Ron Anderson Releases Demos Foreshadowing His 2011 Masterwork ‘Secret Curve’
Ron Anderson’s The Ashfield Session features early takes of the Secret Curve material from Anderson’s famed PAK trio. This thing will blow your mind.
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John Zorn / Forro in the Dark: Forro Zinho: Forro in the Dark Plays Zorn
Here's the kind of covers album that deserves to become a future trend -- bands like Forro in the Dark performing the works of an artist like John Zorn.
John Zorn: Pellucidar: A Dreamers Fantabula
The tide pulls the quiet surf back to the shore where John Zorn's Dreamers await with nine new compositions. Nice.
John Zorn: Simulacrum
Simulacrum is for those who were afraid John Zorn might be getting soft.
Hypercolor: Hypercolor
Hypercolor is a New York trio, an absolute mess of influences that can't help but play around with a blender.
Zebrina: Hamidbar Medaber
Zebrina are Tzadik's latest Jewish jazz act and their career will probably be worth pursuing.
John Zorn: Myth and Mythopoeia
Myth and Mythopoeia holds the course for John Zorn's career -- presenting music that is as difficult to hear as it is rewarding to absorb. There's also one track here that can be preserved for the ages.
David Buchbinder / Odessa / Havana: Walk to the Sea
Jazz trumpeter David Buchbinder brings his Jewish/Cuban jazz group to the studio for a second time, and Walk to the Sea is a labored success.