AN UPDATE FROM CHATO SEGERER

 

FLAGEY WILL HOST ANOTHER EDITION OF THE BRUSSELS JAZZ FESTIVAL

It seems that January isn't that far away anymore.

For its twelfth edition, Flagey once again presents an innovative jazz program, open to young European and international talents. This year, the festival welcomes Louise van den Heuvel as artist-in-residence, who will present three new projects.

https://www.flagey.be/en/brussels-jazz-festival-2027-zkl4

BJF27 evening pass | 15.01 | 38 €
Knats (19:30) + Louise van den Heuvel International Quartet (21:00) + Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange (22:30)

BJF27 evening pass | 16.01 | 38 €
Brahja Trio (19:30) + Kassa Overall (21:00) + daltonists (22:30)

BJF27 evening pass | 20.01 | 38 €
Tomeka Reid Quartet (19:30) + Amir ElSaffar New Quartet (21:00) + Elf Traps (22:30)

BJF27 evening pass | 21.01 | 38 €
Sonic Hug (19:30) + Jaubi (21:00) + Floss (22:30)

BJF27 evening pass | 22.01 | 38 €
Anaphora (19:30) + ØKSE (21:00) + Echoes of Zoo (22:30)

BJF27 evening pass | 23.01 | 35 €
Ibiyewa (19:30) + Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: Tribute to Don Cherry (21:00)

ED PALERMO GOT INTERVIEWED BY THE ROCKLOVE MAGAZINE PODCAST

Ed Palermo at The RockLove Magazine Podcast

ROB MAZUREK & THE EXPLODING STAR ORCHESTRA

Two digital albums arrived in my mailbox recently. Both by Rob Mazurek and his Exploding Star Orchestra.

• Rob Mazurek / Exploding Star Orchestra: Live At The Adler Planetarium
      (2024, download / streaming, --, bandcamp)
      (2024, cd, --,international anthem recording co iarc0087) - also out on LP

• Rob Mazurek / Exploding Star Orchestra: Spectral Fiction
      (2024, download / streaming, --, bandcamp)
      (2024, cd, --, corbett vs. dempsey cvsd cd104)

Conceived in 2005 as a vehicle to unite the various threads of Chicago’s improvised music scene, the Exploding Star Orchestra serves as Rob Mazurek's "mothership"—the conceptual and philosophical core of his expansive, cross-disciplinary art.
A psychedelic fusion of avant-garde jazz, cosmic electronics, minimalist classical textures, and global rhythms. 

If you like Sun Ra, or The Art Ensemble Of Chicago, you have to check them out !!

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AN ED PALERMO UPDATE

October 24 at The Falcon:
The Ed Palermo Big Band

NEW SUN RA COMPILATION ALBUM OUT ON BANDCAMP

Sun Ra And His Arkestra
"Elleptical Orbits"

A set of works recorded by Sun Ra & His Arkestra ca. 1965 in New York. Some of these tracks originated at sessions which produced the albums The Magic City and The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra. Most of these tracks were previously issued on various independent labels. All tracks have been newly mastered.

The Bandcamp link:

-- info: Jan van Kemenade

J.M. SMIG - MENTAGERIE

New music by J.M. Smig !!

Next to 'Forty-Eight And A Day', from 2017, J.M. Smig's "Mentagerie" also present three recent pieces of music.

FREAK OUT AND MORE

Saturday had two surprises for me.
Not only did I receive the (delayed) ZAPPAtite package, but the FREAK OUT package arrived as well.

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GU-RU

I received these little snippets of music by GU-RU in my reels while scrolling Facebook.
In this particular case, I'm glad that the algorithm worked.

KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD - FLIGHT B741

• King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard: Flight B741
      (2024, download / streaming, --, bandcamp)
      (2024, cd, --, )

After "Alien Metal", the latest KG&TLW album, I absolutely needed some recalibration.
"Flight B741" is a 2024 album by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard.
More 1970s rock oriented.
Love it.

Tapping into the country-fried 70s American rock on which they were all raised – along with the ornery garage-rock roots from which their mighty discography sprang – Flight b741 is lightning caught inside a bottle. Across its 10 ragged, glorious barnburners, King Gizzard flesh out rough skeletons of songs with their inspired improvisations, inimitable grooves and a unique pass-the-mic approach to vocals that saw every member of the band raise their voice and sing. “We’re having a lot of fun, but we’re often singing about some pretty heavy shit,” Mackenzie adds, “and probably hitting on some deeper, more universal themes than usual. It’s not a sci-fi record, it’s about life and stuff. But the record is like a really fun weekend with your mates, you know? Like, proper fun.”