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Friday, November 30, 2018

Cuneiform Records December 2018 Newsletter: Artist Tours & List Of 2018 Releases

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December 2018 Newsletter


Thank you for supporting Cuneiform Records in 2018, a year of change. Your kind words & album purchases helped chart the label's future. We wish each and every one of you a wonderful holiday season! – Steve Feigenbaum, Cuneiform Records
 
 

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CUNEIFORM RECORDS 2018 RELEASES

When compiling your list of Fave / Best Albums of 2018, please keep our releases in mind. Cuneiform Records resumed releasing music in mid-2018 after a several months sabbatical, and has since released 5 new albums in both physical (CD, lp) and digital formats, in addition to doing 6 digital-only releases.

 

Click band name for more info at CuneiformRecords.com
Click album cover to stream or buy via Bandcamp

JAZZ
Forgas Band Phenomenon 

Thumbscrew
 [Michael Formanek / Tomas Fujiwara / Mary Halvorson]        

    
ROCK


Far Corner              
     

 Steve Tibbetts


Alec K. Redfearn & The Eyesores / The Seizures
                   

ARTISTS ON TOUR

Please visit the Tours Page at Cuneiform Records for updates.
 


BENT KNEE


Boston's Bent Knee embarks on an extensive North American tour.
 



December 1 - Bottom Lounge - Chicago, IL

 

Listen to & buy: Say So


BLUE CRANES


Key players in the Portland, Oregon creative music scene, The Blue Cranes are one of the most exciting groups to keep tabs on in the Northwest. They’ve developed a singular musical voice grounded in melody and explosive improvisations—marking off their unique microcosmic territory in “post-jazz/jazz-not jazz” circles.
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December 7Jack London Revue - Portland, OR [with Wayne Horvitz Snowghost Trio]

2019
February 23 - Portland Jazz Festival - Alberta Street Pub - Portland, OR

 


Listen to & buy: Swim


GOSTA BERLINGS SAGA

When Cuneiform released Glue Works, the Swedish band’s 3d album, blog.monsieurdelire.com praised its "Songwriting capable of nuances, humor, sweetness, epic complexity, and lyricism..A must-have for instrumental prog fans of both conservative and adventurous persuasions."
 

December 2Södra Teatern - Stockholm, Sweden [with Henrik Palm]

2019
January 18
- Plan B - Malmö, Sweden

January 19 - Folk - Göteborg, Sweden



Listen to & buy: Glue Works


THE GREAT HARRY HILLMAN


The exuberant Swiss jazz/pop/beyond group - named after the American triple-Gold Medal winner at the 1904 Summer Olympics - tours the European festival and club circuit, celebrating their Cuneiform release Tilt.
 
 

December 13Périscope - Lyon, France

December 23Bee-flat im Progr - Bern, Switzerland

 

Listen to & buy: Tilt

LE REX


A Swiss jazz quintet consisting of two saxophones, tuba, trombone and drums, Le Rex plays music that is exuberant, groove-oriented, exciting and FUN!  
 

2019
January 11 - Kurturcinema - Arbon, Switzerland

January 17 - BeJazz Winterfestival - Bern, Switzerland

January 18 - Musegg - Luzern, Switherzland

January 19 - Neue Tonne - Dresden, Germany

January 20 - Blumenfressersalon - Mannheim, Germany

January 21 - SchonSchön - Mainz, Germany

January 24 - tba - Berlin, Germany

January 25 - tba - Leipzig, Germany

January 26 - Jazzclub Salzwedel - Salzwedel, Germany

 



Listen to & buy: Wild Man

THE KANDINSKY EFFECT

A transatlantic (Paris & NYC) post-jazz trio, The Kandinsky Effect creates beautiful, groove-oriented, starkly modern music that blends elements of jazz with electronica, hip-hop and more. 

 

2018
December 4 – The Rex Hotel Jazz & Blues Bar – Toronto, ON, Canada

December 5 – The Rex Hotel Jazz & Blues BarToronto – ON, Canada

December 7 – Cliff Bell's – Detroit, MI, US

2019 TOURS 
(booking: christophe@mybuzzprod.com)

February 18 -March 3, 2019 - Europe / Ukraine / Russia

April 8-22, 2019  - Europe

April 24-May 5, 2019  – United States

Summer (June-July-August) 2019 Tour - North America / Europe / Ukraine

 



Listen to & buy: Somnambulist & Synesthesia

   


ROB MAZUREK


Visionary jazz and electronic musician Rob Mazurek, a cornet player, improvisor, and band catalyst/leader has appeared on the cover of  The Wire, the world's premiere avant music magazine and was voted Musician of the Year by Italy's top jazz magazine, Musica Jazz. He is constantly touring the world and is known as one of today's most intrepid and sought after sound explorers, as well as an accomplished visual artist.
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March 21-24, 2019  - Big Ears Festival - Knoxville, TN
 



