Listening Booth: Reviews 4th Quarter 2014 + 1st Quarter 2015. Pt. 1

Records reviewed for Klassekampen's weekly music supplement Musikkmagasinet from October through December 2014, plus January through April 2015 (As per usual, this list does not include live reviews, which during this period included Sheila Jordan and Kris Davis Trio, nor articles such as my piece on Mostly Other People Do the Killings Kind of Blue album/project). If you're the artist, the label, distributor, or in any other way connected to the releases and artists listed here and would like to see the relevant review/piece, send me an e-mail with a request to perfectsounds.chrismonsen[at]gmail.com or monsen.christopher[at]gmail.com.

• Tyshawn Sorey Trio: Alloy (Pi Recordings) - 7* (Reviewed for Musikkmagasinet/Klassekampen, November 3rd, 2014. Original grade: 5 out of 6)

• Large Unit: Erta Ale (PNL Records) - 8* (Reviewed for Musikkmagasinet/Klassekampen, November 17th, 2014. Original grade: 5 out of 6)

• Leo Welch: Sabougla Voices (Fat Possum) - 7* (Reviewed for Musikkmagasinet/Klassekampen, December 15th, 2014. Original grade: 5 out of 6)

•  John Coltrane: Offering: Live at Temple University (Resonance Records) - 7* (Reviewed for Musikkmagasinet/Klassekampen, January 19th, 2015. Not graded)

• Ted Daniel's Energy Module: Innerconnection (NoBusiness Records) - 8* Reviewed for Musikkmagasinet/Klassekampen, January 19th, 2015. Not graded)

• Horace Tapscott Quintet: The Giant is Awakened (International  Phonograph Inc.) - 8* (Reviewed for Musikkmagasinet/Klassekampen, January 19th, 2015. Not graded)

• Sun Ra and his Arkestra: In the orbit of Ra (Strut Records) - 7* (Reviewed for Musikkmagasinet/Klassekampen, January 19th, 2015. Not graded)

• New Vocabulary: New Vocabulary (System Dialing Records) - 6* (Reviewed for Musikkmagasinet/Klassekampen, January 26th, 2015. Original grade: 4,5 out of 6)

• Rudresh Mahanthappa: Bird Calls (ACT) - 8* (Reviewed for Musikkmagasinet/Klassekampen, February 9th, 2015. Original grade: 5,5 out of 6)

• Vijay Iyer Trio: Break Stuff (ECM) - 6* (Reviewed for Musikkmagasinet/Klassekampen, February 9th, 2015. Original grade: 4,5 out of 6)

•  Chris Lightcap's Bigmouth: Epicenter (Clean Feed) - 8* (Reviewed for Musikkmagasinet/Klassekampen, March 23rd, 2015. Original grade: 5 out of 6)

•  Kirk Knuffke: Arms & Hands (Roayl Potato Family) - 8* (Reviewed for Musikkmagasinet/Klassekampen, April 20th, 2015. Original grade: 5 out of 6)

•  Mark Lomax II & Edwin Bayard: #BLACKLIVESMATTER (marklomaxii.com/blacklivesmatter) - 8* (Reviewed for Musikkmagasinet/Klassekampen, April 27th, 2015. Original grade: 5 out of 6)

Records reviewed for Jazznytt as well as some other stuff to be posted soon.