He told me, "You ain't got no problems, you're self-deceived"
These seeming contradictions, boy, they're make believe
It was then that I decided my life was being guided
By a second-rate dependence on first-class thieves
They told me I was breaking through, I was breaking down
By the time I learned the difference they had long left town
You know that they ain't so malicious, they ain't mean
They're just vaguely well-intentioned with no love I've seen
And it's the emptiness that kills you, cold comfort that'll fill you
With a sense of dread that maybe things are worse than they seem
They don't tell you nothing you don't already know
They just keep holding out the promise but they don't let go
You know they don't let go
Well, it was hard luck and trouble, bad times too
I know I had 'em coming, but I got through
It was advice that you gave me in a dream that saved me
You said, "Get a new life contract that spells out your dues"
Took good will to find it, a clear conscience to sign it
But I dream about the good times now, they all come true
Because the devil ain't a legend, the devil's real
In that empty way he touched me, where I hardly feel
In the empty hole inside me, the nothing that'll ride me
Down into my grave, it does not heal
Nothing is as something, it'll suck you dry
As the whisper you can hardly hear that tells you why
And it was hard luck and trouble, bad times too
I know I had 'em coming, but I got through
It was advice that you gave me in a dream that saved me
You said, "Get a new life contract that spells out your dues"
Took good will to find it, a clear conscience to sign it
But I dream about the good times now, they all come true
Is the Devil real? Do you believe in God? Do you believe in the Devil? Can we have one without the other? Thousands of gospel songs and blues songs are filled with reference to The Devil so he or she or it definitely has an effect on our conscious or even our unconscious minds. In the late 1960's comedians and/or TV characters used to say,
"The Devil made me do it!" as an excuse for doing things we know are wrong. For most of my life, I used to believe that most folks had a moral compass, which kept them from hurting other folks. With the decline of faith in most religions and the rise of Greed taking the place of most moral questions of conduct, there doesn't seem to be a moral compass for many folks any longer. Which I find to be pretty sad. There are those who say or think that folks like Vlad Putin, DJ Trump, most Republicans, fascists and extremists worldwide are actually Satan's puppets. I will refrain from pointing fingers and let history judge these evil-doers for the legacy they are leaving behind.
The above song was/is written and sung by Chris Smither. I've been a fan of his since hearing him at the Philly Folk Fest around 1972. What's interesting about Mr. Smither is that he is influenced by many blues legends, playing some fine acoustic/electric guitar, singing in his own distinctive deep voice yet rarely records the blues standards that most white/folk/blues dudes & dudettes usually start out with. He is pretty selective about the covers he does: "I am a Child" (Neil Young), "No Expectations" (The Stones), "Friend of the Devil" (the Dead) and several Randy Newman covers. Over time, he has sung less covers and has written more of his own songs, all of which I really dig. The above song, "The Devil's Real" is an original Smither song from an album released in 1993. I like the way that the narrator is struggling inside to figure out how much the Devil affects what we do. It's Chris Smither's deep, dark voice that truly nails his words and what he is feeling inside. I'm going to pull out a handful of Mr. Smither's albums today and give them a listen. Lawdy, lawdy, I can't blame anyone else about why I feel the blues today but I do feel that Universal Blues vibe deep inside and around me as well. Wishing you all better times in 2026. Who Loves You Bubbies?!?! That's me, MC BruceLee
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THE DMG 35th ANNIVERSARY IN-STORE CONCERT CELEBRATION CONTINUES with:
Tuesday, January 6th:
6:30: BETHANY DINSICK - Electric Guitar, Vocals, Effects / CAMERON STUART - Harmonica & Effects
7:30: DOT ISO with VIVEK MENON - Violin / DYLAN DELGIUDICE - El Guitar-Alto Sax / ORCHID McRAE - Drums
8:30: MARC EDWARDS and SLIPSTREAM TIME TRAVEL: TOR SNYDER, DYLAN DELGIUDICE & GIAN PEREZ - Guitars / AYUMI ISHITO - Tenor Sax / TAKUMA KANAIWA & MARIO FONTES - El Basses / MARC EDWARDS - Drums
