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Ed Pettersen - Martin Küchen - Roger Turner: The End of the Universe

Read "The End of the Universe" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


It may be a matter of semantics, but does the album title imply the physical end to the universe where all matter is extinguished, or is the trio at the edge of the universe and framing their collective improvisational skills on that notion? Either way, the music iterated here musters a cosmic reference point for these experimental gurus, performing together for the first time. Saxophonist Martin Küchen (Sweden), guitarist Ed Pettersen (USA) and drummer/percussionist Roger Turner (UK) possess ...

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Ed Petersen and the Studio "A" Big Band: Chops, Don't Fail Me Now!

Read "Chops, Don't Fail Me Now!" reviewed by Jack Bowers


This is our third encounter with the Studio “A” Big Band (having previously reviewed Uptown Stomp and Da Blues Done Gotcha Again! ), and this is perhaps the most convincing of an admirable trio, thanks in part to the luminous charts by composer/arranger/trumpeter/educator Dominic Spera, an old hand who established an award–winning Jazz Studies program at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire before moving on to the University of Indiana and eventually to a well–earned retirement. Ed Petersen’s Studio “A” ensemble, ...

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