Halfvalue.com : Promising Jazz/Improv of 2006

R. Hutchinson "autonomeus" (a world ruled by fossil fuels and fossil minds)
Qualifications: avant-garde advocate

Garden of Eden by Paul Motian Band
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Paul Motian with the band he used to call the Electric Bebop Band, with 3 electric guitars, two saxes, and short compositions, no long jams

Back in Time by Odyssey Band
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James Blood Ulmer with the first record with his Odyssey trio (electric guitar/violin/drums) in many moons

At the Mountains of Madness by John Zorn
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John Zorn and Marc Ribot with another 2-disc live Electric Masada set, following on the 50th Birthday discs of 2004

Industrial Zen by John Mclaughlin
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MAY 23) presumably some electric John McLaughlin here [and I hope there's a domestic release in addition to this expensive import]

The Elephant Sleeps But Still Remembers by Jack DeJohnette
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great duets from Jack DeJohnette on percussion and piano and Bill Frisell on guitar

Long Hidden: The Olmec Series by William Parker
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William Parker's latest with an Olmec theme (Africans in the New World is the idea) and a meringue band

Keystone by Dave Douglas
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Dave Douglas with a tribute to Fatty Arbuckle

Coalition of the Willing (Dig) by Bobby Previte
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MAY 2) drummer Bobby Previte always has a new angle -- what might it be this time?

Time Lines by Andrew Hill
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Andrew Hill's latest on Blue Note

Vossabrygg by Terje Rypdal
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guitarist Terje Rypdal with an homage to Miles's "Bitches Brew"

Floating World Live by The Soft Machine
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featuring Alan Holdsworth on guitar -- presumably this is a reissue (or first issue) of a 1970s concert

Brotherman in the Fatherland by Rahsaan Roland Kirk
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Rahsaan Roland Kirk and band live in Hamburg from 1972 -- never before released

Rock the Clock by Ornette Coleman
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Ornette live in Berlin in 1971 with Ed Blackwell, Charlie Haden and Dewey Redman

Complete 1968 Italian Tour by Ornette Coleman
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Ornette live in 1968 with Charlie Haden and David Izenson on bass and Ed Blackwell on drums

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