Listen to & buy:
Numerous recordings on Cuneiform with Mazurek's various ensembles:
Exploding Star Orchestra (Galactic Parables: Volume 1)

Sao Paulo Underground
        
Black Cube SP   
 
Rob Mazurek Octet
  

PHILL MILLER
(1949-2017)
TRIBUTE CONCERT

 
A key figure on the UK jazz, rock & jazz-rock scenes since the '70s and a catalyst in the legendary 'Canterbury School' of progressive/jazz-rock music, British guitarist & composer Phil Miller released a number of archival and new recordings on Cuneiform before his 2017 death from cancer. He  would have turned 70 in January 2019, which will be marked by a tribute concert in London. 
 
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January 6 - The Vortex - "Phil Miller: A Life in Music" (Tribute Concert) - London, UK  

In this double tribute concert (separate afternoon & evening performances), Phil's music will once again be brought to life by an extensive line-up of musicians associated with him throughout his nearly 50-year career. 20+ musicians in various combinations will perform a set of Phil Miller compositions from his early bands Delivery, Matching Mole, Hatfield and the North and National Health, and then a second set focusing on the In Cahoots repertoire, the band he led from 1982 to 2011.  Musicians include: Roy Babbington, Fred Baker, Paul Booth, Doug Boyle, Sarah Gail Brand, Paul Dufour, Jim Dvorak, John Etheridge, Simon Finch, Mark Fletcher, John Greaves, Carol Grimes, Marc Hadley, Mark Hewins, Jakko Jakszyk, Pete Lemer, Alex Maguire, Didier Malherbe, Patrice Meyer, Jack Monck, Michael O’Brien, Simon Picard, Trevor Tomkins, Theo Travis and Nick Twyman. 



Listen to & buy Phil Miller recordings on Cuneiform:
Phil Miller
Digging In  //  Cutting Both Ways

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In Cahoots

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 National Health

Matching Mole
    
 


THE ED PALERMO BIG BAND


The Big Apple's beloved Ed Palermo Big Band, led by composer/ arranger/ saxophonist Ed Palermo, is celebrating two new albums on Cuneiform:
The Adventures of Zodd Zundgren & The Great Un-American Songbook: Volumes I & II
 

2018
December 10
 - The Iridium - 1650 Broadway - New York, NY (
Palermo’s 16 piece band will mash-up holiday songs, Zappa music & the best progressive rock & jazz fusion tunes written!)

December 31The Falcon - 1348 Route 9W - Marlboro, NY 12542 (It's NEW YEAR'S EVE with the Ed Palermo Big Band!)


2019
February 4
The Iridium - 1650 Broadway - NYC, NY

February 16The Falcon - 1348 Route 9W - Marlboro, NY 12542

March 2The Iridium - 1650 Broadway - NYC, NY

April 13The Falcon - 1348 Route 9W - Marlboro, NY 12542

April 22The Iridium - 1650 Broadway - NYC, NY

May 20The Iridium - 1650 Broadway - NYC, NY

June 15The Falcon - 1348 Route 9W - Marlboro, NY 12542

June 17The Iridium - 1650 Broadway - NYC, NY

July 15The Iridium - 1650 Broadway - NYC, NY

August 12The Iridium - 1650 Broadway - NYC, NY

August 17The Falcon - 1348 Route 9W - Marlboro, NY 12542

October 19The Falcon - 1348 Route 9W - Marlboro, NY 12542

December 21The Falcon - 1348 Route 9W - Marlboro, NY 12542

December 31The Falcon - 1348 Route 9W - Marlboro, NY 12542



Listen to & buy:
numerous Ed Palermo Big Band albums on Cuneiform
            


PIXEL


Norway's Pixel combines jazz with pop sensibilities.
 
2019
January 25/26 - Rainbow Serpent Festival 2019 - Donald - Victoria, Australia
 

Listen to & buy:
We Are All Small Pixels
, ReminderGolden Years

    

 


WADADA LEO SMITH


Winner of the Jazz Journalist Association's 2017 Musician of the Year Award and DownBeat 2017 Critics Poll awards for Trumpeter of the Year, Jazz Artist of the Year & Jazz Album of the Year.
 