Monday, January 12th Book Release Celebration - Double Header:
6:30: ELLIOTT SHARP - Translations from the IrRational - Reading from, Talking about 'Feedback' and Playing with
7:30: JOE FONDA - My Life in the World of Music - Reading, Talking and Playing with E#
Tuesday, January 13th:
6:30: patrick brennan - Alto Sax - Compositions / HILLIARD GREENE - ContraBass / JASON KAO HWANG - Viola / MICHAEL T.A. THOMPSON - Drums
7:30: KnCURRENT: patrick brennan - Alto Sax / COOPER-MOORE - Diddleybo / ON KA'A DAVIS - Guitar / JASON KAO HWANG - Electric Violin
8:30: OPEN QUESTION: AYUMI ISHITO - Tenor Sax / DANIEL CARTER - Reeds - Trumpet / ERIC PLAKS - Keyboard / ZACH SWANSON - Bass / JON PANIKKAR - Drums
Monday, January 19th: Relative Pitch Series: 6:30 - 8:30
Set 1: CHUCK ROTH - Guitar / FRANCESCA H - Sax
Set 2: CHUCK ROTH - Guitar / KATE MOHANTY - Alto Sax
Set 3: CHUCK ROTH / FRANCESCA H / KATE MOHANTY
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THIS WEEK'S GROOVY GEMS BEGIN WITH This TRIO Treasure:
EVAN PARKER / PAUL ROGERS / LOUIS MOHOLO - Tebugo (Jazz In Britain JIB-89-S-CD; UK) Featuring Evan Parker on tenor & soprano saxes, Paul Rogers on contrabass and Louis Moholo on drums. Recorded at The Vortex in Stoke Newington, Church Street in London, England in September of 1992. I've been to the Vortex in London (not too far from Cafe Oto) on a few occasions, checking out sets with Evan Parker and Paul Dunmall in the aughts. The Vortex is relatively small, cozy and rather funky in appearance. This is an all-star trio date from September of 1992 with Evan Parker on saxes, Paul Rogers on contrabass and Louis Moholo on drums. You know doubt know all about British sax colossus Evan Parker, the favorite UK avant/jazz saxist of many. Less well known is contrabassist Paul Rogers who has worked with Paul Dunmall on hundreds of dates as well as being the bassist with the legendary Mujician quartet. Paul Rogers has been living in south France for several decades and hence, doesn't record as often as he used to be, The legendary South African drummer, Louis Moholo, was a founding member of the Blue Notes, Brotherhood of Breath and has worked with many of the giants of British avant jazz: Keith Tippett, Frode Gjerstad and Dennis Gonzalez.
The recording here was done by Andy Isham, a longtime superfan of Paul Dunmall, Evan Parker and the rest of the Creative Music Scene in the UK. There are three long pieces here with the entire set clocking in nearly 80 minutes! The trio is furious, tight, powerful, spinning freely yet always connected. Midway through the first track, the trio start off more quietly, building in intensity over time. Bassist Paul Rogers and drummer Louis Moholo had worked together on occasion and sound wonderful here throughout. Paul Rogers, who I've had the pleasure of hearing more than a half dozen times and is in fine form here and takes an astonishing solo midway through "U-Begot". There are sections when the trio really erupts like a tornado spinning with powerful winds surrounding us. Mr. Parker switches to soprano sax on "U-Begot", sending out spiraling lines as he circular breathes non-stop, the bowed bass and drums matching his ferocious lines. The last piece is the title piece, "Tebugo" which is South African for "gratitude". This piece is long and evolves organically, building in intensity throughout. Paul Rogers has a distinctive sound on bowed bass, creating a series of drones which work well with Mr. Parker's similar sounding tenor playing. The sax and bass play in tight, interconnected lines while Mr. Moholo's unique playing simmers underneath. I've had the good fortune to hear/see Louis Moholo play live on several occasions (at Victo, twice at the Vision Fest & at the ICA in London). Mr. Moholo made his own drum sticks, gripped them in his own way and played the drums in a unique fashion. If you listen closely here, y9u can hear the way he digs in and pushes the rhythm team higher and higher throughout. This disc is a tour-de-force of British Spirit Free Jazz at its very best! - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
CD $17
