jonahpwll
Totally appropriate, and not unprecedented.
I've actually been getting emails from Martin, and I check out the music. That birdistheworm email is the correct one. The thing is, the inbox is such an avalanche of music, I never respond to emails. So, sometimes people may get the feeling like the my inbox isn't the right place. You can let him know he's on my list of labels to check out, and his emails are exactly what I need.
Cheers,
Dave
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Tomoko Omura - "Roots"
-An early contender for my next Pick of the Week. Pretty exciting stuff. -
Klabbes Bank - "Kalsater"
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Riceboy Sleeps - "Riceboy Sleeps"
-A little drone-ish stuff before getting to down to work. -
Good ol' Rafael Karlen and the good ol' thing… -
Esben Brandt - "Constants" -
Christian Wallumrod - "Pianokammer"
-A sparse, pared-down version of the music he puts out for ECM.Fixed it. My bad. Works now.Both the McCraven and Mazurek Int'l Anthem releases are in today's This is Jazz Today (aka Jazz Picks) column...
http://…God, this new Chris Potter album is seriously hokey. There's a few times it threatens to turn into something profoundly sublime, but then it degenerates into ham-fisted, uninspired creativity. I mean, technically, everybody's on top of their respe…That sounds like my ratio to the group in the NPR/Davis Jazz Critics poll.@Rotasi
I think they've gotten better with each release. She's clearly getting better at her method, and then there's the fact that it has such an abounding honesty t…
Anne Paceo - "Yokai"
One of the best things to come out in 2012. In retrospect, it might've cracked my top…
Anna Webber Percussive Mechanics - Refraction
-A new one from Webber's Percussive Mechanics crew. Their self-titled de…
Aaron Goldberg - The Now
-Solid modern piano trio recording.There's a Steve Turre that's coming out in March, too, titled "Spiritman."
Eddie Henderson - "Collective Portrait"
-Yes, indeed. The newest from the Smoke Sessions series. Much to my surprise an…
Dead Texan - "Dead Texan"
-A short drone break before starting up with some more promos. Long live Kranky!
David Mengual Free Spirits Big Band - "Vertebrats"
-Always had a thing for Mengual'…Chris Lightcap is finally putting out a follow-up to his excellent "Deluxe." The newest, "Epicenter," is getting released in March on Clean Feed.
Here's a sample track...
in The Bird is the Worm mailbox Comment by jonahpwll January 2015A group that goes by "PC Energetic" (the PC is Philip Czarnecki) has a new one coming out. It's okay. Not really to my taste, and kind of abrasive in the wrong way. Won't be a Pick. But I do give them credit for taking a crack at the Brian Blade…Listening to an album that goes against so many of my preferences, it's almost painful. Richie Goods & Nuclear Fusion is this hardcore fusion, mixing in nearly cheesy infusions of rock and R&B and is just so contemporary-ish that it makes m…
David Ullmann Octet - "Corduroy"Currently listening to Phil Haynes & Free Country live. I think it may be out now, actually, as I'm still trying to play catchup from December and to-date January releases. It's an album of Beatles covers. Joining the drummer are guitarist Ji…
John Zorn - "Transmigration of the Magus"
-An expanded version of the Gnostic Trio. Serious beauty.
State River Widening - "Early Music"
-I think an Amie St. purchase, but maybe one of…
Stanton Moore - "Conversations"
Tony Cattano Ottetto - "L'uomo Poco Distante"
James Davis' Beveled - "Beveled"
-Past jazz picks. Chamber(ish) jazz, with two flugels, two bass clar…
