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Julien Wilson, Stephen Magnusson - Kaleidoscopic

noreply@blogger.com (60 Were Enough) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:17:59 PDT

Tracks:
01: Taipan
02: No Not Yet

Kaleidoscopic is the latest collaborative release from Julien Wilson and Stephen Magnusson.
This prolific duo goes back over 15 years in groups such as Festa, SNAG, Assumptions, the Julien Wilson Trio, alongside their roles in ensembles led by international artists Mike Nock, Charlie Haden, Josh Roseman and Barney McAll.
Kaleidoscopic was composed and recorded over a New York winter with the eternally inspiring Barney McAll. Iconoclastic drummer Jim Black and prolific bassist Mark Helias contribute an astounding variety of grooves and textures.
01:
Julien Wilson, Stephen Magnusson
"Taipan" (mp3)
from "Kaleidoscopic"
(Jazzhead)

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02:
No Not Yet (mp3)

Peter Broderick - Music for Falling from Trees

noreply@blogger.com (60 Were Enough) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:13:51 PDT

Track: The Path to Recovery

Latest release from multi-instrumentalist Peter Broderick. Peter is also a member of the band Efterklang.

Peter Broderick
"The Path to Recovery" (mp3)
from "Music for Falling from Trees"
(Western Vinyl)

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Bruce Brubaker - Time Curve: Music for Piano by Philip Glass and William Duckworth

noreply@blogger.com (60 Were Enough) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:00:23 PDT

Track: Six Etudes for Piano (q = 168)

Classical of the day.

Bruce Brubaker
"Six Etudes for Piano" (mp3)
from "Time Curve: Music for Piano by Philip Glass and William Duckworth"
(Arabesque Recordings)

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Troyka - Troyka

noreply@blogger.com (60 Were Enough) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:57:00 PDT

Tracks:
01 - Tax Return
02 - Clint
03 - Born in the 80's

Troyka combines biting angular melodies with fractured rhythmic figures that once again blur the line between the composed and the improvised. Troyka are Chris Montague (guitars and loops), Joshua Blackmore (drums) and Kit Downes (organ), three young musicians based in London whose intense live shows have seen them hotly tipped to follow in the foot steps of Polar Bear and Portico Quartet and become the next young band to explode from the capital’s fertile jazz scene.
01:
Troyka
"Tax Return" (mp3)
from "Troyka"
(Edition Records)

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02:
Clint (mp3)
03:
Born in the 80's (mp3)

NQ - Inscription

noreply@blogger.com (60 Were Enough) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:11:32 PDT

Tracks:
01 - Glonn
02 - Oet
03 - Silver Lining

Inscription is a document of the life of a single person — filtered through the noise of the discourses that surround us and engrave themselves into us every day. It’s a witness to modern work life in capitalism and it shows how much influence the ethics of work and work in itself have even in segments of our live.

01:
NQ
"Glonn" (mp3)
from "Inscription"
(Audiobulb Records)

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02:
Oet (mp3)
03:
Silver Lining (mp3)

Christian McBride, Inside Straight - Kind of Brown

noreply@blogger.com (60 Were Enough) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:02:37 PDT

Track: Rainbow Wheel

Christian McBride has toured and recorded extensively with his jammy, electric band but felt the urge to return to his jazz roots, so he assembled Inside Straight - an acoustic quintet with Warren Wolf, Carl Allen, Eric Reed and Steve Wilson.

Christian McBride, Inside Straight
"Rainbow Wheel" (mp3)
from "Kind of Brown"
(Mack Avenue Records)

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David Crowell Ensemble - Spectrum

noreply@blogger.com (60 Were Enough) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:59:22 PDT

Track: Nectar of Life Part 1

On Spectrum, New York City-based saxophonist and composer David Crowell fuses strictly notated composition with jazz and ambient improvisation. A love for the music of composers Steve Reich, Philip Glass and John Zorn merges with his roots in jazz and improvised music to create a focused and original sound. Satisfying for its diversity but coherent in its message, Spectrum travels a vivid emotional landscape.

