From All About Jazz:

17-Mar-09 Mary Halvorson & Jessica Pavone
Thin Air (Thirsty Ear Recordings)
Reviewed by Troy Collins

17-Mar-09 Totem
Solar Forge (ESP Disk)
Reviewed by Martin Longley

16-Mar-09 Brad Shepik
Human Activity Suite (Songlines Recordings)
Reviewed by Jerry D’Souza

14-Mar-09 Denman Maroney
Udentity (Clean Feed Records)
Reviewed by Troy Collins

14-Mar-09 Henry Grimes
Henry Gimes: Like He’s Never Been Away
Reviewed by Matthew Miller

14-Mar-09 Alan Sondheim
Ritual-All-7-70 (ESP Disk)
Reviewed by Raul d’Gama Rose

14-Mar-09 Brad Shepik
Human Activity Suite (Songlines Recordings)
Reviewed by Stuart Broomer

13-Mar-09 Nicole Mitchell/ Indigo Trio
Anaya (Rogue Art)
Reviewed by John Sharpe

12-Mar-09 Reut Regev
This is R Time (Ropeadope)
Reviewed by Troy Collins

11-Mar-09 Jurg Wickihalder Overseas Quartet
Furioso (Intakt Records)
Reviewed by John Sharpe

10-Mar-09 Flow Trio
Rejuvenation (ESP Disk)
Reviewed by Raul d’Gama Rose

10-Mar-09 Steve Lacy
The Forest and the Zoo (ESP Disk)
Reviewed by Henry Smith

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From All About Jazz:

26-Feb-09 Kahil El’Zabar/ Ethnic Heritage Ensemble
Mama’s House Live (Katalyst)
Reviewed by Mark Corroto

26-Feb-09 Martin Bisi
Sirens Of The Apocalypse (Black Freighter Records)
Reviewed by John Dworkin

26-Feb-09 Boston Modern Orchestra Project
Gunther Schuller: Journey Into Jazz (BMOP/sound)
Reviewed by Ted Gordon

25-Feb-09 String Trio of New York
The River of Orion: 30 Years Running (Black Saint)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

25-Feb-09 Sun Ra
Concert for the Comet Kohoutek (ESP Disk)
Reviewed by Henry Smith

25-Feb-09 Jason Rigby
The Sage (Fresh Sound New Talent)
Reviewed by J Hunter

From DOWNTOWNMUSIC.NET:

February 18, 2009
Laubrock-Halvorson-Rainey, Issue Project Room
Mary Halvorson, Ingrid Laubrock, Tom Rainey

February 17, 2009
Giuseppi Logan Band, Bowery Poetry Club
Steve Dalachinsky, Francois Grillot, Matt Lavelle, Giuseppi Logan, Warren Smith
Solo, Bowery Poetry Club
Gunter Hampel

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From New York’s Bowery Poetry Club and ESP Disk:

ESP-Disk’ LIVE @Bowery Poetry Club
A contemporary music series

Tuesday February 17, 2009

10pm
Gunter Hampel (esp 1042)
vibes, bass clarinet, flute
“the art of the solo”

11pm
Giuseppi Logan (esp 1007, 1013, 1055) – alto sax
Matt Lavelle – trumpet/fugelhorn, bass clarinet
Francois Grillot – bass
Warren Smith – drums

First 30 people get a free CD w/ card (they’re at music shops etc. around east village)
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery, NYC
$10 cover

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09-Feb-09 Mark O’Leary
St Fin Barre’s (Leo Records)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

09-Feb-09 Forgas Band Phenomena
L’Axe du Fou (Axis of Madness) (Cuneiform Records)
Reviewed by John Kelman

09-Feb-09 Anthony Braxton Quartet
Standards (Brussels) 2006 (Amirani Records)
Reviewed by Mark Corroto

08-Feb-09 Norman Howard / Joe Phillips
Burn Baby Burn (ESP Disk)
Reviewed by Henry Smith

08-Feb-09 Univers Zero
Relaps: Archives 1984-1986 (Cuneiform Records)
Reviewed by John Kelman

