Jessica Ackerley recommends:
the sparrow's tongue
by Patrick Shiroishi
contemplative, introspective music. Patrick is one of the leading players in the avant garde and experimental jazz scene on the west coast. His catalogue is prolific, so dive in!
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Andrew Smiley is a singular voice on guitar. Having played in many note-worthy jazz projects in the NYC scene, his strat playing is an instantly identifiable sound both sonically and as an improviser
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Camila has been one of my favorite sax players coming up in Avant-Garde jazz in the recent years. A strong balance of composition and improvisation with some of the most cutting edge musicians.
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Both Are True
by Webber/Morris Big Band
supported by 36 fans who also own “A Meadow Land, Toward a Closing Door”
This albums has some fantastic writing, and is beautifully arranged and recorded. For fans of more modern experimental big band.
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I was too young to hear silence
by Patrick Shiroishi
Free jazz saxophonist explores negative space on a vast, improvised work recorded in a L.A. parking structure.
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Imagination/Meditation
by Lucas Brode & G. Calvin Weston
This collaboration between guitarist Lucas Brode and drummer G. Calvin Weston is a freewheeling hybrid of experimentalism, jazz, and more.
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