Articles by Kevin Press

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  Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah

  Diaspora

  PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2017

  Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah is aiming high this year. New Orleans' best young trumpeter has three albums planned to commemorate the 100th...

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  Sun Ra

  The Definitive 45s Collection Vol. 2: 1962-1991

  PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2017

  Herman Poole Blount. As if that name was insufficiently unique, the Alabama-born pianist and bandleader rebranded himself Sun Ra and set fi...

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  Arve Henriksen

  Towards Language

  PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2017

  Arve Henriksen has produced extraordinary work over the years. The Norwegian trumpeter first came to prominence as a member of Supersilent,...

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  Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane

  Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings

  PUBLISHED Jun 7, 2017

  Indie giant Concord Music Group has launched a re-issue offshoot under the Craft Recordings moniker. Based in L.A., the new venture gets ro...

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  Janek Schaefer

  Glitter in My Tears

  PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2017

  In 1987, Bill Nelson cemented his conversion from electro-pop to ambient soundscape artiste with a double-LP he called Chance Encounters in...

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  Various Artists

  Zaire 74 – The African Performers

  PUBLISHED May 31, 2017

  One of the more unsung music festivals of the era, Zaire 74 was the brainchild of African music legend Hugh Masekela and producer Stewart L...

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  Hiro Kone

  Love is the Capital

  PUBLISHED May 25, 2017

  Nicky Mao has taken a sizeable step forward with her Hiro Kone project. The New York City-based synth artist has delivered her first full-l...

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  Drew McDowall

  Unnatural Channel

  PUBLISHED May 24, 2017

  If there is a common thread running through the bulk of today's electronic music, it is a fascination with manipulated sound. The music's c...