Tre concerti inediti del quartetto Mujician riuniti in triplo cd per iniziativa di Jazz in Britain, in distribuzione a partire da metà novembre - ma da richiedere ora, senza esitare - con il titolo In Concerts: Keith Tippett, Paul Dunmall, Paul Rogers e Tony Levin a Cheltenham nel 1993, Vienna nel 2003 e Birmingham nel 2010. Magici. Magnifici.

"Mujician was formed in 1988. We played together for 22 years until Tony Levin's passing in 2011; Keith passed away in 2020. We played many UK concerts in our time as well as in Europe, South Africa, Georgia and Canada. The USA label Cuneiform released seven CDs (6 studio albums and 1 live). For me I believe Mujician was one of the greatest free improvising jazz groups in the history of this music. We never spoke about the music beforehand, we just walked on stage and trusted in the music and in each other. The music really flowed seamlessly. OK, it wasn't always perfect, we were always searching but when it clicked it reached some astonishing heights, almost out of body feelings. It felt very spiritual indeed. It has been some of the best music I have ever been involved with." (Paul Dunmall)

https://jazzinbritain1.bandcamp.com/album/in-concerts

Il felice sodalizio di Fred Frith con Mariá Portugal, testimoniato in concerto in diverse occasioni fin dal 2021, trova finalmente riscontro ufficiale in un album a loro nome in uscita a giorni per Intakt: Matter.

Fred Frith - a living legend at the crossroads of rock, jazz, improvisation, and composition - meets Brazilian drummer, singer, and composer Mariá Portugal. Active in the Brazilian music scene for over 20 years and now based in Berlin, Portugal has forged strong ties with Europe's improvised music community. Her deep roots in the Brazilian singer-songwriter tradition, combined with a sharp interest in electronic music and improvisation as a tool for song composition, make her an artist who thrives across diverse musical contexts. This duo is a stroke of luck: if contemporary European music has produced a truly legendary and globally significant figure in the space where all stylistic boundaries dissolve, it is surely guitarist Fred Frith. Coming from different continents, generations, and musical worlds, Portugal and Frith reveal on their debut album just how much they share - and how electrifying their common ground can be.

https://www.mariaportugal.com/frithportugal

Klanggalerie documenta in cd l'audace impresa di portare in scena lo storico album di Fred Frith Gravity (originariamente su Ralph Records, 1980) affrontata una dozzina d'anni fa da uno speciale gruppo di musicisti comprendente Ava Mendoza, William Winant, Kasey Knudsen, Wobbly, Aaron Novik, Lisa Mezzacappa, Kaethe Hostetter, Jordan Glenn, Marie Abe e Dominique Leone, assieme naturalmente a Frith e con Myles Boisen alla regia del suono. Alcuni concerti si tennero in area californiana nel 2012, altri vi fecero seguito in Europa: le registrazioni ora scelte per Fred Frith And The Gravity Band vengono dai concerti del giugno 2014 ai festival di Moers e di Nijmegen, ripresi a suo tempo anche in video rispettivamente da Arte TV e da Bas Andriessen per De Muzen.

http://www.klanggalerie.com/gg514
https://klanggalerie.bandcamp.com/fred-frith-and-the-gravity-band