Reviews, concert reports and
photographs of an extensive range of
improvised and jazz-related music

A contemporary take with heightens energy and engagement on those defining early AACM albums where extemporised timbral interaction was paramount, is this eponymously-titled disc. Chicago-based Double Helix quartet’s collective improvisations recorded live, blend the textures of Avreeayl Ra’s wood flute and idiophones with varied thrusts from Ishmael Ali’s cello plus alto saxophonist Fred Jackson Jr.’s and drummer Bill Harris’ cadenced extrapolations. Veteran AACM members Ra and Jackson have worked with everyone from Nicole Mitchell and… Read More