From All About Jazz:

07-Feb-09 Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman Tributes: Tiziano Tonani & Makaya Ntshoko
Reviewed by Robert Iannapollo

07-Feb-09 Multiple Artists
ESP-Disk: Giuseppi Logan & Gunter Hampel
Reviewed by Andrey Henkin

07-Feb-09 Taylor Ho Bynum
Taylor Ho Bynum & Mary Halvorson: Quartet Moscow (2008) & The Double Trio
Reviewed by Kurt Gottschalk

07-Feb-09 Larry Ochs
Larry Ochs: Spiller Alley and The Mirror World
Reviewed by John Sharpe

07-Feb-09 Gerald Cleaver / William Parker / Craig Taborn
Farmers By Nature (AUM Fidelity Records)
Reviewed by Mark F. Turner

06-Feb-09 Fast ‘N’ Bulbous
Waxed Oop (Cuneiform Records)
Reviewed by Troy Collins

05-Feb-09 Alex Cline
Continuation (Cryptogramophone)
Reviewed by John Kelman

05-Feb-09 Brad Shepik
Human Activity Suite (Songlines Recordings)
Reviewed by Matt Marshall

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From Bagatellen:

Giuseppi Logan – Quartet (ESP-Disk’)
Until resurfacing with the aid of Brooklyn pastor Dr. Bill Jones, reedman Giuseppi Logan was, like Henry Grimes, one of the lost enigmas of contemporary improvisation. Born in Norfolk, Virginia in 1935, Logan studied at the New England Conservatory and worked in a notable but unrecorded Bill Dixon group with Rashied Ali, drums; [...]

The Blue Note 7 – Mosaic (Blue Note Records)
Certain discs make for instant soapboxes for admirers and detractors alike. This one, an album-sized mouthpiece for Blue Note Records 70th anniversary celebration, certainly seems fit for contention both in the questions it raises and the liberties it assumes. The ensemble operating under the otherwise anonymous moniker is a benighted collection of neo [...]

Zaid Nasser – Off Minor
From title to back-story, altoist Zaid Nasser’s Smalls debut communicated a situation indicative of the jazz life, that of the colossal talent constrained by the circumstances of public indifference. This second act feels more hopeful and, by proxy, more relaxed. Nasser’s still scuffling for gigs along with his peers, but he’s been visited by [...]

Ben Stapp Trio – Ecstasis
Tuba-led groups aren’t particularly common in improvised music; perhaps Ray Draper’s recordings for Prestige were among the most notable in the instrument’s brief discography, not to mention Sam Rivers’ 1970s Tuba Trio with Bob Stewart. Recently, tenorman Kalaparusha employed Jesse Dulman in his trio with drummer Ravish Momin. Tubaist Ben Stapp recorded with Lisbon-based [...]

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From All About Jazz:

02-Feb-09 UKZ
Radiation (Globe Music)
Reviewed by John Kelman

02-Feb-09 Jim Hall / Bill Frisell
Hemispheres (ArtistShare)
Reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

01-Feb-09 John O’Gallagher
Dirty Hands (Clean Feed Records)
Reviewed by Mark Corroto

01-Feb-09 Circulasione Totale Orchestra
Open Port (Independent)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

31-Jan-09 Hans Tammen Third Eye Orchestra
Hans Tammen Third Eye Orchestra (Innova Recordings)
Reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard

31-Jan-09 Darren Johnston
The Edge Of The Forest (Clean Feed Records)
Reviewed by Mark Corroto

30-Jan-09 Don Cherry
Don Cherry: Live at Cafe Montmartre 1966 Volume Two (ESP Disk)
Reviewed by Henry Smith

30-Jan-09 Susanna
Flower of Evil (Rune Grammofon)
Reviewed by John Kelman

30-Jan-09 Phish
Live Phish Downloads: Madison Square Garden 12/30/1997 (Jemp Records)
Reviewed by Doug Collette

From All About Jazz:

19-Jan-09 Trio X
Live in Vilnius (No Business Records)
Reviewed by Clifford Allen

19-Jan-09 Anthony Braxton
Anthony Braxton: The Complete Arista Recordings
Reviewed by Clifford Allen

19-Jan-09 The Holy Modal Rounders
Live in 1965 (ESP Disk)
Reviewed by Henry Smith

19-Jan-09 Gratkowski / Brown / Winant
Wake (Red Toucan Records)
Reviewed by Nic Jones

19-Jan-09 Dave Allen
Real and Imagined (Fresh Sound New Talent)
Reviewed by Farrell Lowe

19-Jan-09 Cecil Taylor / Tony Oxley
Leaf Palm Hand (Jazzwerkstatt – Germany)
Reviewed by Brandt Reiter

18-Jan-09 Soft Machine
Drop (Moonjune Records)
Reviewed by Nic Jones

18-Jan-09 John Zorn
The Rain Horse (Tzadik)
Reviewed by Martin Longley

Taylor Ho Bynum – Asphalt Flowers Forking Paths
(Hatology)
- Brian Olewnick

Rafael Toral Rafael Toral – Space Elements Vol. 1
(Staubgold)
- Max Schaefer

Yximalloo Yximalloo – Unpop
(ESP)
- Phil Zampino

No Neck Blues Band No Neck Blues Band – Clomeim
(Locust Music)
- Jeph Jerman

Greg Kelley Greg Kelley – Self-Hate Index
(Semataproductions)
- Jeph Jerman

John Edwards John Edwards – Volume
(psi)
- Jeph Jerman

New Art Saxophone Quartet New Art Saxophone Quartet – Guarda!
(Meta)
- Wyman Brantley

Isotope Isotope – Golden Section
(Cuneiform)
- Darren Bergstein

Mark O’Leary Mark O’Leary – Fabrikraum
(Creative Sources)
- Darren Bergstein

Hans Tammen / Christoph Irmer Hans Tammen / Christoph Irmer – Oxide
(Creative Sources)
- Darren Bergstein

Sei Miguel Sei Miguel – The Tone Gardens
(Creative Sources)
- Darren Bergstein

Peter Rehberg Peter Rehberg – Work for GV 2004-2008
(Mego)
- Brian Olewnick

Paul Bley Quintet Paul Bley Quintet – Barrage
(ESP-Disk)
- Jeph Jerman

Few and Far Between Few and Far Between – Due
(Creative Sources)
- Max Schaefer

Asad Qizilbash Asad Qizilbash – Sarod Recital Live in Peshawar
(Sub Rosa)
- Brian Olewnick

Group Inerane Group Inerane – Guitars from Agadez
(Sublime Frequencies)
- Brian Olewnick

Joe Morris Bass Quartet Joe Morris Bass Quartet – High Definition
(Hatology)
- Wyman Brantley

Noah Creshevsky / If, Bwana Noah Creshevsky / If, Bwana – Favorite Encores
(Pogus)
- Darren Bergstein

Matthias Muche / Philip Zoubek / Achim Tang Matthias Muche / Philip Zoubek / Achim Tang – Sator Rotas
(Creative Sources)
- Darren Bergstein

Cyril Epinat / Mathias Forge / Jerome Bertholon Cyril Epinat / Mathias Forge / Jerome Bertholon – Duos…
(Creative Sources)
- Darren Bergstein

Pedro Rebelo / Franziska Schroeder / Steve Davis Pedro Rebelo / Franziska Schroeder / Steve Davis – Faint
(Creative Sources)
- Darren Bergstein

From All About Jazz:

Paul Bley
Barrage (ESP Disk)
Reviewed by Lyn Horton

05-Jan-09 Alexander von Schlippenbach
Piano Solo ’77 (FMP Records)
Reviewed by Henry Smith

03-Jan-09 Avishai Cohen
Flood (Anzic Records)
Reviewed by J Hunter

03-Jan-09 Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet
Asphalt Flowers Forking Paths (Hatology)
Reviewed by Troy Collins

