Free Jazz reviews by Andreas Wildenhain and Paolo Casertano
Platform 1 – Takes Off (CF 255) We’re pleased to present a double review of this new Clean Feed album from Platform 1 (Ken Vandermark, Joe Willamson, Michael Vatcher, Magnus Broo, and Steve Swell)....
View ArticleGapplegate Music review by Grego Edwards
Platform 1 – Takes Off (CF 255) Platform 1? The name of a very lively “free jazz” quintet. Platform 1 Takes Off (Clean Feed 255) is the name of what I take to be their first CD as a unit. It’s Magnus...
View ArticleLe Son du Grisli review by Guillaume Belhomme
Platform 1 – Takes Off (CF 255) Au nombre des projets de Ken Vandermark, il faudra désormais compter avec Platform 1, qui l’associe à deux recrues de Resonance (Magnus Broo, Steve Swell) ainsi qu’à Joe...
View ArticleBlow Up Magazine review by Enrico Bettinello
Hairybones Snakelust (CF 252) Platform 1 Takes Off (CF 255) The Fish Moon Fish (CF 254) Instancabili gli alfieri dell’avant/jazz, di ogni latitudine. Prontissima come sempre la portoghese Clean Feed a...
View ArticleJazzWrap review by Stephan Moore
Platform 1 – Takes Off (CF 255) Another couple of weeks and another excellent project featuring some of the best on the Free Jazz scene. Platform 1 is an international combination that has worked...
View ArticleThe New York City Jazz Record review by Kurt Gottschalk
Steve Swell Nation of We – The Business of Here… (Cadence Jazz) Platform 1 – Takes Off (CF 255) Steve Swell is a hard one to put a finger on. His playing is so pure it’s hard to see him in it – what a...
View ArticlePoint of Departure review by Jason Bivins
Platform 1 – Takes Off (CF 255) The suggestively named ensemble Platform 1 is constituted by top drawer improvisers from several different scenes. Reeds player Ken Vandermark and trumpeter Magnus Broo...
View ArticleBest of 2012 list by Oscar Arribas (Cuadernos de Jazz)
Dark Lady of the Sonnets Wadada Leo Smith’ Mbira (Tum Records) Alive at the Vanguard Fred Hersch Trio (Palmetto) To Infinity and Beyond Ja Vigiu Plamja (El Gallo Rojo) Lifeline Rolf & Joachim Kühn...
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