Peira
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Improv/experimental label Peira packages the abstract
A tale of four record labels: Peira packages the abstract
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DRAM puts primo contemporary classical at your fingertips
The fantastic online archives at DRAM are now accessible to regular people, not just universities and libraries
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Jazz: A Revived Label Does Right by Late Trumpeter Bill Dixon
A couple weeks ago a meticulously produced and packaged CD reissue of Intents and Purposes, a classic and incredibly rare 1967 album by trumpeter Bill Dixon, began turning up in record shops. International Phonograph, the Chicago label behind it, isn’t exactly new, but its only other release is an album by reedist pianist Richie Beirach […]
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The List: July 22-28, 2010
Critics’ Choices and other notable shows: Terry Adams Rock & Roll Quartet, Juana Molina, Struck by Lightning, David Dondero, Natacha Atlas, and more
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WHPK’s Pictures and Sounds Gets Noisy
This year’s installment of WHPK’s Pictures and Sound, which pairs film and video with live music, pushes hard into experimental territory.
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Vox Arcana, back from tour, play the Hideout on Wednesday
We’re about to hear a lot from James Falzone, one of the best straight-up clarinet players in Chicago’s jazz and improvised-music community—most other jazz musicians who play clarinet treat it as an accessory to their saxophones, but for Falzone it’s his principal horn. His quartet Klang—with vibist Jason Adasiewicz, bassist Jason Roebke, and drummer Tim […]
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Disguising the sound of trumpet
Argentinean trumpeter Leonel Kaplan expands the trumpet’s palette.