David Crowell Ensemble
"Nectar of Life Part 1" (mp3)
from "Spectrum"
(Innova Recordings)

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Abigail Washburn & The Shanghai Restoration Project - Afterquake

noreply@blogger.com (60 Were Enough) — Wed, 27 May 2009 05:58:01 PDT

Track: Sala

A folk/electronic project remixing voices and sounds from the China earthquake zone to raise awareness for victims still in need. This album is dedicated to the students, teachers and families affected by the Sichuan earthquake (May 12th. 2008).
Student voices and playground sounds recorded March 13-16, 2009 at the relocated Wenchuan Shuimo Middle School in Emeishan. Voices of parents and reconstruction sounds recorded March 18, 2009 in Wenchuan. Sichuan Opera percussion recorded March 22, 2009 at the Chengdu Elderly Events Center. Monk vocals recorded December 2008 at Wenshu Monastery.

Abigail Washburn & The Shanghai Restoration Project
"Sala" (mp3)
from "Afterquake"
(Undercover Culture Music)

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Corey Wilkes & Abstrakt Pulse - Cries From Tha Ghetto

noreply@blogger.com (60 Were Enough) — Tue, 26 May 2009 06:03:54 PDT

Tracks:
01 - First Mind
02 - Rain
03 - Cries From Tha Ghetto

One of the hottest young trumpeters on the scene today shows off another side of his musical personality with this new release. Demonstrates a mid-60s Blue Note sensibility melded with the influence of Chicago’s AACM. You can visit Corey Wilkes's official site here.

Corey Wilkes & Abstract Pulse
"First Mind" (mp3)
from "Cries From Tha Ghetto"
(Pi Recordings)

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02:
Rain (mp3)
03:
Cries From Tha Ghetto (mp3)

Charnett Moffett - The Art of Improvisation

noreply@blogger.com (60 Were Enough) — Thu, 14 May 2009 06:49:15 PDT

Tracks:
01 - Moses
02 - The Awakening
03 - The Art of Improvisation

On 'The Art of Improvisation' Moffett leads a stellar band on a spirited journey through Indian, Tibetan, free jazz and jazz fusion territories. Special guests: Will Calhoun & RealWorld artist Yungchen Lhamo will attract World and Rock enthusiasts.

Charnett Moffett
"Moses" (mp3)
from "The Art of Improvisation"
(Motema Music LLC)

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02:
The Awakening (mp3)
03:
The Art of Improvisation (mp3)

Abigail Washburn & The Shanghai Restoration Project - Afterquake

noreply@blogger.com (60 Were Enough) — Thu, 14 May 2009 06:40:59 PDT

Track: Sala

A folk/electronic project remixing voices and sounds from the China earthquake zone to raise awareness for victims still in need. This album is dedicated to the students, teachers and families affected by the Sichuan earthquake (May 12th. 2008).

Abigail Washburn & The Shanghai Restoration Project
"Sala" (mp3)
from "Afterquake"
(Undercover Culture Music)

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Babaghanoush Concert

noreply@blogger.com (60 Were Enough) — Wed, 06 May 2009 10:12:05 PDT

It is recommended to check out this amazing concert feauturing:
Ralph Humphrey (drums), Andy Suzuki (saxophone), Jimmy Mahlis (guitars) and Jerry Watts (bass) as they perform an exclusive gig on Drum Channel.
Babaghanoush Concert

Monica Huggett - Bach: Orchestral Suites for a Young Prince

noreply@blogger.com (60 Were Enough) — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:16:13 PDT

Tracks:
01 - Orchestral Suite No. 2 in a Minor, BWV 1067 - Monica Huggett, Ensemble Sonnerie, Gonzalo X. Ruiz (7th movement)
02 - Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, After BWV 1068 - Ensemble Sonnerie, Monica Huggett (2nd movement)

Johann Sebastian Bach’s Four Orchestral Suites have traditionally been viewed as a collection in spite of not having been composed as a set (like the six English Suites) or even compiled by the composer from existing works (like the six Brandenburg Concertos). These are simply the only four works of that kind to have survived. In all likelihood Bach composed many more such Ouvertures, as he called them, but these are regrettably lost.
01:
Monica Huggett, Ensemble Sonnerie, Gonzalo X. Ruiz
"Orchestral Suite No. 2 in a Minor, BWV 1067" (mp3)
from "Bach: Orchestral Suites for a Young Prince"
(AVIE Records)

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02:
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, After BWV 1068 (mp3)

Dave Kane's Rabbit Project - The Eye of the Duck

noreply@blogger.com (60 Were Enough) — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:37:27 PDT

Tracks:
01 - Biff
02 - The Gorman

British jazz is going through its most fruitful era since the late sixties. Dave Kane’s Rabbit Project provide yet more evidence of that fact. Not for the faint of heart, the conservative of mind or dull of soul — The Eye of the Duck is music from a new generation for a new millennium and a new audience.
01:
Dave Kane's Rabbit Project
"Biff" (mp3)
from "The Eye of the Duck"
(Edition Records)

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02:
The Gorman (mp3)

Zakir Hussain -- Vintage Teental Solo

noreply@blogger.com (60 Were Enough) — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 06:35:39 PDT

Here is an amazing solo by Zakir

541 Vol. 3 - Music From Stanford - Various Artists

noreply@blogger.com (60 Were Enough) — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 06:30:19 PDT

Track: Inward / Echo - Jason Federmeyer

It has been said that complex times call for complex music. Here is that music. Tempered by the fact that the New Complexity movement (of Ferneyhough and Carter fame) is now several decades old and life in the pleasant surroundings of Stanford, California, can't be that disturbing. Here, young composition grads apply their fierce minds and scurrying intellects to the problems of chamber music. They present it in a series known simply as 541.

Jason Federmeyer
"Inward / Echo" (mp3)
from "541 Vol. 3 - Music From Stanford"
(Innova Recordings)

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Atrium Carceri - Souyuan

noreply@blogger.com (60 Were Enough) — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 06:21:34 PDT

Tracks:
01 - Perfect Tundra
02 - Alternate Sides
03 - Curtain

3 years in the making, Atrium Carceri is back with another visceral masterpiece entitled Souyuan.
After careful psychological observeration of test listeners, Simon Heath has done it again - renewing the genre through careful planning and painstaking attention to each fragment and detail, however minute. With fresh atmospheres, and a depth previously unfathomable, Souyuan will amaze initiates and pundits alike with its complexity and pureness of form. Never before has the artists innermost recesses been so sublimely conveyed to any medium.

01:
Atrium Carceri
"Perfect Tundra" (mp3)
from "Souyuan"
(Cold Meat Industry)

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02:
Alternate Sides (mp3)
03:
Curtain (mp3)

Don Ellis video

noreply@blogger.com (60 Were Enough) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:05:26 PDT

Something really cool by a great musician and composer...enjoy!

Scott Reeves Quintet - Shape Shifter - Live at Cecil's

noreply@blogger.com (60 Were Enough) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:10:04 PDT

Track: Shape Shifter (Live)

Scott Reeves is an adventurous improviser and a wellrespected educator who is also an innovative composer. Shape Shifter showcases both his writing and his playing as he leads his working quintet through a challenging program of his originals. Born and raised in Chicago, Reeves has been on the faculty of quite a few major institutions including Juilliard, the University of Southern Maine and currently City College of
New York. Reeves is the author of two important books that are widely used in schools: Creative Jazz Improvisation and Creative Beginnings. Since moving to New York in 1999, he has played with the Dave Liebman Big Band, Chico O’Farrill , the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, the Oliver Lake Big Band, Anthony Braxton, John Patitucci and other giants of the music.

Scott Reeves Quintet
"Shape Shifter" (mp3)
from "Shape Shifter - Live at Cecil's"
(Miles High Records)

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Daniel Barry - Music of the Spheres

noreply@blogger.com (60 Were Enough) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:10:48 PDT

Track: 3 Orbs

Recorded live inside an abandoned cistern on the grounds of Fort Warden in Port Townsend, WA, composer, director, and multi-instrumentalist Daniel Barry uses the cistern's otherworldly acoustic properties to propel his music beyond our normal perceptions of time and space. All four instrumental families (brass, woodwind, string, and percussion) are represented along with the human voice, providing a colorful spectrum of soundscapes that aspire to transport the listener to faraway realms.