2019
January 26 - Jazz At Lincoln Center - 10 Columbus Circle - New York, NY [The Complete America's National Parks]

March 21-24  - Big Ears Festival - Knoxville, TN

March 30 - McGuire Theater at Walker Art Center - Minneapolis, MN [The Complete America's National Parks]
 

Listen to & buy: 
America's National Parks (DownBeat's 2017 Album of the Year Award)

             
Ten Freedom Summers (finalist for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Music)
& additional Wadada Leo Smith albums on Cuneiform:

   
    
    
 


SOFT MACHINE

 
UK's legendary Soft Machine
[John Etheridge, Theo Travis, Roy Babbington, John Marshall] continue on a major global tour

 
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CONTINENTAL EUROPE

December 15 - Peppel - Zeist, The Netherlands

December 16 - Harmonie - Bonn, Germany
 

UNITED STATES 2019

January 24, 2019 - Freight & Salvage - Berkely, CA [with Levin Brothers]

January 25, 2019 - Flynn's - Santa Cruz, CA [with Levin Brothers]

January 27, 2019 - Alberta Rose Theater - Portland, OR [with Moraine]

January 28, 2019 - Triple Door - Seattle, WA [with Moraine]

January 29, 2019 - Triple Door - Seattle, WA [with Moraine]

January 31, 2019 - The Baked Potato - Los Angeles, CA [two shows]

February 1, 2019 - The Baked Potato - Los Angeles, CA [two shows]

February 2, 2019 - Scottsdale Performing Arts Center - Scottsdale, AZ  [with Levin Brothers]


NORTH AMERICA: GULF OF MEXICO CRUISE 2019
 
February 4-8, 2019 - The Cruise To The Edge - Key West, FL, USA & Cozumel, Mexico
 

Listen to & buy  
SOFT MACHINE ALBUMS+DVDS on CUNEIFORM RECORDS:

NDR Jazz Workshop / Middle Earth Masters / Switzerland 1974 /
  Virtually / Spaced / Backwards /  Grides /  Live in Paris /  Noisette


        

         

          

 


SONAR

The Swiss band Sonar takes its name from SONic ARchitecture, an allusion to their goal of sculpting polymetric and highly structured avant-rock. One of the most remarkable guitar-focused bands on the global scene, Sonar's highly skilled members create rigorously composed, post-minimal progressive music that is instantly recognizable, notable for its collective restraint.
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December 1 - Vortex - London, UK  [Sonar with David Torn; & David Torn solo]

December 2 - Vortex - London, UK [Sonar with David Torn;  & David Torn solo]

December 22 - Heiliggeist Church - Spitalgasse 44 - 3011 Bern - Switzerland [Sonar with trumpet/laptop player Werner Hasler]
 

Listen to & buy  
SONAR ALBUMS on CUNEIFORM RECORDS:

    


SPELLCASTERS

 
SPELLCASTERS revive, celebrate and expand the distinct hybrid (rock/ bluegrass/ blues/ country) guitar music unique to the Washington DC region and associated with the late guitarist Danny Gatton. The DC-based all-star quintet is three great guitarists – Anthony Pirog, Dave Chappell, Joel Harrison – and Danny Gatton's stellar rhythm section, John Previte (bass) and Barry Hart (drums).
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December 16Bertha's Mussels - Baltimore, MD [3:00 - 6:00 pm!]
 

 


THUMBSCREW


Thumbscrew is the all-star collaborative trio of Mary Halvorson (guitar), Tomas Fujiwara (drums), and Michael Formanek (acoustic bass). Thumbscrew is celebrating the release of two new albums – Ours and Theirs  on Cuneiform, performing concerts at festivals and venues worldwide.
 

2019
February 5-9, 2019Dartmouth College Residency - Hanover, NH

March 21-24, 2019  - Big Ears Festival - Knoxville, TN


 

Listen to & buy: 
OursTheirs
ConvallariaThumbscrew


    

    

To set up press and radio interviews with Cuneiform Artists while on tour, please contact:

promo@cuneiformrecords.com

NOVEMBER 2018 NEW RELEASES

Out now! New releases by two outstanding, longstanding Cuneiform ensembles!
Click on album art to listen or buy on Bandcamp.

RISK
FAR CORNER

 
Celebrating its 15th anniversary with a bang, Wisconsin post-classical / chamber rock / avant progressive ensemble Far Corner release Risk, their third studio album, on their longtime label Cuneiform Records.  It's an astounding disc. Bassist William Kopecky relays that “Far Corner plays insanely complex instrumental chamber rock (modern classical meets prog rock) and I can easily say that Risk was the most challenging record I’ve ever played on.”  We encourage classical music lovers as well as rock fans to plunge into Risk's stunningly original, accessible, and captivating works. The future of 21st Century classical music is rooted in works like this. Learn more about Far Corner on CuneiformRecords.com.
L'oreille électrique

FORGAS BAND PHENOMENA

For more than 40 years, Parisian composer and drummer Patrick Forgas has been forging a distinctive take on progressive jazz/rock, leading Forgas Band Phenomena for over 20 years. Cuneiform is thrilled to release their sixth album, their fourth on our label. Called L'oreille électrique,  the album displays the band's signature sound, a singular electric fusion / progressive rock / Canterbury music blend. Learn more about Forgas Band Phenomenon on CuneiformRecords.com.
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