TONY COE'S AXEL with PHIL LEE / GORDON BECK / CHRIS LAURENCE / BRYAN SPRING - What Say We Play Today? (Jazz in Britain 68-S-CD; USA) Featuring Tony Coe on clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano & tenor saxes, Phil Lee on guitar, Gordon Beck on piano, Chris Laurence on bass and Bryan Spring on drums. Recorded at the Camden Festival, Shaw Theatre in London in March of 1977. British multi-reeds wizard, Tony Coe, is well known for his consistently inspired playing as well as the multiple genres/disciplines that he has long succeeded at. Although he famous for playing the tenor sax solo on Henry Mancini's "Pink Panther Theme", he has worked in bands like Johnny Dankworth, the Clarke/Boland Big Band and Stan Tracey Orchestra, he has also worked with Derek Bailey, Kenny Wheeler and Lee Konitz, His dates as a leader are also relatively rare, drawing from a whole host of other players from the UK and elsewhere. For this session, Mr. Coe has organized a great British quintet, whose personnel come from varied backgrounds. Jazz piano giant Gordon Beck has worked with Tubby Hayes, John McLaughlin, Alan Holdsworth and John Stevens. British guitarist Phil Lee is much less lauded but has played in bands: Paz, Gilgamesh (Canterbury) and the Trevor Tomkins Sextet. The great British bassist Chris Laurence has worked with Tony Coe in several bands as well as with John Surman, Kenny Wheeler and Norma Winstone. Aside from playing on the seminal Keith Tippett Group's 'Dedicated to You, But You Weren't Listening', Bryan Spring has drummed for Joe Harriott, Alan Skidmore and Stan Tracey.
The set here was recorded in March of 1977 at the Camden Jazz Fest in London. I wasn't sure what to expect when this disc showed up last week but I am most pleased nonetheless. This disc is quite long (71 minutes) and features four long pieces. "Cela" opens and is laidback with simmering el guitar and el piano swirling together in lush waves. Gordon Beck has that mid-seventies Herbie Hancock-like echoed electric piano sound, with Phil Lee adding another layer of buzzing guitar counterpoint. This quintet is tight and united as one force. Tony Coe takes a long, cerebral, outstanding clarinet solo here. Everyone in this quintet is/are fabulous at what they do. Bassist Chris Laurence takes an extraordinary bass solo in the second half of this piece. "Love Song" from the "Zeitgeist Suite" comes from a great yet obscure Tony Coe album called 'Zeitgeist' from 1977. Mr. Coe is featured here on soprano sax and takes another long, classic solo. Phil Lee is an under-rated guitarist who never ceases to amaze me on the handful of albums he can be found on. Mr. Lee takes several long, expressive solos here. If you are a jazz guitar freak, I urge you to give him a listen. "Your Dancing Toes" was written by Phil Lee, a strong piece coming from a gifted guitarist who never recorded a leader date (just a duo with bassist Jeff Clyne. While Mr. Lee takes a long, inventive solo, the rest of the quintet plays feverishly and tightly with him, ever so fluidically. Pianist Gordon Beck is also rather under-recognized and here takes a number of astonishing solos. The last piece, "What Say We Play Today?" was written by Gordon Beck and it is a long and winding masterpiece (almost 28 minutes). It begins with Mr. Beck strumming the strings inside the piano while the rest of the quintet soars freely along with him. This piece evolves organically with a number of great solos from each member of the quintet. The year that this disc was recorded, 1977, was a couple of years past the point of when fusion (a/k/a jazz/rock) had long steam and had become rather predictable and commercial. This disc however shows that jazz/rock could still be fresh, inspired, inventive and beyond expectations. Outstanding throughout so do not overlook this great gem! - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
CD $17
DENMAN MARONEY QUINTET with GUILLAUME ORTI / ROBIN FINCKER / SCOTT WALTON / SAMUEL SILVANT - Umwelt (Neuma 243; USA) Featuring Denman Maroney on piano & compositions, Guillaume Orti on soprano & alto saxes, Robin Fincker on tenor sax & B-flat clarinet, Scott Walton on bass and Samuel Silvant on drums. Since moving to France, former Downtown pianist has kept busy organizing a series of recordings with mostly French musicians and expats (duo, trio, quartet and quintet discs). For this disc, Mr. Maroney has put together another quintet with four previous members plus adding a second saxist named Guillaume Orti. Mr. Orti has also worked with musicians like Francois Merville, Tom Cora, Barre Phillips and Benoit Delbecq (in Kartet).
