FSRecords

15/01/2024

Ladies and Gentlemen, Madames et Monsieurs, Dammen und Herren!
Today Alain Fleche published in La Gazette Bleu published Francois Carierr Ensemble - Openness' review. He wrote few beautiful words and some truly spectacular phrases! Thank's a lot Mr. Fleche!
Have you ever heard music like this, where everyone goes all out, without ever trying to do too much, or breaking the thread, however tenuous, of a permanent common vibration, yet playing with conviction, panache, attentive strength and sustained attention! Remaining always present without ever putting yourself forward more than necessary... Without seeking the feat or the challenge... Just in constant harmony, in the intuition of perfection.

Yes, triple happiness of what is close to the perfection of Beauty.

A masterpiece!

ps: isn't this visual reminiscent of "The Origin of the World"?
https://lagazettebleuedactionjazz.fr/francois-carrier-ensemble/
https://sluchaj.bandcamp.com/

12/01/2024

Today is the birthday of one of the most important improvisers on the New York scene today, Ivo Perelman. Ivo is not only an excellent musician but also a hugely active and courageous artist. He is also a friend of ours and we are proud to be able to document his artistic activities to some extent. We would like to wish Ivo Perelman a very happy birthday and for all those who are hungry for a musical experience of the highest level, we have a set of albums signed with his name, which we have had the honour to release at a special birthday price! Today only 90 EUR + shipping for all four releases including 9CD box-set Brass & Ivory Tales, two double CDs Molten Gold and Seven Skies Orchestra and single CD Deep Resonance recorded with great Arcado String Trio.
https://sluchaj.bandcamp.com/album/molten-gold

02/01/2024

Friends, I would like to thank you immensely for what a wonderful audience you are. Thanks to you, we have had the opportunity and privilege to release 20 albums in 2023, that have been liked by journalists, which have been judged by critics from many excellent editors, but which, most importantly for me, have found your sympathetic, sometimes enthusiastic approval.
Without your support, FSRecords could not operate. I have seen this even more clearly in the past year than in previous years. I would like to thank you for the whole of 2023 and wish you all the best in 2024. Stay with us!
Maciej Karlowski
https://sluchaj.bandcamp.com/

02/01/2024

Thanks Hrayr Attarian for this Critic s picks 2023 JAZZIZ magazine

"Saxophonist Ivo Perelman is a restless innovator, and his recorded output is as inventive as it is prolific. On the exhilarating Molten Gold he explores a new sonic texture by playing with the equally idiosyncratic trombonist Ray Anderson. In addition to Anderson, the quartet includes another Chicago native, drummer Reggie Nicholson who developed his unique sound with the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). Frequent Perelman collaborator, guitarist Joe Morris, here playing double bass, completes the ensemble...

Not surprisingly, for Perelman, Molten Gold is another superlative work of improvisation. His colleagues on this two-disc release share in his creative vision, making the music even more compelling. This a sublime example of artistic collaboration, simultaneously individualistic and synergistic."
All about Jazz
Fundacja Słuchaj

25/12/2023

Dears, first of all we would love to wish You all Merry Christmas. Have a great time and read a read All This This Here review in Italian magazine Musica Jazz. Mr. Cerini wrote:
The work is naturally complex and multi-layered and, similarly to what has already been done in the past, it enhances the word: in particular, Beckett's last poem, What Is The Word takes on a central prominence, thus offering the opportunity for a reflection on illness and pain, on aphasia and the emptiness of content (the so-called "crisis of presence"). Guy's passionate erudition allows him to stratify ideas and fragments, to blend languages in defiance of meaning, but the final outcome does not propose solutions, but continuous puzzles. In the end, the journey between styles and periods (a true "history of European music") is – as always – nothing but a painful re-flexion on the human condition, on the backdrop of History. The musical aspects, of extreme complexity, are not lacking in listening, to restore violent emotions, enhanced by a truly unique orchestra, characterized by an almost supernatural harmony.
https://sluchaj.bandcamp.com/album/all-this-this-here-2

