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Music, In Rotation Jan 10, 2018
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Ensemble dal Niente pianist Mabel Kwan on a playful post-smartphone look at David

Plus: Kelley Sheehan of Cacophony magazine on a solo percussion study of Russian Futurism, Reader critic Peter Margasak on Mariam the Believer’s latest leap of faith, and more
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: In Rotation, Mabel Kwan, Kelley Sheehan, Ensemble dal Niente, Cacophony magazine, Pandit Pran Nath, Sings Ragas Bheempalasi & Puriya Dhanaashree, Terry Riley, La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, Paris, Mariam the Believer, Love Everything, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Mariam Wallentin, Oren Ambarchi, Sofia Jernberg, Die Enttäuschung, Berlin, Axel Dörner, Rudi Mahall, Lavaman, Michael Griener, Christof Thewes, Jonathan Piper, Michelle Lou, Go by Land, Guan Xiao, Michelangelo, David, Scott Ross, harpsichord, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Gavotte and Six Doubles, Christopher Adler, S-K-L, Katelyn King, Aleksei Kruchenykh, Zaum Box, Katelyn Rose King-Utzinger, Alexa Meade, Jon Boogz, Lil Buck, Color of Reality, Am I a Man?, Weekend EP Project, Noisée le Seque, Instant Success, Sivan Cohen Elias, Eve & Adinn, Video

Blogs, Bleader May 19, 2017
Audio
Isabelle Duthoit & Franz Hautzinger and local trio ZRL present new strains of free improvisation

French-Austrian duo Isabelle Duthoit & Franz Hautzinger and Chicago trio ZRL highlight this weekend's options for adventurous live music.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Jazz, Music, Post No Bills, Isabelle Duthoit, Franz Hautzinger, Axel Dörner, free improvisation, Lily, Un Serpent Dans la Nuit, Lia Kohl, Ryan Packard, Zachary Good, ZRL, 1, Audio

Music, Music Feature Apr 26, 2017
Trumpeter Jaimie Branch finally spreads her wings

More than 12 years after her blazing debut on the Chicago jazz scene, she releases Fly or Die, her first album as a bandleader.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Feature, Jaimie Branch, trumpet, jazz, improvised music, Fly or Die, quartet, International Anthem, Jason Ajemian, Chad Taylor, Tomeka Reid, Ben Lamar Gay, Hideout, Wei Zhongle, Josh Berman, Keefe Jackson, Anton Hatwich, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Lightbox Orchestra, Princess, Princess, Musket, Tusker, Velvet Lounge, Protest Heaven, Heaven Gallery, Harold Arts, Joe Jeffers, Dave Douglas, Festival of New Trumpet Music, New England Conservatory of Music, Phrenology Festival, Hungry Brain, Axel Dörner, Wilmette, Long Island, Toby Summerfield, New Fracture Quartet, Tim Daisy, Project Project, Jacob Wick, New Trier, Charles Schlueter, John McNeil, Joe Morris, Steve Lacy, Matthew Lee, Dave Ballou, Towson University, Mars Williams, MusiCares, Scott McNiece, David Allen, Manhattan Inn, Le Poisson Rouge, Mike Pride, Brandon Lopez, Bar Below Rye, Makaya McCraven, Matthew Schneider, Moon Bros., Hyde Park Jazz Festival

Music, In Rotation Jun 6, 2013
In Rotation: MCA curator Dieter Roelstraete on Constellation

Plus: Painter Lisa Alvarado on Esteban "Steve" Jordan's Echoplex accordion, the Reader's Peter Margasak on Afro-rockers Colomach, and more
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: In Rotation, Esteban Jordan, Esteban "Steve" Jordan, conjunto music, accordion, Tumba Francesa, Noh, Noh theater, The Otolith Group, film, CoDoNa, Ole Morten Vagan, Rudi Mahall, Nigerian Afro-rock, Gneni Mamadou, Takahiro Kawaguchi, Aaron Zarzutzki, Nick Hoffman, Green Pasture Happiness, Graham Stephenson, improvisation, Collin Walcott, Don Cherry, Nana Vasconcelos, gongs, Karlheinz Stockhausen, James Tenney, Sotantar Simrat Singh, Frank Perry, MCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Lisa Alvarado, Natural Information Society, painting, Dieter Roelstaete, AACM, Roscoe Mitchell, Mike Reed, ECM, Constellation, Josh Abrams, Hamid Drake, Douglas Ewart, Deciders, Colomach, Axel Dörner, Fredrik Ljungvkist

