KAISER:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgcxTkoIgQI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAWxt3EJSPw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcvoYygehqE
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From CHRIS CUTLER:
Formerly of HENRY COW, THE ART BEARS, NEWS FOR BABEL & RECOMMENDED RECORDS (ReR) has been creating an ongoing series of podcasts called the Probes series. I am often fascinated at listening to each of these as Mr. Cutler does an incredible job of showing a deep history of Creative Music in the 20th century & beyond. I usually listen to these on the train to NYC that I take to get to work each day. The most recent Probes (#37) was released earlier this year, here are the links:
https://rwm.macba.cat/en/research/probes-37
https://rwm.macba.cat/en/research/probes-36