Albatre is a new experimental music trio operating from Rotterdam. Their music is a joyously harrowing display of urgent bass & sax noise, skewed jazz elements, frantic but meticulous drumming and abrupt moodshifts. Albatre can be seen as part of a micro scene of stalwarts highlighting the crossover of improv, noise and jazz currently made [...]
[InQ&A] 7 questions for Albatre
August 3, 2012
[Watch] The Church of John Coltrane
March 10, 2011
Offcourse music is part of any religion, but also jazz? A San Francisco church recognized jazz saxophone player John Coltrane (R.I.P) as a saint. All hail the St. John Will-I-Am Coltrane African Orthodox Church! One of the statements the church has made about their beliefs: “The ascension of St. John Coltrane into one-ness with God [...]
R.I.P. Rashied Ali (1935 – 2009)
August 13, 2009
Legendary jazz drummer Rashied Ali died today according to citizenjazz.com. Ali did some great late recordings with John Coltrane and is one of the greatest jazz drummers of all time. RASHIED ALI Biography: Rashied Ali was born into a musical family; his mother had sung with Jimmie Lunceford. His brother, Muhammad Ali, is also a [...]
John Kruth interviews Sun Ra
July 1, 2008
JK: Sun Ra, what do you think of Charles Mingus’ music? SR: Mingus? He was psychic but I was thinkin’ everything he ever thought before he thought it! JK: Sun Ra, what do you think about Ornette Coleman’s music? SR: Ornette Coleman? He’s not even black! JK: hmm…(baffled by his response) What are your thoughts [...]
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[Heavy Sunday] Heart In Hand
May 19, 2013
One of UK’s greatest melodic hardcore bands, Heart In Hand recently released their new, anticipated album ‘Almost There’. They have recently shot a music video for their main single ‘Almost There’. Heart In Hand is a band I’ve been following since their birth. Over the years they’ve grown as a band and eventually found their [...]