Although Denman Maroney is often known for his use of what he calls "hyperpiano" (his unique way of playing prepared piano), this is not what we find on this disc which features Mr. Maroney's unique compositions. The opening song, "Abdale/Simplexity" sounds somewhat like Ghost Trance Music which has been sped up. The piano, bass and drums play furiously while the saxes spin together on top. Even when the rhythm team lays out (like towards the end of the piece) the two reeds still play those complex interlocking figures. Although "Iteratio" is slowed down and played at a more moderate tempo, the saxes and piano play some twisted figures together creating odd harmonies. Mr. Maroney creates a different rhythm scheme for each piece with both reeds playing their own written and partially improvised lines on top. The rhythm team is central on "Two Up, One Down", speeding up and slowing down over and over while the saxes play their own bent yet connected lines together. I like the way that Maroney alters the rhythm parts on each piece, making it more difficult for the saxes & piano to fit into the structure, even as it shifts at times in tempo or in structure. The repeating sax figures on "Isotrope" remind me of the way that the scat singing scientist Lorin Benedict sings his parts which is an unexpected comparison. Mr. Maroney has a gift for writing these bent lines which keep changing as they also repeat. On "Sea Set Wheat", the repeating lines keep shifting in unpredictable ways, speeding up and then turning sideways keeps us off balance at times. This piece also features an inspired slippery-noted bass solo. On "Long Odds", things slow down to a more relaxed pace, an almost dreamy vibe, sparse and calm at the center. On each piece, Mr. Maroney has composed a different pattern so that the sax, piano and rhythm must work hard to play these pieces correctly. Each one is a puzzle of sorts and this becomes more apparent as well listen to each one. A real gem of a release. - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
CD $14
Although they only play in NYC on rare occasions, I did catch The FREE FORM FUNKY FREQS at The Stone in August of 2025 and they were outstanding! I am currently working on getting them a gig at LPR in the Spring. The FFFF have three releases out (2007, 2013 & 2022) on three different labels. Although I've tried hard to get copies of each one to sell, it has been impossible to do so through the labels and distributors until now. The first one was on Thirsty Ear which is now defunkt and I've never even seen a copy of it. This month, we've finally been able to get copies of the other two discs. 'Hymn of the 3rd Galaxy' came in just last week and 'Bon Vivant' will be in stock next week. If these discs interest you then please order them asap since all are limited and god knows if or when we will ever get them back. - BLG at DMG
FREE FORM FUNKY FREQS with CALVIN WESTON / JAMAALADEEN TACUMA / VERNON REID - Hymn of the 3rd Galaxy (Ropeadope 02338 91580; USA) Featuring Vernon Reid on guitar & effects, Jamaaladeen Tacuma on electric bass and Calvin Weston on drums & percussion. Third amazing Free Form Funky Freak-out power trio! Although this music is mostly improvised, this trio come up with slamming grooves, ever-shifting tight rhythm teamwork and a series of inspired, inventive guitar & bass solos. It sounds like each member of the trio brought a host of ideas, themes and/or structural strategies to each of the dozen pieces here. Both Mr. Reid on guitar and Mr. Tacuma on bass also use a variety of effects which alter their tones in varied ways. All but one of the songs are relatively short (between 1 & 7 minutes) so that nothing goes on for too long. Although this is a guitar fronted trio, each member is integral to their exciting, ever-expanding sound. Both Jamaaladeen and Calvin worked with Ornette Coleman as well as with former Ornette collaborator James Blood Ulmer, hence they work together in a tight, integrated way. I caught the Free Form Funky Freqs with guests members of Burnt Sugar earlier this year at The Stone and they blew me away! I am currently working on getting them a gig at LPR this spring with the Tisziji Munoz Experience. It might just be the best NYC gig of the year so stay tuned. - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
CD $25
FREE FORM FUNKY FREQS with CALVIN WESTON / JAMAALADEEN TACUMA / VERNON REID - Bon Vivant (Jam-All Productions JAP-3; USA) Jam-All Productions is so pleased to announce the release of the new FREE FORM FUNKY FREQS in studio recording "BON VIVANT" featuring Jamaaladeen Tacuma-bass, Vernon Reid-guitar and G. Calvin Weston-drums. This will be Jam All Productions 3rd release and will be available soon online. This new recording produced by Jamaaladeen Tacuma for Jam-All productions features the trio doing what they do best, creating and improvising music with no discussion or preconceived ideas beforehand. Morphing into blissful organic sound slithers. Representing flavors of avant funk, electronica, rock, jazz, and psychedelia. Bon Vivant is the audio tale of three musical artists who delight in the finer aspects of sound. Vernon Reid creates from a rich palette of sound colors moving the electric guitar into musical worlds unknown. G. Calvin Weston the tasty drummer ignites the fire under FFFF, ascending to the top and never coming down. Jamaaladeen Tacuma consistently lays the electric bass guitar down with serious resolve, being that wonderful low end foundation for all to follow. This second studio recording of the band is a clear improvised futuristic step ahead approach of the world's most interesting band.
CD $25
BUCK CURRAN - Far Driven Sun (ESP-Disk 5101CD; USA) Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by Buck Curran at Via Paleocapa, Bergamo, Italy between April 2024 and January 2025. Mastered by Harris Newman, Grey Market Mastering, Montreal, Canada. Curran's ninth solo album finds an elemental, full-form return to his musical roots: a deep love for the ambient and resonant nature of the acoustic steel-string guitar in alternate tunings. In company and reunited (after an 18-year separation) with a rare "Butterfly" Model 1 acoustic guitar made by Stefan Sobell in Northumberland, England in 1990 (previously used to record the first two albums made by his duo Arborea), Curran creates idiosyncratic and ethereal soundscapes through the use of its sonorous fundamental voice, incredible sustain, shimmering overtones and harmonics, and the additional use of a brass slide and EBow. The compositions and improvisations that are presented in this album are intricate and subtly powerful throughout, yet plaintive and mystical sounding. The notes contained within Far Driven Sun are further defined with plentiful space and tonal colors. Far Driven Sun finds Buck Curran ever-evolving on his musical path -- a joyful and creative exploration of aural color and resonance -- reflections and ruminations on the eternal cosmos and life.
CD $12
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Over the past month, I've been slowly compiling my best of lists for 2025. It is a long process of going through each of 52 weekly newsletters and put different releases on different lists. I will finish a much larger version of these lists over the next few weeks and transmit the entire list through the DMG subscriber list soon thereafter. - BLG at DMG
BRUCE’S FAVORITE RECORDS RELEASED IN 2025: 50 Essential Releases from Different Categories:
LARRY STABBINS / KEITH TIPPETT / LOUIS MOHOLO-MOHOLO - Live in Foggia (Ogun 051; UK)
MUJICIAN with KEITH TIPPETT / PAUL DUNMALL / PAUL ROGERS / TONY LEVIN - In Concerts (Jazz in Britain; UK) - 3 CD Set! - being reprinted now
MARY HALVORSON AMARYLLIS SEXTET with ADAM O’FARRILL / PATRICIA BRENNAN / NICK DUNSTON / TOMAS FUJIWARA - About Ghosts (Nonesuch 075597896565; USA) - 6/20/25
PATRICIA BRENNAN with MILES OKAZAKI / SYLVIE COURVOISIER / JOHN HOLLENBECK / KIM CASS / MODNEY / PALA GARCIA / KYLE ARMBRUST / MICHAEL NICOLAS / ARKTUREYE - Of the Near and Far (Pyroclastic PR 43; USA)
THE THIRD MIND - Live Mind (Yep Rock Records YEP 3100; USA) CD & LP
JOHN ZORN // MARY HALVORSON QUARTET with MILES OKAZAKI / DREW GRESS / TOMAS FUJIWARA - The Bagatelles Volume 1 (Tzadik 5211; USA)
NELS CLINE CONSENTRIK QUARTET with INGRID LAUBROCK / CHRIS LIGHTCAP / TOM RAINEY - Concentrik Quartet (Blue Note 602475 602071; USA)
ANNA WEBBER / ANGELA MORRIS BIG BAND with CHARLOTTE GREVE / LISA PARROTT / KENNY WARREN / JEN BAKER / YUHAN SU / DUSTIN CARLSON / MARTA SANCHEZ / ADAM HOPKINS / JEFF DAVIS / et al - Unseparate (Out of Your Head Records 037; USA)
PETER BROTZMANN / JASON ADASIEWICZ / JOHN EDWARDS / STEVE NOBLE - The Quartet (Otoroku 033CD; UK)
