Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York – Shiki (2014)
This doesn’t often sound like big band music, as Fujii draws from every impulse at her disposal.
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(Cross the) Heartland: Pat Metheny, “Au Lait” (1981)
Each song on ‘Offramp’ is so different from the next, and yet it all hangs together.
Peter Brotzmann, free jazz titan: Something Else! Interview
One of the most influential players in the free jazz scene, Brotzmann remains a force.
Ben Goldberg, Adam Levy, Smith Dobson – Worry Later (2014)
An album shaped by both interpretations of Monk and the interaction among these three.
(Cross the) Heartland: Pat Metheny, “Are You Going With Me?” (1981)
This song has become The Anthem at live shows.
One Track Mind: Ideal Bread, “Crops” from Beating The Teens (2014)
Ideal Bread have made a career of lovingly presenting the music of the great Steve Lacy. On their previous records, The Ideal Bread and Transmit, the group trafficked in more or less straight readings of Lacy’s music. You May Also Like: Adam Hopkins’ Crickets, “Grounded” (2023): Something Else! One TrackRead More
Jamie Saft, with Steve Swallow and Bobby Previte – The New Standard (2014)
‘The New Standard’ puts an edge into the oftentimes prosaic jazz trio format.
Erik Friedlander – Nighthawks (2014)
The unexpected solitude the master cellist found from the five day loss of power in lower Manhattan from Hurricane Sandy gave him the perspective and focus that provided the material for his bluegrass-tinged combo’s second release, Nighthawks.
(Cross the) Heartland: Pat Metheny, “Barcarole” (1981)
I had a guitar player friend who, when the topic of Pat Metheny came up, would say that he bought a copy of Offramp when it first came out, but didn’t like it all that much because he could never figure out when Metheny was playing the guitar. You MayRead More
John Escreet – Sound, Space and Structures (2014)
Anglo-American outside jazz achieve near-perfect symmetry and empathy when pianist John Escreet expands his trio with the great Evan Parker. You May Also Like: John Escreet – ‘Seismic Shift’ (2022) John Escreet – ‘the epicenter of your dreams’ (2024)
