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Christof May: MAYGUS

Read "MAYGUS" reviewed by John Kelman


For those only familiar with Netherlands-based Christof May's sublime clarinet work as part of ECM singer Susanne Abbuehl's group, MAYGUS will come as no small shock. While the same less-is-more aesthetic that imbues his work with Abbuehl can sometimes be heard here, May abandons Abbuehl's all- acoustic approach for an electrically charged and often texturally dense album that takes, as its precedent, late-1960s-early-1970s electric Miles. The only way to truly honor the spirit of Miles is to be just as ...

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Susanne Abbuehl: April

Read "April" reviewed by Craig W. Hurst


The music on Susanne Abbuehl's recent ECM release April draws on diverse musical sources that result in a product that extends beyond that which is usually expected from a recording labeled as jazz. The music of Abbuehl and her fellow musicians at times resembles music more closely akin to an impression of the spare and angular sounds of early 20th century German Expressionism, or modern avant-garde music. Overall, there is a delightfully haunting cool edge to the music on April ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Maygus

Double Moon
2007

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April

ECM Records
2002

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