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Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Albert Ayler Trio: Prophecy Live, First Visit No jazz artist has been as polarizing as Albert Ayler. Listeners either revere him as a prophet or dismiss him as a charlatan. To some, his music is a divine revelation; to others, an indecipherable cacophony. But while Ayler's music was undeniably radical, he was no insurrectionist— he was simply a true original. His sound was Ayler being Ayler.

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Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Christoph Irniger's Pilgrim: Human Intelligence (live) "The one thing I concluded was not to try and reproduce a live event—I thought, live goals are different. There might be more improvisation, more risk," Christoph Irniger reflects in the liner notes to Pilgrim's 2023 studio album Ghost Cat (Intakt).

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Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Archer: Sudden Dusk Saxophonist and label chief Dave Rempis invites listeners to come for the punk rock and stay for the meditation session. With his new quartet, Archer, the Chicagoan joins forces with Dutch guitarist Terrie Ex and the Norwegian rhythm duo of bassist Jon Rune Strøm and drummer Tollef Østvang.

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Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Michael Bisio: NuMBq Michael Bisio borrows the phrase "and now for something completely different" from Monty Python's Flying Circus to describe his new quartet, NuMBq. Joining the bassist is longtime collaborator Jay Rosen on drums, along with two musicians traditionally rooted in classical music: violist Melanie Dyer and English horn player Marianne Osiel.

1 month ago | allaboutjazz.com | Mark Corroto

Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Greg Burk / Michel Lambert: Wind Forms "Music is at its best when it brings the human imagination to light." Pianist Greg Burk wrote these words inside the cover of his 2009 release, Many Worlds (482 Music). Throughout his career, his music has embodied this idea, and Wind Forms is no exception. That earlier release featured a quartet, including drummer Michel Lambert.