Le Son du Grisli review by Guillaume Belhomme
Angles 8 – By Way of Deception (CF 256) Si Angles – autre groupe qu’emmène Küchen avec cette « sorte de jazz » en tête – n’est pas le projet le plus enthousiasmant du saxophoniste, il n’en est pas...
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Angles 8 – By Way Of Deception – Live In Ljubljana (CF 256) ****½ I had the honor of writing the liner notes for this fantastic album by one of my favorite bands, recorded live in Ljubljana, Slovenia...
View ArticleGapplegate Music review by Grego Edwards
Angles 8 – By Way of Deception, Live in Ljubljana (CF 256) Today, the second of two Clean Feed Live at Ljubljana Jazz Festival disks covered this week (Monday I covered one by Igor Lumpert’s Trio). The...
View ArticleBlow Up Magazine review by Enrico Bettinello
Angles 8 By Way Of Deception (CF 256) Trespass Trio Bruder Beda (CF 251) Irriducibile a ogni classificazione, originalissimo e politico, fortemente immerso nella tradizione di ricerca, ma al tempo...
View ArticleDiario de Noticias review by João Moço
Concerto que o coletivo Angles (transformado em octeto) deu no 52.º Festival de Jazz de Liubliana foi recentemente editado pela Clean Feed. Angles 8 – By Way of Deception – Live in Ljubljana (CF 256)...
View ArticleSquid’s Ear review Florence Wetzel
Angles 8 – By Way of Deception, Live in Ljubjana (CF 256)This powerful live recording from the Swedish group Angles is a welcome addition to the fine tradition of protest music. The “deception” in the...
View ArticleFree Jazz review by Dan Sorrelis
Angles 9 – In Our Midst (CF 284)****One of last year’s highlights was Angles 8’s sprawling By Way of Deception, an album that introduced an expanded line-up and featured liner notes by Free Jazz blog...
View ArticleAll About Jazz review by John Ephland
Angles 9 – Injuries (CF 303) What’s to love about this CD is the musicality that’s thrown into the maelstrom of styles and attitudes. You’ve got a hint of early, experimental jazz from the mid-60s with...
View ArticleAftenposten review by Arild Andersen
Angles – Injuries (CF 303 LP and CD) ***** Det er på høy tid at et større publikum får ørene opp for Martin Küchen. Den svenske saksofonisten har en egen kreativ nerve i det han gjør. Jeg kan ikke...
View ArticleEnola.be review by Guy Peters
3 x Martin Küchen – Angles 9, Küchen & Landæus Trio, solo De negenkoppige versie van Angles die in 2012 nog in Hasselt stond (een concert dat deels door Clean Feed werd uitgebracht als In Our...
View ArticleFree Jazz review by Antonio Poscic
Angles 9 – Injuries (CF 303) ***** It’s no secret that saxophonist and composer Martin Küchen and the various incarnations of his Angles group are quite beloved on the Free Jazz Blog. Not without...
View ArticleThe Squid’s Ear review by John Eyles
Angles 9 – Injuries (CF 303) Angles 9 is the latest edition of the ensemble convened by saxophonist Martin Küchen in 2007 as Angles 6 which, by 2011, had expanded to Angles 8. It is a stunning nonet...
View ArticleJazz.pt review by Gonçalo Falcão
Angles 9 – Injuries (CF 303 LP) ***** Saiu no final de Maio um grande disco da Clean Feed, grande em todos os sentidos, da música à embalagem. Os Angles são uma das bandas fiéis à editora portuguesa:...
View ArticleWondering Sound Best of 2014 list by Staff Contributor
To outsiders, jazz has the tendency to seem like an ossified genre — “serious” records for “serious” people, with anything significant having happened decades ago. If you needed any more proof that...
View ArticleFree Jazz Best of 2014
Albums of the Year – 2014 So another year and another 1500 albums considered for review (and that’s just the ones we actually added to the list!). Taking a quick look back: this year Julian, Matthew,...
View ArticleExpresso review by João Santos
Adam Lane’s Full Throttle Orchestra – Live in Ljubljana (CF 307) **** Angles 9 – Injuries (CF 303) *** Lane quase que abre demasiado o jogo, nas notas de apresentação, referindo Duke, Mingus, Muhal ou...
View ArticleDusted in Exile review by Bill Meyer
Angles 9 – Injuries (CF 303) By the time Charlie Haden founded the Liberation Music Orchestra in 1969, the link between free jazz and the American freedom struggle was well established. By having his...
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