TISZIJI MUNOZ / JAMAALADEEN TACUMA / PAUL SHAFFER / WILL CALHOUN - Quantum Blues (Ropeadope Records; USA)
JOHN HOLLENBECK & NDR BIG BAND with PATRICIA BRENNAN / MATT MORAN / FLORIAN WEBER / PERCY PURSGLOVE / et al - Colouring Hockets (Flexation IC Records 003; Earth)
JOHN ZORN // JACK QUARTET - The Complete String Quartets (Tzadik 9318-2; USA) - 2 CD Set
LUCIAN BAN / JOHN SURMAN / MAT MANERI - Cantica Profana (Sunnyside 1766; USA)
THE ANCIENTS with ISAIAH COLLIER / WILLIAM HOOKER / WILLIAM PARKER - The Ancients (Eremite MTE 080-081; USA) CD LP
ROSCOE MITCHELL / SANDY EWEN / DAMON SMITH / WEASEL WALTER - A Railroad Spike Forms the Voice (ugExplode 82; USA)
JAMES BRANDON LEWIS with JOSH WERNER / CHAD TAYLOR - Apple Cores (Anti 188102.2; USA) CD
URI CAINE // BRUSSELS PHILHARMONIC / DAVE LIEBMAN / JOHN HEBERT / DJ OLIVE - Agent Orange (Winter & Winter 910 286-2; Germany) CD
STEVE LEHMAN with MARK TURNER / MATT BREWER / DAMION REID // ANTHONY BRAXTON - The Music of Anthony Braxton (Pi Recordings 106; USA) CD
JON IRABAGON / RAY ANDERSON / URI CAINE / MARK HELIAS / BARRY ALTSCHUL - Axiom Five (Irrabagast 031; USA)
SYLVIE COURVOISIER / MARY HALVORSON - Bone Bells (Pyroclastic Records PR40; USA) CD
SYLVIE COURVOISER / WADADA LEO SMITH - Angel Falls (Intakt 444; Switzerland)
SOPHIE AGNEL / JOHN BUTCHER - Rare (Victo CD 138; Quebec, Canada) CD
JOHN ZORN // CHAOS MAGICK with MATT HOLLENBERG / BRIAN MARSELLA / JOHN MEDESKI / KENNY GROHOWSKI - Through the Looking Glass (Tzadik 9320; USA)
ALEXANDER VON SCHLIPPENBACH / BARRY ALTSCHUL QUARTET with JOE FONDA / RUDI MAHALL - Free Flow (Fundacja Sluchaj FSR 09/2025; Poland)
JAMES BRANDON LEWIS QUARTET with ARUAN ORTIZ / BRAD JONES / CHAD TAYLOR - Abstraction is Deliverance (Intakt 437; Switzerland)
THE NECKS - Disquiet Triple (Northern Spy 174; USA) - 3 CD Set
JOELLE LEANDRE / EVAN PARKER - Long Bright Summer (Rogue Art 0146; France)
FIRE! ORCHESTRA with JOE McPHEE / MATS GUSTAFSSON / JOHAN BERTHLING / ANDREAS WERLIIN / et al - Echoes (Rune Grammofon RCD 2231CD; Norway)
JOHN ZORN // STEVE GOSLING / SAE HASHIMOTO / JORGE ROEDER / CHES SMITH plus IKUI MORI - Fantasma (Tzadik 9323; USA)
JOE MORRIS / ELLIOTT SHARP - Realism (ESP-Disk 5084; USA)
DAN WEISS with PETER EVANS / MILES OKAZAKI / PATRICIA BRENNAN - Unclassified Affections (Pi Recordings 108; USA)
BALLISTER with DAVE REMPIS / FRED LONBERG-HOLM / PAAL NILSSEN-LOVE - Smash and Grab (Aerophonic AR 041; USA)
ADAM O’FARRILL with MARY HALVORSON / PATRICIA BRENNAN / DAVID LEON / KEVIN SUN / KALUN LEUNG / TYRONE ALLEN II / TOMAS FUJIWARA - For These Streets (Out of Your Head Records 034; USA)
CARLA KIHLSTEDT / PRESENT MUSIC - 26 Little Deaths (Cantaloupe Music CA21209; USA)
GHOST TRAIN ORCHESTRA / KRONOS QUARTET with RUFUS WAINWRIGHT / PETRA HADEN / JARVIS CROCKER / KAREN MANTLER / JOAN (AS POLICEWOMAN) WASSER / AOIFE O'DONAVON / et al - Songs and Symphoniques: The Music of Moondog (Cantaloupe CA 21192; USA) CD 2 LP Set
JOHN LUTHER ADAMS // SOUTH DAKOTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - an atlas of deep time (Cantaloupe CA21199; USA)
MATS GUSTAFSSON / KEN VANDERMARK / TOMEKA REID / CHAD TAYLOR - Pivot (Silkheart 168CD; Sweden)
