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The fifth album in alto saxophonist and composer Darius Jones‘ continuing Man’ish Boy saga, Le bébé de Brigitte (Lost in Translation), will be released tomorrow. It marks his return to instrumental music, following last year’s The Oversoul Manual, written for and performed by four female singers in a language created by Jones.

Pianist Eve Risser Celebrates the Release of "Des Pas Sur La Neige" (Clean Feed) with a Solo Concert at the AKUT-FESTIVAL in Mainz, Germany, November 20.

Barcode Quartet is very excited to head out on a Brazilian tour this August. Vocalist Annette Giesriegl, violinist Alison Blunt, pianist Elisabeth Harnik and percussionist/media artist Josef Klammer, will perform music created entirely in the moment from a starting point of contrasting histories, energies and aesthetics. This tour is made possible with the support of the Austrian Embassy in Brazil. Please find the Upcoming Tour Dates below & join us!

«If the recording is more accessible than listeners might have expected from well-known Chicago innovators such as Zerang and colleagues, the live performance at Constellation was still more alluring. Though certainly not for everyone's tastes, the music of percussionist Zerang & the Blue Lights clearly has been designed to welcome listeners into the world of avant-garde jazz. It would be difficult to imagine a much more effective enticement.»

Michael Zerang has been called a “beyond category” musician and is considered by his peers to be one of the most accomplished and consistently engaging musicians currently active on the jazz scene today. Michael Zerang has performed with a who’s who of creative musicians spanning two continents. He resume includes work with fellow Chicago-based musicians Ken Vandermark and Hamid Drake as well as the sorely missed Fred Anderson.

Hearty congratulations to pianist Eve Risser, who has just been featured in the March issue of the Downbeat Magazine. "Our European Scene column looks at Eve Risser, who creates genre-defying work on prepared piano. The photo on page 16 depicts Risser with a glass bead, which she places inside the piano to create an array of bizarre sounds." — Bobby Reed, 'Wonderfully Strange Sounds' Read the entire feature below: