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Federico Antin<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MyraMelford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MyraMelford</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/piano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>piano</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MichaelFormanek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelFormanek</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/contrabajo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contrabajo</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChesSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChesSmith</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bater%C3%ADa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>batería</span></a></p><p>Myra, pianista indispensable, vuelve a hechizarnos con su talento en este gran disco junto a músicos fantásticos.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Splash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Splash</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IntaktRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntaktRecords</span></a> 2025</p><p><a href="https://intaktrec.bandcamp.com/album/myra-melford-splash" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">intaktrec.bandcamp.com/album/m</span><span class="invisible">yra-melford-splash</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/m%C3%BAsica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>música</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jazz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/improvisaci%C3%B3n" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>improvisación</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bandcamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bandcamp</span></a></p>
Jenkelly<p>“While his imaginative use of instruments and electronics has for years been distinctive, this recording finds Smith truly coming into his own as a composer,” writes Christian Carey. <a href="https://dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/755549403811577856/ches-smith-laugh-ash-pyroclastic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post</span><span class="invisible">/755549403811577856/ches-smith-laugh-ash-pyroclastic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ChesSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChesSmith</span></a></p>
Exposé Online<p>New <a href="https://mas.to/tags/review" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>review</span></a> today: "Drummer <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ChesSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChesSmith</span></a>’s two most recent releases feature entirely different personnel, but there are definitely some stylistic factors in common. Interpret It Well (2022) features <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BillFrisell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillFrisell</span></a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CraigTaborn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CraigTaborn</span></a>, and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MatManeri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MatManeri</span></a>... Laugh Ash (2023) presents a much larger ensemble, with <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ShahzadIsmaely" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShahzadIsmaely</span></a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MichaelNicholas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelNicholas</span></a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/OscarNoriega" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OscarNoriega</span></a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AnnaWebber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnnaWebber</span></a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/JamesBrandonLewis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JamesBrandonLewis</span></a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NateWooley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NateWooley</span></a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/KyleArmbrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KyleArmbrust</span></a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/JenniferChoi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JenniferChoi</span></a>, and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SharaLunon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SharaLunon</span></a>." <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ExposeOnline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExposeOnline</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/jazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jazz</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AvantJazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AvantJazz</span></a> <a href="http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/ches-smith-interpret-it-well-laugh-ash-2.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">expose.org/index.php/articles/</span><span class="invisible">display/ches-smith-interpret-it-well-laugh-ash-2.html</span></a></p>
neddyo<p>Tonight: first stop at Roulette with Ches Smith's Laugh Ash. Chaotic symphonic grooves at the avant garde.</p><p><a href="https://shakedown.social/tags/nycfreaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nycfreaks</span></a> <a href="https://shakedown.social/tags/livemusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>livemusic</span></a> <a href="https://shakedown.social/tags/brooklyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brooklyn</span></a> <a href="https://shakedown.social/tags/roulette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roulette</span></a> <a href="https://shakedown.social/tags/avantgarde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>avantgarde</span></a> <a href="https://shakedown.social/tags/chessmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chessmith</span></a></p>
Wif Stenger<p>Don't watch before bedtime</p><p>Short film by artist Frank Heath accompanies the track Minimalism by NYC drummer <a href="https://mas.to/tags/chesSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chesSmith</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nostalgia</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/nokia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nokia</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/torille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>torille</span></a> <br><a href="https://youtu.be/714JXaEZr6Q?feature=shared" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/714JXaEZr6Q?feature=s</span><span class="invisible">hared</span></a></p>
Flurin Casura :coffefied:<p>Now listening - brand new and somewhat older:</p><p>Michael Formanek Elusion Quartet, "As Things Do" (Intakt, 2023 - w/Tony Malaby, Kris Davis, Ches Smith)</p><p>Angelica Sanchez, "Mirror Me" (OmniTone, 2003 - w/Malaby, Formanek, Tom Rainey)</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/jazz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jazz</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MusicAgainstMadness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MusicAgainstMadness</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NowListening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NowListening</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AngelicaSanchez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AngelicaSanchez</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MichaelFormanek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelFormanek</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TonyMalaby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TonyMalaby</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/KrisDavis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KrisDavis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ChesSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChesSmith</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TomRainey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TomRainey</span></a></p>