Daniel Barry
"3 Orbs" (mp3)
from "Music of the Spheres"
(Origin Classical)

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Tyshawn Sorey - That / Not

noreply@blogger.com (60 Were Enough) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:11:36 PDT

Track: Template I

New York drummer/pianist/composer Tyshawn Sorey steps out as a leader for the first time with That/Not, leaving behind his role as a drummer with some of the most respected names in creative music to document his own work as a composer and conceptualist. Sorey and the members of his year-old quartet collaborate in various combinations, exploring a wide range of pieces both notated and freely improvised, on a collective journey with the listener that defies conventional notions of genre and perception.

Tyshawn Sorey
"Template I" (mp3)
from "That / Not"
(Firehouse 12)

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and here is a cool video:

Toto - Falling In Between

noreply@blogger.com (60 Were Enough) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:12:35 PDT

Tracks:
01 - Falling In Between
02 - Bottom Of Your Soul
03 - King Of The World

Do you konw who they are...Uh? If not, you can have info here or visit the official website here. Now you have the chance to listen to the latest release.

01:
Toto
"Falling In Between" (mp3)
from "Falling In Between"
(TOTO Recordings)

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02:
Bottom Of Your Soul (mp3)
03:
King Of The World (mp3)

Alcan Quartet - Glenn Gould - Ernest MacMillan: String quartets

noreply@blogger.com (60 Were Enough) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:58:37 PDT

Track: String Quartet Op. 1

A phenomenal and controversial pianist, Glenn Gould was no less impressive — or eccentric — as a thinker, writer, and radio producer. However, Gould defined himself as “a composer who plays piano”. He applied the label "Opus 1" to his String Quartet in F minor. There were to be no higher opus numbers, for Gould then launched his dazzling international career as a pianist. Composed between 1953 and 1955, the period during which he was getting ready to record the Goldberg Variations for the first time, the quartet represents an astonishing intellectual mosaic of musical aesthetics.

Alcan Quartet
"String Quartet Op. 1" (mp3)
from "Glenn Gould - Ernest MacMillan: String quartets"
(Atma Classique)

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Melvin Gibbs' Elevated Entity - Ancients Speak

noreply@blogger.com (60 Were Enough) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:55:29 PDT

Track: Canto Por Odudua (feat. Pedrito Martinez and Pete Cosey)

Lauded by Time Out New York as “the best bassist in the world,” Melvin Gibbs is a veteran of the New York music scene. He’s also the leader of Elevated Entity — a stalwart collective that includes John Medeski (keyboards), electric Miles Davis vet Pete Cosey (guitar), P-Funk legend Blackbyrd McKnight (guitar), and Lou Reed band alum JT Lewis (drums). These players and more appear on Ancients Speak, a transcendent melding of musical styles both ancestral and Afro-futuristic, co-produced with Arto Lindsay and Kassin.

Melvin Gibbs' Elevated Entity
"Canto Por Odudua (feat. Pedrito Martinez and Pete Cosey)" (mp3)
from "Ancients Speak"
(LiveWired Music)

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Russian Music Society: Rachmaninov & Bernstein: Symphonic Dances, Moscow Great Hall Symphony Orchestra

noreply@blogger.com (60 Were Enough) — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 07:36:42 PDT

Track: Rachmaninov, Symphonic Dances, op.45 for orchestra (Unrelease Live track) - Yurii Botnari

This great recording is a part of the Platinum Collection of the Russian Music Society.It is featuring the unique and very succesful RMS project. It is a life recording of the Moscow Great Hall Symphony Orchestra performing under a great conductor, Yuri Botnari, in a famous Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory. Yuri Botnari has received the Gold Medal on the George Enescu International Music Festival for the performance of the Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances.

Yurii Botnari
"Rachmaninov, Symphonic Dances, op.45 for orchestra" (mp3)
from "Russian Music Society: Rachmaninov & Bernstein: Symphonic Dances, Moscow Great Hall Symphony Orchestra, conductor Yurii Botnari"
(Russian Music Society)

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