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All kinds of new albums to preview this week: saxophonist Caleb Wheeler Curtis, the Austrian quintet Memplex, French bassist Hubert Dupont & a new trio called Sirocco, a bristling take on Ornette Coleman’s “Lonely Woman” by New Zealand’s Trioglodytes,  Brisbane’s Impulse Orchestra, Venezuelan guitarist Juanma Trujillo, and four musicians from Continue Reading

Lots of new releases to check out in this episode and several are trios: Canadian guitarist Gordon Grdina drops two new releases with different threesomes, bassist Nick Dunston continues to display originality with his release “Spider Season”. There are two from Toronto – bassist Alex Fournier and My Misshapen Ear Continue Reading

There’s quite mixed bag of new releases to sample this week: Mary Halvorson’s double album “Amaryllis/Belladonna”, both with string quartet, England’s avant garde pianist Pat Thomas with two Swedish buddies, French trio The Big Room, Austrian trio Blechbaragge, baritone saxophonist Josh Sinton, Italy’s Ghost Horse and trombonist John Yao & Continue Reading