Mole – RGB (2014)
By fully accommodating Stomu Takeishi while remaining true to themselves, Mole is renewed and nowhere close to running out of steam.
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Wadada Leo Smith, with Jamie Saft, Joe Morris, Balazs Pandi – Red Hill (2014)
Leading by example, Wadada Leo Smith inspired Saft, Morris and Pandi to reach even deeper into themselves as well. Group improv like you’ve never heard it before.
Interstatic – Arise (2014)
The rougher edges of the guttural ‘Arise’ revisits the period when jazz and rock collisions created explosive music and rekindles the old magic with new vigor.
Indigo Mist [Cuong Vu + Richard Karpen] – That The Days Go By And Never Come Again (2014)
Provocative and fanciful, they bring Ellington and Strayhorn closer to us.
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.
Jamie Saft and Joe Morris – Plymouth (2014)
Out of the box thinkers Jamie Saft and Joe Morris combined forces last year for an update on the guttural, jam-rock aesthetic popular around the turn of the 70s. You May Also Like: The Spanish Donkey [Joe Morris, Jamie Saft, Mike Pride] – Raoul (2015) Chris Lightcap’s Bigmouth, “Epicenter” fromRead More
Free Nelson Mandoomjazz – The Shape of Doomjazz to Come/Saxophone Giganticus (2014)
If jazz is dead, then why are there still new forms of it popping up everywhere? You May Also Like: Matt Nelson, Tim Dahl, Nick Podgurski – GRID (2017) GRID – ‘Decomposing Force’ (2020) Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis shared an uncanny chemistry on Two Men With the Blues
Lorenzo Feliciati and Colin Edwin – Twinscapes (2014)
We never question the notion of two guitarists playing alongside each other but the idea of two bassists doubling up the low end still seems to be an exotic proposition. You May Also Like: Colin Edwin and Lorenzo Feliciati – ‘Twinscapes Vol. 2: A Modern Approach to the Dancefloor’ (2018)Read More
Mumpbeak – Mumpbeak (2013)
Oslo-based UK expatriate Roy Powell refuses to believe that prog-fusion has run its course, and it’s clear from his recorded work that he’s dedicated his musical career challenging that notion. You May Also Like: Mumpbeak – Tooth (2017) Naked Truth – Avian Thug (2016)
Ivo Perelman, Joe Morris, Balazs Pandi – One (2013)
Keeping up with Ivo Perleman recordings lately is like keeping up with a Facebook news feed of 5,000 friends. His predilection for making recordings without allowing the artistically stifling effect of forethought — and having his own record label, Leo Records — has liberated him to make records at aRead More
