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From Musique Machine:

Rakhim - Crimson Umbrella
Crimson Umbrella presents two densely percussive journeys into grim & slowed black metal craft, cum dark space kraut rock. A devil rising ritual & black psychedelic tinged slab of atmosphere and calling to beyond the gate.
The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters
Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters […]

From Chicago’s Umbrella Music

Wednesday, 02 May 2007
The Hideout
10:00PM | Trixie Friganza
Mixed small groups and conductions by
The School of the Art Institute’s Sound Improvisation Class
(out from) under the baton of John Corbett
two sets
$3 cover
PLUS | DJ Sets by John Corbett and Friends
Thursday, 03 May 2007
Elastic
10:00PM | Battlecats
Jaimie Branch - trumpet
Anton Hatwich - bass
Toby Summerfield - drums
11:00PM […]

Wordless Music has a performance in NYC Monday night. The latest Alog release is reviewed. A benefit for Musicians’ Emergency Fund of the Jazz Foundation of America takes place at New York’s Knitting Factory at the end of next month. Pharoah Sanders is honestly profiled in anticipation of an Australian performance. The Union Pool bar […]

The latest releases from Important Records:

ASA IRONS & SWAAN MILLER
self titled
Highly recommended solo recordings from Feathers/Witch member Asa Irons accompanied by his childhood friend Swaan Miller. Asa lives in a home he built from stones in the rural woods of New Hampshire and this record was constructed with the same sort of honest, real & […]

From Bagatellen:

John Tilbury - Plays Samuel Beckett - 29 Apr 07
Ryu Hankil/Jin Sangtae/Choi Joonyang - 5 Modules I, Hong Chulki - 5 Modules II - 24 Apr 07
Grosse Abfahrt - Erstes Luftschiff zu Kalifornien - 22 Apr 07

Taylor Ho Bynum is the subject of a long interview.

From Dusted:

Artist: Billy Bang
Album: Above & Beyond: An Evening in Grand Rapids
Label: Enja / Justin Time
Review date: Apr. 26, 2007
Artist: Nico
Album: The Frozen Borderline: 1968-1970
Label: Rhino
Review date: Apr. 25, 2007
Artist: Rudresh Mahanthappa
Album: Codebook
Label: Pi Recordings
Review date: Apr. 24, 2007
Artist: Brotherhood of Breath
Album: Brotherhood of Breath / Brotherhood
Label: Fledg’ling
Review date: Apr. 23, 2007

Download “Indifferent This Fire In The Air / The Stupendous Fabric” (mp3) from “A Tenacious Slew”by George CartwrightInnova Recordings

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From New York’s Roulette:

ROULETTE presents
20 Greene St (between Canal and Grand St)
8:30 PM Admission $15 Students $10 MEMBERS FREE
TICKETS/RSVP: 212.219.8242
contact: press@roulette.org http://www.roulette.org/
5/3: Kim Young / Jessica Feldman - “Final Statement”
5/4: Michelle Nagai with Ursula Scherrer - “Synthetic Hand Holding”
5/5: Pulse Jazz Composers - “Sihr Halal”: Music of Praise and Celebration
5/6: […]

From Ron Anderson:

The Molecules Ron Anderson, Thomas Scandura and John Shiurba will be touring Europe in May and in support of our new CD/DVD called Friends. 4 tracks of Friends can be heard at www.myspace.com/ronandersonmoleculespak
The CD is available from www.ronanderson-molecules.com and I-tunes at http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=219765648
The Molecules European Spring Tour 2007
The Molecules will be touring with […]

A review of this recent performance is available.

From Free Jazz

Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake - From The River To The Mountain
William Gagliardi - Memories Of Tomorrow
Ken Vandermark - Three reviews
Matt Lavelle Trio - Spiritual Power

Listings from the New York Times:

SUSIE IBARRA AND ROBERTO RODRIGUEZ (Wednesday) Ms. Ibarra is a drummer with a passion for texture and abstraction, and a composer committed to the idea of cultural exchange. “Electric Kulintang,” her percussive collaboration with Mr. Rodriguez, adds a contemporary sheen to the chiming kulintang music of the Philippines. At 9:30 […]