28-Nov-08 Louis Moholo-Moholo
Louis Moholo: with the Chris McGregor Trio and Marilyn Crispell
Reviewed by Clifford Allen

28-Nov-08 Pete M. Wyer
Stories From The City At Night (Thirsty Ear Recordings)
Reviewed by Lyn Horton

26-Nov-08 Taylor Ho Bynum
Taylor Ho Bynum: A Trickster Sensibility (Hatology)
Reviewed by Chris May

Lowell Davidson – Trio
By clifford ? November 25, 2008 ? 3 comments

ESP 1012
Though he was not often thought of as a “talent scout,” Ornette Coleman recommended two of ESP-Disk’s most enigmatic jazz figures to Bernard Stollman in 1965. Paul Byron Allen, an alto saxophonist who recorded in his trio on ESP 1005 was one, and Boston pianist Lowell Davidson was the other. Though surface similarities [...]
Alan Sondheim – Ritual-All-7-70
By clifford ? November 24, 2008 ? 2 comments

ESP 1048
Ritual 7-70 were a loose cooperative of musicians and artists working with then-Providence-based multi-instrumentalist, poet, video artist and composer, Alan Sondheim. The 1967 record given the inauspicious catalog number of ESP 1048 was actually the second LP of Sondheim and Co and the first of two for Stollman’s label. Predating the ESPs was [...]

From All About Jazz:

22-Nov-08 Shakers N’ Bakers
YFZ (Yearning For Zion) (Little (i) Music)
Reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

22-Nov-08 Globe Unity Orchestra
Globe Unity Orchestra: Globe Unity – 40 Years (Intakt Records)
Reviewed by Andrey Henkin

22-Nov-08 Pete M. Wyer
Stories from the City at Night (Thirsty Ear Recordings)
Reviewed by Mark Corroto

22-Nov-08 Eivind Opsvik
Eivind Opsvik: Overseas III; Koptor & This That
Reviewed by Wilbur MacKenzie

22-Nov-08 Mark Dresser
Mark Dresser: The Beautiful Enabler & Point of Contact
Reviewed by Wilbur MacKenzie

22-Nov-08 Paul Motian
Paul Motian: Voices and Portrait in Jazz
Reviewed by Francis Lo Kee

21-Nov-08 Charles Gayle Trio
Forgiveness (Not Two Records)
Reviewed by Mark Corroto

20-Nov-08 Michael Dessen Trio
Between Shadow and Space (Clean Feed Records)
Reviewed by Greg Camphire

20-Nov-08 Daniel Levin Trio
Fuhuffah (Clean Feed Records)
Reviewed by Troy Collins

20-Nov-08 Paul Bley Quintet
Barrage (ESP Disk)
Reviewed by Jerry D’Souza

Harris Eisenstadt
Guewel (Clean Feed Records)
Reviewed by Troy Collins

27-Oct-08 Lowell Davidson
Trio (ESP Disk)
Reviewed by Lyn Horton

26-Oct-08 Trio Sowari
Shortcut (Potlatch Records)
Reviewed by Mark Corroto

26-Oct-08 Donny McCaslin Trio
Recommended Tools (Green Leaf)
Reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

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LEVITTS
We are the Levitts

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YXIMALLOO
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Saturday, October 25, 2008
Hyperactive Kid – 3 (Jazzwerkstatt, 2008) ****

Friday, October 24, 2008
Red Sphere – H-Alpha (Skirl Records, 2008) ****

Thursday, October 23, 2008
Trygve Seim & Frode Haltli – Yeraz (ECM, 2008) ****

Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Erika Dagnino & Stefano Pastor – Cycles (Slam, 2007) ****

Monday, October 20, 2008
RIDD Quartet – Fiction Avalanche (Clean Feed, 2008) ****½

From AAJ:

Esbjorn Svensson Trio
Esbjorn Svensson Trio: Leucocyte (ACT Music)
Reviewed by Ian Patterson

19-Oct-08 Fripp & Eno
Fripp & Eno: No Pussyfooting / Evening Star
Reviewed by John Kelman

