Guitarist and composer Mary Halvorson has been awarded a 2019 MacArthur fellowship for "Experimenting at the intersection of jazz and rock with a signature sound on her instrument and an aesthetic that evolves and surprises with each new album and configuration of bandmates."
Thumbscrew [Michael Formanek / Tomas Fujiwara / Mary Halvorson]
widmer - stauss: duos (2019, cd, switzerland, unit records)
"Duos" got recorded December 2018 and features Jacques Widmer on the drums and Markus Stauss on saxes and flute.
This is improvised music. It needs a certain mindset. It needs your full attention.
I've listened to the album a couple of times the last week and I really enjoyed it. Full of surprises, interacting and responding to each other, Markus Stauss and Jacques Widmer will make you part of their world.
One of the things that I like about this album is that Markus Stauss is able to mix free jazz phrasing with more reserved melodic playing, while Jacques Widmer both follows and directs.
I love it.
November Europe tour with concerts at the 'Outreach Sattelite Festival' in Friedberger, Germany. Concerts in Austria and Germany of the 'Zappa Ripped My Flesh' project and concerts at Augsburg University in Bavaria.
11/16 ‘Zappa Ripped My Flesh’ project performed in Absam, Austria at Gemeindemuseum. Featuring Gene’s chamber music and his arrangements of Frank Zappa compositions.
11/19 ‘Zappa Ripped My Flesh’ project performed at Cafe Museum in Passau, Germany. Featuring Gene’s chamber music and his arrangements of Frank Zappa compositions.
11/22 ‘Zappa Ripped My Flesh’ project performed as part of The Outreach Satellite Festival in Wittelsbacher Schloss, Friedberg, Germany
We saw them in Eindhoven and had a great time.
Utrecht wasn't an option as it had sold out immediately and the Antwerp gig was at 'De Roma', not my favorite venue for a big event.
Fortunately, Snarky Puppy does offer soundboard recordings of most of their shows in their store.
In the Live Snarky section.
Listening to these three shows will be a nice start of my Sunday...
It looks like they shuffled their setlist every night. Nice.
2019 01 01 - TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, The Netherlands
1. Even Us
2. Bigly Strictness
3. Semente
4. Bad Kids to the Back
5. Chonks
6. Thing of Gold
7. Xavi
E: Sleeper
2019 11 01 - Muziekgebouw, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
1. Coven
2. Embossed
3. While We're Young
4. Ready Wednesday
5. Bad Kids to the Back
6. Gemini
7. Chonks
8. Xavi*
E: What About Me?
2019 11 04 - De Roma, Antwerp, Belgium
1. Chrysalis
2. Semente
3. While We're Young
4. Intelligent Design
5. Bigly Strictness
6. Bad Kids to the Back
7. Palermo
8. Chonks
9. Shofukan
E: Xavi
göran klinghagen: hälsingland - by the lake beside the trees (2019, cd, sweden, country & eastern)
Swedish jazz guitar player and composer Göran Klinghagen has already been mentioned on the United Mutations blog as he contributed to Bengt Berger's impressive "Beches Brew Big" album.
On his latest album, Göran has used several Swedish folk songs as a basis for his compositions, arranged for his jazz sextet. The result is very enjoyable. There is a certain calmness, a certain peace surrounding all the tracks. I guess the subtitle, "By The Lake Beside The Trees" fits the package perfectly.
Featuring Göran Klinghagen (guitar), Fola Dada (vocals), Markus Harm (sax, flute), Joo Kraus (trumpet, electronics), Veit Hübner (bass), and Torsten Krill (drums and percussion).
Hello, legendary underground guitarist Alan Jenkins here... My new album "Onion Light Over Pig Country" would make an excellent Christmas present for all your friends and family. It is full of new songs recorded this year and comes on a compact disc in a big fold-out sleeve covered in attractive and interesting illustrations. You can get it from Cordelia mail-order: http://www.cordeliarecords.co.uk/Pages/Buy%20Records.html
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