the trio TR!O have just released their first CD : Günter Christmann, Paul Lovens and Mats gustafsson.

a long awaited recording is now officially released on CLASSIC label FMP by Jost Gebers.

http://www.fmp-publishing.de/news/index.html

two gigs this weekend to celebrate the release:

31th may – hannover

1st may – bielefeld

just recorded a new solo LP in London… bari  and slide sax with live electronic treatments and dis- treatments… a highly unusual session with unexpected results.

recorded and produced by Anna Tjan at Dancing Wayang Records. a GREAT label… all vinyl releases and all covers silk screened. a must for diskaholics!!!

www.dancingwayang.com

watch this page for more news about release dates and such.

Enjoying life with two masters of free improvisation; Phil Minton and John Russell!!!!”

ilmed by Helen Petts.. that is currently working with very intense and interesting videoprojects,
as can be seen at:http://www.vimeo.com/helenpetts/videos

just finished two nights at Cafe OTO in London. seriously one of  the better places in europe for creative music at the moment! check it out whenever you can!

http://www.cafeoto.co.uk/

review from the first night  with Pat Thomas and Philipp Wachsmann can be found here:

http://londonjazz.blogspot.com/2010/04/review-mats-gustafsson-with-pat-thomas.html

the second night with Phil Minton and John Russell were recorded…  and might… just might … show up at a record dealer close to your house.

limited edition 2 LP of The Thing´s Bag It!… with 3 extra tracks not available on cd… Steve Lacy´s “Retreat”, another version of Ayler´s “Angels” and a free impro “Metal Burger”…

“There never seems to be any shortage of Smalltown Superjazzz projects involving Mats Gustafsson, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten and Paal Nilssen-Love, but The Thing finds the trio reunited under their most famous and acclaimed billing, this time under the supervision of Steve Albini – a producer who in the past has declared an antipathy for jazz. Presumably these three Scandinavian musicians were able to change Albini’s mind; there’s certainly a case to be made for The Thing being considered as quite different from anything within conventional jazz circles. Notoriously, the trio crossed over into alt. rock circles with their covers album, featuring adventurous revisions of tracks by The Sonics, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The White Stripes. Although Bag It! itself draws on covers, the artists being cited here are more recognisably jazz-related: Duke Ellington’s ‘Mystery Song’ is given an airing, and Albert Ayler’s ‘Angels’ is beautifully rendered, while there are only a couple of all-out rock moments on the album (54 Nude Honeys’ ‘Drop The Gun’ and The Ex/Muzsikas’ ‘Hidegen Fujnak A Szelek’). Albini’s precise, unfussy, uncluttered production style suits these three musicians perfectly, and Bag It! is as crisp a rendering of their virtuosity as you could encounter. Ace.”

http://www.smalltownsupersound.com/v1/superjazzz/

a new split 7″ is out… stricyly limited release of 100 copies only on Guido Moebius excellent label in berlin.

hand stamped… with slide image by the great Edward Jarvis.

order it fast on:

http://www.emphaserecords.com/