An unusual gig this Thursday in Chicago. The NRG Ensemble plus actor Michael Shannon (Boardwalk Empire) recreate "The Hal Russell Story":

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Hi Ron – We recorded a new album with Kenny Wheeler at Abbey Road Studios in London a few months ago. Yet to be mixed, it features Kenny’s fine quintet with Stan Sulzmann, John Parricelli, Chris Laurence and Martin France. Jon Christensen, as I may have mentioned earlier, is featured in guitarist Ja...

Tom Storer wrote:About that Mark Turner quartet album: will that be his quartet with Avishaï Cohen on trumpet? I saw them in a superb concert last year.

Yes, it is. Line-up is:

Mark Turner - tenor sax
Avishai Cohen - trumpet
Joe Martin - bass
Marcus Gilmore - drums

There's nothing scheduled with the Trovesi octet at the moment, but just a few days ago Gianluigi recorded in Lugano together with Anat Fort's trio. In January we will also be recording a Trovesi project with the Accademia Bizantina and Stefano Molinari ...

Yes, the album was recorded at New York's Avatar Studio some months ago. It's not yet mixed, though that's happening soon. Release date hasn't yet been set. But 2014 will be a good year for Mark Turner followers. In addition to his own album, he will be heard on a new recording from the Billy Hart Q...

In case you’re travelling: This Friday (October 18) in Oslo, at the National Library on Soli Plass, there’s a seminar addressing ECM albums made in the Norwegian capital. The seminar will focus upon the music and, from different perspectives, discuss its production and reception. Speakers will inclu...

Hi Ron, Jon Christensen’s spent much of this year on the road with guitarist Jakob Bro’s trio, with Thomas Morgan on bass. The group hasn’t yet recorded. Jack DeJohnette was in Munich last week with Keith Jarrett’s trio, and sounded great. One uncommon piece in the set of standards was “Is It Really...

Ipswich Gaumont autumn 1966. Rolling Stones (w/Brian Jones on sitar and marimba). Support acts were the Yardbirds with Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page, and Ike & Tina Turner.