Blogs, Bleader Mar 8, 2013
Audio
Germany's Die Enttäuschung ingeniously bridge jazz's past and future, again

The superb Berlin jazz quartet continues to beautifully reconcile the essence of classic bebop with the extended techniques and improv-oriented approach of today on its excellent new album Vier Halbe.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Jazz, Music, Post No Bills, Die Enttäuschung, Vier Halbe, Rudi Mahall, German jazz, Axel Dörner, Jan Roder, Uli Jennessen, Alexder von Schlippenbach, Eine Halbe, Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Audio

Blogs, Bleader Jan 15, 2013
My favorite albums of 2012, numbers 30 through 21

The countdown of my favorite albums of 2012, part two
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Year in Review, Music, Post No Bills, Fay Davis-Jeffers, Mika Vainio, Kevin Drumm, Axel Dörner, Lucio Capece, Deerhoof, Josh Berman, Oren Ambarchi, António Zambujo, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Eli Keszler, Cate Le Bon, Cairo Gang, Avishai Cohen, Triveni, Emmett Kelly, Year in Review 2012, favorite records 2012, Variations on a Theme

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Ensemble dal Niente pianist Mabel Kwan on a playful post-smartphone look at David

Plus: Kelley Sheehan of Cacophony magazine on a solo percussion study of Russian Futurism, Reader critic Peter Margasak on Mariam the Believer’s latest leap of faith, and more

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Isabelle Duthoit & Franz Hautzinger and local trio ZRL present new strains of free improvisation

French-Austrian duo Isabelle Duthoit & Franz Hautzinger and Chicago trio ZRL highlight this weekend's options for adventurous live music.

Trumpeter Jaimie Branch finally spreads her wings

More than 12 years after her blazing debut on the Chicago jazz scene, she releases Fly or Die, her first album as a bandleader.

In Rotation: MCA curator Dieter Roelstraete on Constellation

Plus: Painter Lisa Alvarado on Esteban "Steve" Jordan's Echoplex accordion, the Reader's Peter Margasak on Afro-rockers Colomach, and more

Audio
Germany's Die Enttäuschung ingeniously bridge jazz's past and future, again

The superb Berlin jazz quartet continues to beautifully reconcile the essence of classic bebop with the extended techniques and improv-oriented approach of today on its excellent new album Vier Halbe.

My favorite albums of 2012, numbers 30 through 21

The countdown of my favorite albums of 2012, part two

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Video Ensemble dal Niente pianist Mabel Kwan on a playful post-smartphone look at David

Plus: Kelley Sheehan of Cacophony magazine on a solo percussion study of Russian Futurism, Reader critic Peter Margasak on Mariam the Believer’s latest leap of faith, and more

Audio Isabelle Duthoit & Franz Hautzinger and local trio ZRL present new strains of free improvisation

French-Austrian duo Isabelle Duthoit & Franz Hautzinger and Chicago trio ZRL highlight this weekend's options for adventurous live music.

Trumpeter Jaimie Branch finally spreads her wings

More than 12 years after her blazing debut on the Chicago jazz scene, she releases Fly or Die, her first album as a bandleader.

In Rotation: MCA curator Dieter Roelstraete on Constellation

Plus: Painter Lisa Alvarado on Esteban "Steve" Jordan's Echoplex accordion, the Reader's Peter Margasak on Afro-rockers Colomach, and more

Audio Germany's Die Enttäuschung ingeniously bridge jazz's past and future, again

The superb Berlin jazz quartet continues to beautifully reconcile the essence of classic bebop with the extended techniques and improv-oriented approach of today on its excellent new album Vier Halbe.

My favorite albums of 2012, numbers 30 through 21

The countdown of my favorite albums of 2012, part two

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Ensemble dal Niente pianist Mabel Kwan on a playful post-smartphone look at David

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Isabelle Duthoit & Franz Hautzinger and local trio ZRL present new strains of free improvisation

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Germany's Die Enttäuschung ingeniously bridge jazz's past and future, again