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Ivo Perelman, Barry Guy + Ramon Lopez – ‘Interaction’ (2024)

Ivo Perelman, Barry Guy + Ramon Lopez – ‘Interaction’ (2024)

‘Interaction’ really all of one big collection of amazing moments, a continuum of passion and a brainstorm of original ideas filtered through three highly trained instruments.

Carl Weingarten – ‘The Simian River Collection 1980-2020’ (2023)

Carl Weingarten – ‘The Simian River Collection 1980-2020’ (2023)

There’s no one like Carl Weingarten and his new retrospective ‘The Simian River Collection’ will make you like his music, like no one else’s.

Tim Berne, with Ryan Ferreira, Ches Smith + Michael Formanek – ‘Decay’ (2015; issued 2022)

Tim Berne, with Ryan Ferreira, Ches Smith + Michael Formanek – ‘Decay’ (2015; issued 2022)

Tim Berne’s Decay quartet was good enough to beg the question of why hadn’t they made a record from their time together. Now, that question needn’t be asked anymore.

Butcher Brown – ‘#KingButch’ (2020)

Butcher Brown – ‘#KingButch’ (2020)

Butcher Brown’s fusion / R&B / funk / punk alchemy doesn’t brow beat you into submission. Instead, seductive grooves and confident musicianship do that job.

Brian Krock’s liddle – ‘Viscera’ (2020)

Brian Krock’s liddle – ‘Viscera’ (2020)

For the live document ‘Viscera,’ Brian Krock lays out tall orders for his band and they always produce. His liddle quartet is indeed little in size but the ambitions are ‘orchestra big.’

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Sun of Goldfinger [David Torn, Tim Berne, Ches Smith] – ‘(Congratulations to You)’ (2020)

The revelation of ‘(Congratulations to You)’ is how Sun of Goldfinger mixes rare unmatched sonorities with impromptu creativity and advanced improvisation.

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Toh-Kichi [Satoko Fujii + Tatsuya Yoshida] – ‘Baikamo’ (2019)

Satoko Fujii and Tatsuya Yoshida are heavyweights in Japan but are both world-class vanguard musicians. ‘Baikamo’ is a welcome return to their summit meetings on the edge of what is possible with just a piano and drums.

Matthew Shipp + Nate Wooley – ‘What If?’ (2019)

Matthew Shipp + Nate Wooley – ‘What If?’ (2019)

Two original voices on piano and trumpet combine for a third, unified original voice, as Matthew Shipp and Nate Wooley find a telepathic communion.

Matthew Shipp String Trio – ‘Symbolic Reality’ (2019)

Matthew Shipp String Trio – ‘Symbolic Reality’ (2019)

At casual glance, the Matthew Shipp Trio’s new album could be read as ‘Symbiotic Reality.’ An engaged listen convinces us that should be the actual name.

Samuele Strufaldi and Tommaso Rosati – ‘1.15K’ (2019)

Samuele Strufaldi and Tommaso Rosati – ‘1.15K’ (2019)

Samuele Strufaldi and Tommaso Rosati’s ‘1.15 K’ is fascinating not just because of the colliding of two musical worlds, but the creativity that went into it.