ANNA WEBBER / KEN THOMSON // ANZU QUARTET with OLIVIA DE PRATO / ASHLET BATHGATE / KEN THOMSON / KARL LARSON - adjust (Cantaloupe Music 21212; USA)
JOHN ZORN and DAVE LOMBARDO - Memories, Dreams and Reflections (Tzadik 9324; USA)
KENNY WHEELER LEGACY with INGRID JENSEN / EVAN PARKER / CHRIS POTTER / NORMA WINSTONE / BRIAN LYNCH / ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC JAZZ ORCHESTRA / FROST JAZZ ORCHESTRA / et al - some days are better - the lost scores (Greenleaf Music GRE-CD-1113; USA)
FIELDWORK with STEVE LEHMAN / VIJAY IYER / TYSHAWN SOREY - ThereUpon (Pi Recordings 109; USA)
DEREK BAILEY / JOHN STEVENS - The Duke of Wellington (Confront CORE 52; UK)
JACOB GARCHIK'S YE OLDE 2 with BRANDON SEABROOK / MARY HALVORSON / JONATHAN GOLDBERGER / AVA MENDOZA / MILES OKAZAKI / SERAN MORAN / JOSH DION / VINNIE SPERRAZZA - At the End of Time (Yestereve Records; USA)
FRODE GJERSTAD / ALEXANDER VON SCHLIPPENBACH / DAG NARVESEN - Seven Tracks (Relative Pitch RPR 1232; USA)
KEIJI HAINO & SUMAC - Into This Juvenile Apocalypse Our Golden Blood To Pour Let Us Never (Thill Jockey 568CD; USA)
BILL ORCUTT / STEVE SHELLEY / ETHAN MILLER - Orcutt Shelley Miller (Silver Current SC 063CD; USA)
PAUL DUNMALL with PERCY PURSGLOVE / RICHARD FOOTE / MARTIN ARCHER / JAMES BIRKETT / COREY MWAMBA / JAMES OWSTON / JIM BASHFORD / et al - Away with Troubles and Anxieties! (Discus Music 199CD; UK)
JOHN ZORN // CHRIS OTTO / AUSTIN WULLIMAN / JOHN PICKFORD RICHARDS / JAY CAMPBELL / YURA LEE / MICHAEL NICOLAS - Prolegomena (Tzadik 9325; USA)
NELS CLINE / CRAIG TABORN / MARCUS GILMORE - Trio of Bloom (Pyroclastic PR 42; USA)
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ATTENTION ALL CREATIVE MUSICIANS OUT THERE, Around the world.
If you have a link for some music that you are working on and want to share it with the folks who read the DMG Newsletter, please send the link to DMG at BLGallanter@gmail.com
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Upcoming events at Recirculation:
Thursday, January 8, 7pm
Uptown Out Presents:
Folksongs of the Bronx
Hilliard Greene - solo bass
At Recirculation
876 Riverside Dr NY NY 10032 (@ 160th St)
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NEW VIDEOS from GUITAR MASTER HENRY KAISER:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KGp0VH4yQo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWn5MRUOTAc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ste9pdLiz_0
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From CHRIS CUTLER:
Formerly of HENRY COW, THE ART BEARS, NEWS FOR BABEL & RECOMMENDED RECORDS (ReR) has been creating an ongoing series of podcasts called the Probes series. I am often fascinated at listening to each of these as Mr. Cutler does an incredible job of showing a deep history of Creative Music in the 20th century & beyond. I usually listen to these on the train to NYC that I take to get to work each day. The most recent Probes (#37) was released earlier this year, here are the links:
https://rwm.macba.cat/en/research/probes-37
https://rwm.macba.cat/en/research/probes-36