Paul Bley was a singular voice in jazz and can be credited with discovering Ornette Coleman, Jaco Pastorius and Pat Metheny. He passed on January 3 at age 83. John Diliberto remembers this forgotten artist.
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Paul Bley R.I.P.
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Reviews & Commentary
Matthew Shipp Live in Philadelphia
Pianist Matthew Shipp and bassist Michael Bisio essay intimate jazz duets and torrential improvisations live in Philadelphia
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Echoes in the 2016 Grammy Awards
It’s another Grammy Award season. The nominees has been announced and it seems like every year is more mundane than the one before when it comes to new music, adventurous music and even New Age music.
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Smoke Fairies’ “Christmas Without a Kiss”.
Here’s a taste of what you’ll hear next Monday, December 7, when Smoke Fairies come in to play live on Echoes. Smoke Fairies have released the best seasonal album of 2015 with Wild Winter.
Program Highlights, Reviews & Commentary
Steve Hackett Live at The Keswick Review
Steve Hackett was the guitarist of the glory years of the progressive rock group, Genesis and he has continued in that mode with some of the most exhilarating guitar playing of the last 30 years. On his latest concert tour, From Acolyte to Wolflight, Hackett plays solo music old and new plus a set of Genesis materiel. He landed at the Keswick Theater in Glenside, PA on 11/20.
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Brian Eno’s Discreet Music Reborn by Contact.
Brian Eno’s Discreet Music is the first bud in the growing expanse of ambient music. And now, the Toronto ensemble, Contact, has taken this electronic work and transformed it into a mesmerizing 60 minute acoustic rendering.
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John Zorn’s Simulacrum Live at Johnny Brenda’s.
John Zorn creates avant-progressive rock with a simulacrum in the form of a power organ trio with organist John Medeski, guitarist Matt Hollenberg and drummer Kenny Grohowski. They tore up a full house at Johnny Brenda’s in Philadelphia.
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Sun Ra Arkestra Halloween
It seems like an annual ritual in Philadelphia; the descent of the Sun Ra Arkestra on Halloween. This year, it took place in the cramped, balcony wrapped confines of Philadelphia’s Johnny Brenda’s in a show produced by the Ars Nova Workshop. Led by 91 year old Marshall Allen, the band brought the joy.
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Echoes Live 21
Our latest album of live Echoes performances is here. It’s called Echoes Live 21. We’ve picked the best tracks from the best live Echoes performances and put them on our 21st CD. Here are the stories behind the tracks.
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Moby Hits the Dance Floor Again
Moby has been making beautiful, melancholic, electro-rustic albums for a few years now. But on a pair of new songs he taps his punk and dance floor side.