19-Oct-08 Totem>
Solar Forge (ESP Disk)
Reviewed by John Sharpe

19-Oct-08 Eri Yamamoto
Redwoods (AUM Fidelity Records)
Reviewed by Lyn Horton

18-Oct-08 Carla Marciano
Change Of Mood (Black Saint)
Reviewed by Mark F. Turner

18-Oct-08 Steve Swallow
Steve Swallow: Swallow Songs & Dedicated to Steve
Reviewed by Fred Bouchard

18-Oct-08 King Crimson
KCCC #38: Live in Philadelphia, PA August 26, 1996 (DGM Live)
Reviewed by John Kelman

18-Oct-08 Gato Libre
Kuro (Libra Records)
Reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone

The Holy Modal Rounders were a band from the 1960′s and early 1970′s. They were from New York, and were a duo of folk-music revivalists and psychadelic music lovers. They came up with their name when they were stoned on pot and ‘something else’. 

ESP Disk, the worlds most fantastic record label has just re-released two of their albums; one live recording from 1965, and Indian War Whoop from 1966. That is by the far their most psychedelic album, and ESP describes it as a “notorious street-freako rockabilly classic!” They also list it as being released in 1967, so take your pick.

1. Jimmy and Crash Survey the Universe
2. Indian War Whoop
3. Sweet Apple Cider
4. Solidier’s Joy
5. Cocaine Blues
6. Sky Divers
7. The Second-Hand Watch
8. Radar Blues
9. The I.W.W. Song
10. Football blues
11. Bay Rum Blues
12. Morning Glory

*A note on the tracks – the first is very bizarre, and definately not background music. I’d suggest substance abuse before listening to it, or at the very least, don’t be put off by it before you listen to the second track, which is far more listenable in a regular sense. The second track really starts about 37 seconds in, so fast-forward to that if you don’t want to listen to some speech and fiddle (but you should).

Listen: Indian War Whoop
Listen: Cocaine Blues

Buy: Opens in iTunes

Please comment, otherwise – turn on, tune in, drop out!!!

From AAJ:

Charlie Hunter
Baboon Strength Spire Artists
Reviewed by Dave Major

02-Oct-08 Philip Glass
Philip Glass: Glass Box – A Nonesuch Retrospective Nonesuch Records
Reviewed by John Kelman

02-Oct-08 Rudresh Mahanthappa / Kadri Gopalnath
Kinsmen Pi Recordings
Reviewed by Budd Kopman

02-Oct-08 Lowell Davidson
Trio ESP Disk
Reviewed by Jerry D Souza

01-Oct-08 Graham Collier
Graham Collier: Deep Dark Blue Centre / Portraits / The Alternate Mosaics
Reviewed by Nic Jones

01-Oct-08 Chris Speed / Chris Cheek / Stephane Furic Leibovici
Jugendstil ESP Disk
Reviewed by Jerry D Souza

Blink
The Epidemic of Ideas
Thirsty Ear Recordings
Reviewed by Lyn Horton

23-Sep-08 Trygve Seim / Frode Haltli
Yeraz
ECM Records
Reviewed by John Kelman

23-Sep-08 MIJ
Yodeling Astrologer
ESP Disk
Reviewed by Raul d Gama Rose

23-Sep-08 Satoko Fujii Quartet
Bacchus
Muzak
Reviewed by Budd Kopman

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Rudresh Mahanthappa
Kinsmen (Pi Recordings)
Reviewed by J Hunter

16-Sep-08 Dave Holland
Pass It On (Dare2 Records)
Reviewed by Mark Corroto

16-Sep-08 Chris Speed / Chris Cheek / Stephane Furic Leibovici
Jugendstil (ESP Disk)
Reviewed by Raul d’Gama Rose

16-Sep-08 KotKot
Alive at Tonic (AWDR LR2)
Reviewed by Sean Patrick Fitzell

15-Sep-08 Lou Reed/Laurie Anderson/John Zorn
The Stone: Issue Three (Tzadik)
Reviewed by George Kanzler