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lights out. 26 Nov 2009 | 08:13 am
Readers and friends, It’s been a fun ride. Effective immediately, bagatellen is permanently closing shop. What started as a joint music blog in early 2003 quickly grew into a community, so it’s sadde...
Bags-Live, Second Round: Rempis/Rosaly Duo 17 Nov 2009 | 07:28 am
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The Rempis/Rosaly Duo FINALIZES TOUR DATES for December 2009 Dave Rempis and Frank Rosaly, two of the most active players in Chicago’s world-renowned scene of jazz and improvi...
Earl Howard / Dom Minasi at Roulette, 11/12 & 12/10 6 Nov 2009 | 05:25 am
This may be of interest to New York area Bags readers: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Interpretations Presents: Earl Howard and Edmund Campion Thursday, November 12, 2009 8PM at Roulette 20 Greene Stree...
Larry Willis & Paul Murphy - Foundations 29 Oct 2009 | 01:31 am
Murphy Records This review is from new contributor Dominic Fragman, a drummer and student of Paul Murphy’s. Look for more of his writing in these pages soon. - CA Innovation requires unimaginable kn...
Phill Niblock - Touch Strings 20 Oct 2009 | 05:32 pm
Touch Following 2006’s monumental 3-CD set Touch Three, amid the uppermost pinnacles in Phill Niblock’s career, the latest bulletin by the Indiana dronemeister - who forces the aficionados to settle ...
David Sylvian - Manafon 22 Sep 2009 | 08:05 am
Samadhisound Blemish must have marked a mini-seismic ‘event’ for David Sylvian when it was recorded over a six week hiatus, marking a departure from his normal precision in the studio. The songs were...
a sound challenge, vol. 2 17 Sep 2009 | 12:40 am
Next, and perhaps final, contest round. This time a really, really big take for the winner. As asked in the first contest…Care to have the ears kissed by some engaging music? I can tell you from my ow...
Bill Dixon at AAJ, part 1 of 3 16 Sep 2009 | 05:33 am
Trumpeter, composer and visual artist Bill Dixon almost always finds a way to provoke the thoughts and keyboards of the Bagatellen community. I got to spend a week with him in 2008, which was extraord...
Jon Mueller – Physical Changes 15 Sep 2009 | 10:20 am
Table Of The Elements Percussionist and composer Jon Mueller’s discerning creativity does not rule out a willingness to put the listener’s ears through the ordeals. His music is often bewilderingly v...
Barry Guy & Mats Gustafsson - Sinners, Rather than Saints 3 Sep 2009 | 02:54 am
No Business LP 6 Sinners, rather than Saints is only the fourth meeting on record of English bassist-composer Barry Guy and Swedish saxophonist Mats Gustafsson over almost two decades, and for that a...