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jazz: the mystery lesson
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|      | 25-feb-13 the mystery lesson
Heavy business on The Mystery Lesson this week, with newly-released out-sounds, including: caffeinated twitch-jazz from Ingrid Laubrock; turbulent solo piano variations from Pat Thomas; a newly reissued session of UK free-jazz from 1978 by John Stevens and friends; plus a featured album of monstrous grooves and scalding improvisation from the gargantuan Fire! Orchestra. | |
| | 18-feb-13 the mystery lesson
Strap yourself in for out-sounds from around the globe on The Mystery Lesson this week, including: Norwegian Prog by Grand General; UK bedroom synth by Greg Boring; reissued sounds from the New Zealand underground by The Garbage & The Flowers; and a featured album of New York free-jazz by William Hooker Quintet. Smoking or non-smoking? | |
| | 04-feb-13 the mystery lesson
It’s an analogue special on The Mystery Lesson this week, playing new releases on record and tape – including: Danish twang-prov from HPM; Hungarian huff ‘n’ puff from Szilard Mezei; an archival treasure from Juma Sultan’s Aboriginal Music Society; and a featured album of Hammond organ-ised chaos from Decoy with Joe McPhee. So help me! | |
| | 21-jan-13 the mystery lesson
Aiming for terminal velocity on The Mystery Lesson this week, with new sounds from around the world - including: sluggish Italian vibes from Massimo De Mattia; London parp ‘n’ scrape from Ensemble Trip-tik; a fine reissue of deep Danish jazz from John Tchicai; and a featured album of transatlantic avant-jazz from Oliver Lake and friends. | |
| | 14-jan-13 the mystery lesson
New Year, new sounds on the first Mystery Lesson of 2013, featuring: electric Miles stylings from Fontanelle; PoMo swing from Mostly Other People Do The Killing; fierce Anglo-Norwegian free-jazz from Akode; and a featured album of intense piano/drum duets from Alexander Hawkins and Louis Moholo-Moholo. Onwards and upwards! | |
| | 24-dec-12 the mystery lesson
It’s the last Mystery lesson of 2012, featuring out-sounds for end-times, including: Italian electric-Improv from La Societa Delle Maschere; moody Norwegian avant-jazz from Gunhild Seim & Time Jungle; a featured album of flailing free-rock from Webster/Holub/Anorak; and a chance to catch up with the year’s best reissue – classic German 70s cosmic rock from Can. Never mind the Mayans, see you in 2013. | |
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| 17-dec-12 the mystery lesson
Peace and blessings on the Mystery Lesson this week, featuring: quixotic psych-Prog from Sheffield’s Orchestra of the Upper Atmosphere; Australian spiritual jazz from Menagerie; honest-to-goodness deep jazz from Chicago’s Ernest Dawkins; and a featured album of serious free-jazz from Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp/Whit Dickey. Boom! | |
| | 10-dec-12 the mystery lesson
Strategies both loud and quiet on The MysteryLesson this week, including: meditative drone Improv from AMM; an intense duet from John Butcher & Matthew Shipp; raucous free-form flailings from Lean Left; and a featuredalbum of spiritual jazz from the North of England by Nat Birchall. More exciting than a Royalinsemination. | |
| | 03-dec-12 the mystery lesson
It’s an analogue special on The Mystery Lesson, playing new out-sounds, just released on record and cassette – including: psychedelic space vibes from Al Doum & The Faryds; a burning wall of fiddle ‘n’ drum freak-out from Mike Khoury & Ben Hall; plus a featured album of grade-A free-jazz from Joe McPhee & Chris Corsano. | |
| | 26-nov-12 the mystery lesson
Bangers and sizzlers on the Mystery Lesson this week – including: grumbling UK Improv from John Coxon, Evan Parker and Eddie Prevost; heavyweight US moves from Ivo Perelman, Matthew Shipp and Michael Bisio; plus a featured album of crackling, high-energy Norwegian avant-jazz from Cortex. Zing! | |
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