For some reason I’ve skipped Xaphan from The 2nd Masada Songbook on Tzadik. I thought this year’s invincible Bar Kokhba Sextet release was the first one yet indeed Trey Spruance’s madmen Secret Chiefs 3 were the first to step up to that holy task of getting 16 bar sheets of music from John Zorn and crafting them into their own creations.

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Back to our usual programme, here’s a review I promised you before our holiday break, the new effort by Marc Ribot’s power trio Ceramic Dog, “Party Intellectuals” out on Pi Recordings. The left handed avant/jazz/punk/rock guitar mammoth Marc Ribot teams up with Shahzad Ismaily and Ches Smith from Secret Chiefs 3, to give another taste [...]

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Andrew Hill R.I.P
* My new favourite jazz mp3blog called Destination Out. They’ve recently done a huge retrospective called the Best of 90’s Jazz with lists from jazz afficionados. A wealth of knowledge found here if you’re into jazz. Also a testimonial anectode by Vijay Iyer for the late Andrew Hill (who died from [...]

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Beirut : Watching your city get bombed, how earth shattering.
Here’s #16 of our radioshows played by me last week. Starts off slow with a soundscape by SF artist Jefre-Cantu Ledesma, which has an Afghani love song sung on top. I don’t know why I felt so multicultural last week but I did, a little bit [...]

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Norwegian electronic jazzheads Wibutee released their 4th album Sweet Mental on their own Sonne Disk label. One of the primary bands that the all important Bugge Wesseltoft gave the world through his Jazzland records, Wibutee has been one of the most successful bands although not as popular as say Beady Belle. If Bugge’s nujazz approach [...]

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Here’s the third installment of the “What the mailbox brought in” series, that’s selected from emails sent by groups and labels to undomondo.
“The sound of The Autumn Project is something of a familiar one, reminiscent of Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Isis and Mogwai but still original, fresh and unadulterated. Dynamics, melody, and emotion are [...]

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I know i had said earlier that the next music i reviewed would not be older than my father. I’m now going to eat those words with these pieces from Sonny Lester. Hey, can you blame me for getting a space age pop album named “How to bellydance for your husband”? I know, you would [...]

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Chosen from incoming submissions to undomondo recently.
The first one you should get is Passage by Liberation Prophecy. A chaotic orchestra of 9 musicians led by Jacob Duncan. Lots of orchestration beautiful vocals by Amber Estes who replaced the now forld famous Norah Jones. Many influences can be listed like Zappa’s orchestra, free jazz, world [...]

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Ok, I’m finished with this.. This surely is not a definitive list but it has some favourite 2006 moments.
The first part is obviously the most influential and groundbreaking albums for me this year. In a way, they are the most complete and strangely addictive ones as an album and they are more musical in [...]

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Here’s a lovely band that should be on the coverpage of every decent music magazine immediately. A two piece progressive punk jazz gypsy folk fusion band, with unbelievable stage presence and fun factor.
With a girl on drums and vocals, and a boy on electric guitar, the comparison with the you-know-who immediately sparks to the [...]

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