UnAmerican Activities : One Final Note

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KEN WAXMAN'S UnAMERICAN ACTIVITIES Like cinema and technology, jazz and improvised music ceased being exclusively American years ago. Yet, while there are burgeoning musical scenes in most other countries, many feel an American imprimatur is needed for true improv legitimacy. This regular column is a refutation of that idea. It will highlight interesting CDs from anywhere but the United States and showcase accomplished players making fine music and experimenting with new sounds. Some columns will deal with a particular country. Other will discuss distinctive musicians, who in this time of globalization are apt to be playing with associates from other countries as well as from their own. Infrequently an album featuring Americans, or recorded in the U.S., but unavailable there will be noted. Applying the same standard of criticism to these discs as to ones recorded stateside means that few columns will be unqualified raves. But the regular reader will be able to discover and appreciate singular improv sounds from unexpected places. #97 : Zentralquartett (5 June 2006) #96 : John Wolf Brennan (29 May 2006) #95 : Gunda Gottschalk & Ute Völker (22 May 2006) #94 : Mid-Sized European Bands (15 May 2006) #93 : Klaus Kugel (8 May 2006) #92 : Carl Ludwig Hübsch (1 May 2006) #91 : Strings + Electronics (24 April 2006) #90 : Michel Lambert (17 April 2006) #89 : Grew Trio + Werchowska/Pontèvia/Boubaker (10 April 2006) #88 : Sean Bergin (3 April 2006) #87 : Jim Denley/Australian Improv (27 March 2006) #86 : Bass Clarinet-Double Bass Duos (20 March 2006) #85 : Agustí Fernández (13 March 2006) #84 : Italian Klezmer (6 March 2006) #83 : Giancarlo Schiaffini + Paul Rutherford (27 February 2006) #82 : Normand Guilbeault (20 February 2006) #81 : Piano/Horn Duets (6 February 2006) #80 : Michael Thieke (30 January 2006) #79 : Chamber Improv (23 January 2006) #78 : Birgit Ulher (16 January 2006) #77 : Lotte Anker (9 January 2006) #76 : André Goudbeek (2 January 2006) BROWSE THE UAA ARCHIVES: 2005 2004