People talk a lot about Indie labels and music these days, but back in the 1980s when Indie required a real commitment, New Albion Records sailed against the winds. Like its namesake, the ambiguous spot on the Pacific Coast where Sir Francis Drake landed in 1579, they found new musical lands, releasing avant-garde contemporary music…
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Colin Vallon Trios Parlour Room Space Jazz.
Echoes will be recording a session with the Swiss jazz group, The Colin Vallon Trio tonight in Philadelphia at Turtle Studios. A new group to American shores, they have their own take on the chamber jazz sound favored by their label, ECM records as well as their late countrymen, E.S.T. I came across a video…
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Dans Les Arbres Concert Review
Dans Les Arbres Retune Philadelphia You expect the unusual in shows produced by Ars Nova Workshop in Philadelphia, the patron saints of new jazz in Philadephia. But as soon as I saw the stage set-up for Dans Les Arbres at The Philadelphia Art Alliance, I knew this wasn’t going to be even your typical Ars…
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A Different Kind of Space Music: Dans Les Arbres
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https://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/echoes.org/audio/Dans-Les-Arbres-L-Engourdissement.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe Art of Listening to Silence & Playing Sound Every now and then a record stops me in my tracks and paralyzes the usual automatic click-to-the-next-track that happens when I’m auditioning music. The debut from Dan Les Arbres is one of those CDs. It’s not because it’s a…
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Echo Location: The Sound of Freedom with Marcin Wasilewksi Trio
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20081119.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPolish musicians find freedom in American Jazz You can hear an audio version of this blog with music. The Marcin Wasilewski Trio is one of those young bands like The Bad Plus that isn’t afraid to cover rock tunes in a modern jazz context. On their two ECM…