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Kate Gentile – ‘Find Letter X’ (2023)

Kate Gentile – ‘Find Letter X’ (2023)

Kate Gentile held back no ambition in making the vast, unencumbered ‘Find Letter X,’ as her band carried out thoroughly conceived, nonconformist concepts.

Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog – ‘Connection’ (2023)

Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog – ‘Connection’ (2023)

With ‘Connection,’ Marc Ribot and his rabble-rouser super trio Ceramic Dog are back leading the hell raising contingent of loud, improvised music.

Roscoe Mitchell + Kikanju Baku – ‘Evolutionary Events’ (2023)

Roscoe Mitchell + Kikanju Baku – ‘Evolutionary Events’ (2023)

A couple of jazz subversives generations apart but telepathically on the same elevated plane, the collaboration between Roscoe Mitchell and Kikanju Baku continues with ‘Evolutionary Events.’

Lina Tullgren + Alec Toku Whiting – ‘Unfamiliar Ceilings’ (2022)

Lina Tullgren + Alec Toku Whiting – ‘Unfamiliar Ceilings’ (2022)

‘Unfamiliar Ceilings’ by violinist Lina Tullgren and koto player Alec Toku Whiting is an excursion into unfamiliar territory alright, but it’s territory where the ceilings look open like blue skies.

Rocío Giménez López, Matthew Golombisky + Matias Formica, “wha tekau ma iwa” (2022): Something Else! video premiere

Rocío Giménez López, Matthew Golombisky + Matias Formica, “wha tekau ma iwa” (2022): Something Else! video premiere

Here is the video premiere of “wha tekau ma iwa,” from the fully improvisational ‘4.9’ album by Rocío Giménez López, Matthew Golombisky and Matias Formica.

Eri Yamamoto, Chad Fowler, William Parker + Steve Hirsh – ‘Sparks’ (2022)

Eri Yamamoto, Chad Fowler, William Parker + Steve Hirsh – ‘Sparks’ (2022)

‘Spontaneous folk music’ accurately speaks to the unpretentious nature of the music that Eri Yamamoto, Chad Fowler, William Parker and Steve Hirsh made.

Anteloper [Jaimie Branch + Jason Nazary] – ‘Pink Dolphins’ (2022)

Anteloper [Jaimie Branch + Jason Nazary] – ‘Pink Dolphins’ (2022)

Mind-altering music is usually about textures; Jaimie Branch and Jason Nazary do that part well while also bringing their improvising gifts to the table.

Brandon Seabrook, Cooper-Moore + Gerald Cleaver – ‘In the Swarm’ (2022)

Brandon Seabrook, Cooper-Moore + Gerald Cleaver – ‘In the Swarm’ (2022)

Brandon Seabrook never undertakes paths chosen by others, but rarely has he had such willing and able partners in crime to carry out his scintillating eccentricities as Gerald Clever and Cooper-Moore.

Gordon Grdina – ‘Oddly Enough: The Music of Tim Berne’ (2022)

Gordon Grdina – ‘Oddly Enough: The Music of Tim Berne’ (2022)

With ‘Oddly Enough,’ Gordon Grdina’s own stringed-based expedition into the works of one of current jazz’s most esoteric composers sheds yet more light on the character, shape and genius contained in these scores.

Mike Kuhl, Dave Ballou, John Dierker + Luke Stewart – ‘KRAFT’ (2022)

Mike Kuhl, Dave Ballou, John Dierker + Luke Stewart – ‘KRAFT’ (2022)

‘KRAFT’ is the stimulating debut release by Baltimore-area improvisation specialists Mike Kuhl, Dave Ballou, John Dierker and Luke Stewart.