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Montréal trombonist, composer, and bandleader Claude St-Jean was primarily known as the first choice of rollicking option brass music group L’Orkestre des Pas Perdus when he shaped Les Projectionnistes in 1996. A harder-edged ensemble that maintained L’Orkestre des Pas Perdus’ propulsive momentum and unforgettable graphs, Les Projectionnistes added a dosage …

Founded in 1992 by bassist Ben Allison and several like-minded cohorts, the Jazz Composers Collective is certainly a musician-run non-profit organization that facilitates the task of a multitude of independent-minded players and composers. Since its inception, the Collective spent some time working to transcend the divisive politics that have a …

A performing/recording designer and educator located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Andrew Bishop absolutely avoids a rigidly idiomatic method of jazz. The saxophonist/clarinetist’s wide-ranging perspective offers led him to traverse stylistic limitations in his personal projects while developing innovative alliances with collaborators over the jazz range, from Midwestern post-boppers to Brooklyn-based …

Italian pianist, composer, arranger, and teacher Andrea Pellegrini has documented with many jazz ensembles for the Symphonia Bluesmiles label, amongst others. His documented debut like a innovator, Middle Earth, premiered in 2000. Furthermore to Outfit Ainulindale, the group presented on this recording, Pellegrini also qualified prospects and composes for the …

Trevor W has led many groups beneath the name Moiré Music, with all writing a concentrate on structure and globe rhythms in clear comparison to his previous involvement in Uk improvisation. These groupings have ranged in proportions from a trio to 14-piece group, starting being a ten-piece group in 1982. …

Jazz drummer Jean Martin continues to be dynamic in Toronto’s music picture through the entire ’90s. As an associate of Chelsea Bridge, he documented several albums for the Unity label; he in addition has caused D.D. Jackson, and will be heard in the pianist’s 1996 trio time, Rhythm-Dance. Martin examined …

Belgian saxophonist Michel Mast can frequently be heard using tenor in avant-garde jazz and rock albums, and he continues to be featured about baritone and soprano saxophones aswell. Mast began showing up on recordings in the first ’80s, as an associate of Luc Houtkamp’s saxophone quartet Hommage within the group’s …

Synonymous using the legacy lately jazz bassist Charlie Haden, the Liberation Music Orchestra was perhaps one of the most important groups to emerge in the avant-garde jazz amount of the 1960s. Founded by Haden and pianist/collaborator Carla Bley in 1969 as method to protest public and politics injustices — so …

The Dutch jazz outfit I Compani — whose early lineup included bandleader Bo van de Graaf (soprano and tenor saxophone), Frank Nielander (alto sax), Wouter van Bemmel (trumpet, tuba), Jeroen Doomernik (trumpet), Jeroen Goldsteen (piano), Carel van Rijn (bass), and Fred van Duynhoven (drums) — received initial recognition in 1985, …

When Dave Douglas first stepped away along with his own saving and performing projects in the first to mid-’90s, the Brooklyn-based trumpeter/composer/bandleader instantly demonstrated his mastery of Parallel Worlds in music. He created the Balkan-influenced Tiny Bell Trio with drummer Jim Dark and guitarist Brad Shepik (who utilized the surname …