Articles by Nilan Perera

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  G. Calvin Weston and the Phoenix Orchestra

  Dust and Ash

  PUBLISHED May 21, 2019

  This is a tight and ferocious work marrying advanced string section composition and a smoking, groove-heavy rock-jazz fusion unit. Pianist...

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  Qasim Naqvi

  Teenages

  PUBLISHED May 17, 2019

  Teenages represents quite a shift from the dark minimalism of  Naqvi's work as a drummer in Dawn of Midi. Where similarities lie is with te...

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  Tiago Frúgoli Ensemble

  Casa

  PUBLISHED May 17, 2019

  Brazilian composer/pianist Tiago Frugoli's take on jazz has a distinct hybrid feel to it. While there is the expected attention to groove a...

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  Dave Douglas / Uri Caine / Andrew Cyrille

  Devotion

  PUBLISHED May 17, 2019

  Andrew Cyrille, Dave Douglas and Uri Caine comprise a serious power trio when it comes to their stature in the jazz art music community. Ea...

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  Dorothy Ashby and Frank Wess

  In A Minor Groove

  PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2019

  The re-release of this admittedly straight-ahead jazz album (originally released in 1958) comes as a breath of fresh air into the sonic wor...

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  Joshua Abrams and Natural Information Society

  Mandatory Reality

  PUBLISHED Apr 9, 2019

  There are numerous touchstones in this music from Joshua Abrams and Natural Information Society that seem to span the Afro-Asian spectrum a...

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  Daniel Carter / Tobias Wilner / Djibril Toure / Federico Ughi

  New York United

  PUBLISHED Feb 11, 2019

  There is more than a passing nod, on this release, to the experiments in free jazz/electronic/hip-hop fusion conducted by Matthew Shipp on...

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  David Behrman

  On the Other Ocean

  PUBLISHED Feb 6, 2019

  This is a remarkably contemporary sounding work for something released in 1978. David Behrman's groundbreaking research into interactive, c...