Friday, February 6th
what’s new
Mark Ernestus’ Ndagga Rhythm Force, live, Berlin (Gaswerk Music Days), 2025 (published 1/30/26)
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jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: miscellaneous percussion
2026
Thursday, January 15th
alone
Chris Corsano (drums, etc.), live, Netherlands (The Hague), 2022
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2025
Saturday, December 6th
what’s new(ish)
Chicago Underground Duo (Chad Taylor, drum kit, percussion, mbira, kalimba; Rob Mazurek, trumpet, piccolo trumpet, RMI electric piano, modular synths, samplers, voice, flutes, bells), “Hyperglyph” (video by Rob Mazurek), published 9/17/25
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2025
Monday, November 10th
what’s new
SML, live, Chicago (Empty Bottle), 2025 (published 11/6/25)
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Tuesday, April 1st
what’s new
Paal Nilssen-Love (drums, percussion), Jim O’Rourke (guitar), Ken Vandermark (reeds), live, Japan (Club Sakuraza, Kofu), 2024 (published 3/10/25)
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2024
Monday, September 16th
sounds of all over
Ken Vandermark (1964-, reeds [Chicago]), Paal Nilssen-Love (1974-, percussion [Nesodden, Norway]), live, Columbia, South Carolina, 8/31/24
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2024
Saturday, August 10th
what’s new
One-word review: Wow!
Patricia Brennan Septet (PB, vibraphone, electronics, composition; Jon Irabagon, alto and sopranino saxophones; Mark Shim, tenor saxophone; Adam O’Farrill, trumpet, electronics; Marcus Gilmore, drums; Mauricio Herrera, percussion; Kim Cass, bass), “Palos de Oros” (Suit of Coins), published 8/6/24
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2024
Saturday, June 8th
3n
Devin Gray (percussion), Mark Feldman (violin), Russ Johnson (trumpet), live, Milwaukee, 4/19/24
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2024
Monday, April 8th
sounds of New York
These two sets, live-streamed last night, are very different. The first is wonderful. The second? One of the best things I’ve heard in a long time.
First Set: Patricia Brennan (vibraphone, electronics) & Adam O’Farrill (trumpet, electronics) Duo, 10:00-
Second Set: Patricia Brennan’s SeVeN (Patricia Brennan, vibraphone, electronics; Adam O’Farrill, trumpet, electronics; Jon Irabagon, alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone; Mark Shim, tenor saxophone; Kim Cass, bass; Dan Weiss, drums; Mauricio Herrera, percussion), 1:14:00-
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Wednesday, April 3rd
like nothing else
Jürg Frey, “Architecture Circulaire” (2017), for 5 contrabass clarinets and 5 percussionists (clarinets: Armand Angster, Hans Koch, Theo Nabicht, Ernesto Molinari, Olivier Vivarès; percussion: Eklekto [Alexandre Babel, Sébastien Cordier, Louis Delignon, Florian Feyer, Dorian Fretto]), live, Geneva, 2017
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