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Keefe Jackson’s Project Project – Just Like This
Keefe Jackson’s Project Project – Just Like This Delmark DE 580 (2008) Compact Disc What a colorful group of musicians — Project Project is among the liberated wonders of our century. This 12-player circus has been together since 2005, and even among free-jazz mavericks they’re an especially varied group. The trombonists are a cranky pair…
Jason Ajemían – The Art Of Dying
Jason Ajemían – The Art Of Dying Delmark DE 581 (2008) Compact Disc What makes this group so important is the relationship that exists between its members. Bassist Jason Ajemian (Chicago Underground Trio, Lay All Over It, Born Heller) saxophonist Tim Haldeman, and drummer Nori Tanaka are regulars on the Chicago improv scene. Joined here…
Rob Mazurek Quintet – Sound Is
Rob Mazurek Quintet – Sound Is Delmark DE 586 Compact Disc (2009) Jazz cornetist Rob Mazurek consistently pushes beyond the expectations of his listeners, drawing together ideas out of sound, personalities out of space, and fusing color and light into the tones of his music. The debut record of this new quintet, featuring John Herndon…
Josh Berman – Old Idea
Josh Berman – Old Idea Delmark 588 (2009) For a decade jazz cornetist Josh Berman has been a mainstay of the post-Vandermark generation of Chicago improvisers, a wide circle of ambitious musos who meet up in varied ad hoc or fixed settings: a circle including all the players in Josh’s group Old Idea. He’s already…
Aram Shelton’s Fast Citizens – Two Cities
Aram Shelton’s Fast Citizens – Two Cities Delmark DE 590 Compact Disc (2009) Redefining the collective concept in an ensemble, Two Cities is the follow up to the 2006 release Ready Everyday (Delmark 571). The Fast Citizens have a rotating leader chair. This time Aram Shelton has taken the reins as main composer, focusing on…
Mikrokolektyw – Revisit
Mikrokolektyw – Revisit Delmark DE 591 Compact Disc (2010) Polish duo Mikrokolektyw explore regions of warped impressionist Don Cherry-esque melodies like cartographers from some distant future. Their style is an outline of unexplored electronic hieroglyphs, an almost forgotten language shaped by Moog synthesizer, drums and trumpet; with this language they illustrate a map of vast…
Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble – The Prairie Prophet
Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble – The Prairie Prophet Delmark DE 598 Compact Disc (2011) Ernest Dawkins formed his New Horizons Ensemble in 1978 and on The Prairie Prophet, the group continues to create music that showcases their unique combination of jazz, bebop, swing, and avant-garde. The Chicago Tribune describes them as “a band with…
Nicole Mitchell – Awakening
Nicole Mitchell – Awakening Delmark DE 599 Compact Disc (2011) Awakening features Nicole Mitchell’s unique flute work in an intimate quartet setting, supported and stimulated by some of Chicago’s finest improvisers: Jeff Parker, guitar; Harrison Bankhead, bass; Avreeayl Ra, drums. Named 2010 Flutist of the Year in the DownBeat Critic’s Poll, Jazz Journalist Association and…
