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Douglas Detrick interviews violinist Mazz Swift. She discusses the formation of her collective string trio, Hear in Now, as well as her transformation from a classical musician to an improviser.

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Douglas Detrick reviews Unison, vocalist Maria Neckam's latest release on Sunnyside Records. The album features music inspired by the poets Hafez, Rilke, and Neruda.

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Jonathan Lindhorst spent the evening of May 11th, 2012, checking out Seeds::Brooklyn, a DIY (Do-It-Yourself) venue in Prospect Heights curated by saxophonist Ohad Talmor. The event was part of the 2012 Undead Music Festival, which dubbed the evening "The Night of the DIY" to help draw attention to the many DIY venues popping up in New York City.

Read the review of the concert, which featured sets by Jacob Garchik, Miles Okazaki, Dan Weiss, Ohad Talmor, Greg Heffernan, and Jacob Sacks.

Douglas Detrick reviews Hear in Now, the debut record by the cross-genre, improvising string trio of the same name. The trio is made up of violinist and vocalist Mazz Swift, cellist Tomeka Reid, and bassist Silvia Bolognesi.

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Carrera, the new album by Guillermo Klein y los Guachos, comes out on May 8th. It features Miguel Zenón, Jeff Ballard, Ben Monder, and eight other tremendous musicians playing pieces that are simple and compact, and yet filled to the brim with intensity. Read the review.

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Jonathan Lindhorst reviews Overseas IV, bassist Eivind Opsvik's album featuring Jacob Sacks, Tony Malaby, Kenny Wolleson, and Brandon Seabrook.

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Jonathan Lindhorst caught Kneebody for three of the four nights they headlined at Littlefield in Brooklyn. The series was presented by Search & Restore, and featured guest artists Theo Bleckmann, Mark Guiliana, Gretchen Parlato, Louis Cole, Genevieve Artadi, and Meshell Ndegeocello. Read Jon's review!

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Douglas Detrick reviews All Our Reasons by the Billy Hart Quartet, featuring saxophonist Mark Turner, pianist Ethan Iverson, and bassist Ben Street.

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Jonathan Lindhorst reviews pianist Kris Davis' Aeriol Piano (Clean Feed, 2011).

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Vocalist Theo Bleckmann pays tribute to the intricate and lyrically-driven music of Kate Bush with Hello Earth, featuring Bleckmann's own lush and cross-genre arrangements of 14 of Bush's songs.

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