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Radio & Podcasts

Brand New Bangers

Read "Brand New Bangers" reviewed by Patrick Burnette


Mike settles into the sidecar as the boys discuss four brand new releases spanning everything from experimental, to post-Michael Brecker (with a guest appearance by Brad Mehldau no less) to uncategorizable South African trip-music. Pop matters gets ever stranger with look-ins at Frank Zappa and Oingo Boingo. Playlist Discussion of Jon Crompton's album Intuit (New Lab Records) 5:00 Discussion of Chase Baird's album A Life Between (Soundsabound) 17:30 Discussion of Curtis Nowosad's album Curtis Nowosad (Sessionhead United) ...

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Album Review

Jonathon Crompton: Intuit

Read "Intuit" reviewed by Troy Dostert


Although alto saxophonist Jonathon Crompton released a promising album, Faustian Pact, with sax-guitar-drums trio Kinsmen and Strangers, in 2018, he's still a relatively unsung presence in the jazz scene. However, with Intuit, his debut release as a leader, that should change. With consistently provocative compositions that combine rhythmic subtlety, harmonic complexity and a sophisticated command of jazz vocabulary, Crompton's music defies easy categorization, gesturing toward a melding of disparate traditions into something distinctive and compelling. It all starts ...

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Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Intuit

New Lab Records
2019

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