Monthly Archives: June 2011

Press for Darcy James Argue’s Canadian Jazz Festival Tour

Darcy James Argue‘s four-city Canadian jazz festival tour is already half over (he and Secret Society play at TD Festival International de Jazz de Montréal tonight and TD Toronto Jazz Festival tomorrow night), but the press continues to roll in. Here’s some…

BBC 3′s Jazz On 3 Documents Planetary Unknown At Vision Festival 16

BBC 3′s Jazz on 3 returned to the Vision Festival this year and Monday’s episode features live recordings of three of the highlights, including improvising supergroup Planetary Unknown’s entire hour-long set celebrating the release of its self-titled debut on AUM…

Out Today: Eric Hofbauer & The Infrared Band’s LEVEL

Today is the official street date for LEVEL (Creative Nation Music), the second release from Boston-based guitarist/composer Eric Hofbauer and his four year-old working quartet, The Infrared Band. The record follows the band’s 2008 debut, Myth Understanding (Creative Nation Music),…

AUM Fidelity’s Two-Week Run At The Stone Begins Tonight

AUM Fidelity‘s two-week run of concerts at The Stone, curated by Steven Joerg, begins tonight with duo performances by Darius Jones & Matthew Shipp (pictured) and Cooper-Moore & William Parker. Joerg talks about the series, and AUM Fidelity’s upcoming 15th…

Out Today: Farmers By Nature + Planetary Unknown On AUM Fidelity

Today is the official street date for AUM Fidelity‘s two June releases, Farmers By Nature’s Out Of This World’s Distortions (AUM067) and David S. Ware/Cooper-Moore/William Parker/Muhammad Ali’s Planetary Unknown (AUM068). Out Of This World’s Distortions is the second recording by…

TONY Names Mary Halvorson An Essential New York City Jazz Icon

Time Out New York has released its list of The 25 Essential New York City Jazz Icons and we’re very pleased to report our own Mary Halvorson made the list at number 21. BTW, we’re equally jazzed to see AUM Fidelity recording…