19/12/2023

Famous film critic Glenn Kenny of The New York Times has published a list of albums he has listened to and enjoyed. Please visit! On the liste our two releases Molten Gold from Ivo Perelman / Ray Anderson / Joe Morris / Reggie Nicholson and Openness by Francois Carrier Ensemble feat. Tomasz Stańko, Garry Peacock, Mat Maneri and Michel Lambert.
"People sometimes ask me, "What music are you listening to?" or "What kind of music do you like to listen to?" and a lot of the time when I tell them they're like, "Wha?" So for some reason I thought if I made a list of what I got into this year it might....clear some things up? Anyway, via the below list, which is neither ranked nor alphabetical but in more or less te order I heard them, I unequivocally endorse all the following:
https://somecamerunning.typepad.com/some_came_running/2023/12/75-new-recordings-i-enjoyed-in-2023.html?fbclid=IwAR0ssDLtBpsCKEtZ6xbAGeCzfAlYtW-gn5ccvBnC-7RuyYAKE3DuKCwkEsU

Number 71. Not a ringer, although you would not be blamed for thinking so. People sometimes ask me, "What music are you listening to?" or "What kind of music do you like to listen to?" and a lot of the time when I tell them they're like, "Wha?" So for some reason I thought if I made a list of what I...

14/12/2023

Favourite free improvised - creative music albums for Christmas 2023. Among them Cecil Taylor - Respiration!!!!!!!!!!
orynx-improvandsounds.blogspot.com/2023/12/favourite-free-improvised-creative.html
https://sluchaj.bandcamp.com/album/respiration

18/11/2023

Dearly beloved, three albums from our catalog were included in the list of featured albums of 2023 by one of the most important reviewers, Tom Hull.
So on the list of new music albums we have Molten Gold by the Ray Anderson / Ivo Perelman / Joe Morris / Reggie Nicholson quartet, Kairos by Izumi Kimura & Gerry Hemingway. On the podium in second place in the Reissues/Historic Music category - Openness by Francois Carrier Ensemble feat. Tomasz Stanko, Gary Peacock, Mat Maneri and Michel Lambert. Thank you for the award!!!
www.tomhull.com/ocston/nm/notes/eoyjazz-23.php

13/11/2023

As you know The Art Fuse is named Boston's premier online art magazine. Michael Ullman just reviewed there Seven Skies Orchestra. He wrote: The added members of this sextet only enrich the musical possibilities: new sounds and shapes emerge, and the result is fascinating. Thanks a lot. We appreciate it a lot!!!!!
artsfuse.org/282880/jazz-album-review-seven-skies-orchestra-ramping-up-the-musical-possibilities/

06/11/2023

Openness, François Carrier Ensemble feat. Mat Maneri Tomasz Stanko Gary Peacock & Michel Lambert Fundacja Sluchaj https://sluchaj.bandcamp...

26/10/2023

Seven skies Orchestra by Ivo Perelman and Barry Guy Blue Shroud Band - all this this here on the list of best albums of the 2023 year!!!!!! So happy so proud!!!!!!!!!

The Best Albums of 2023

Jazz

1.Ivo Perelman: Seven Skies Orchestra
2.Ingrid Laubrock: Monochromes
3.Big Bad Broetzmann Quintet: Bambule!
4.Angel Bat Dawid: Requiem For Jazz
5. Fire! Orchestra: Echoes
6. Henry Threadgill: The Other One
7. Perch Hen Brock & Rain: Elegiacal
8. Barry Guy's Blue Shroud Band: All This This Here

https://www.scaruffi.com/~scaruffi/ratings/2023.html
Fundacja Słuchaj

13/09/2023

Listening Party from Fundacja Słuchaj.

08/09/2023

Not so long ago, we celebrated Hal Russell's birthday. A musician of greatness and not appreciated as he deserved. Also not long ago, Kurt Gottschalk reviewed the album The Chicago River in The New York City Jazz Records, which is a complete recording of the legendary concert given by Hal Russell with Joel Futterman.

08/08/2023

Many Thanks to Maciej Lewenstein!!!!!!!

8 track album

31/07/2023

Well, we have great news! For the People Of The Open Heart from the amazing trio, Steve Swell / Mark Tokar / Klaus Kugel has been voted one of the best jazz albums on Bandcamp for June 2023!
https://daily.bandcamp.com/best-jazz/the-best-jazz-on-bandcamp-july-2023

30/07/2023

This excellent double cd from lvo Perelman,Ray Anderson, Joe Morris, and Reggie Nicholson is fast becoming a favorite of mine! Recorded in Brooklyn last year, it features some amazing group improvisation that kept me leaning forward as I savored each and every note. It's a keeper!!
Rick Mathis
rickm1962 Instagram

27/07/2023

Meet the band!

Barry Guy (United Kingdom)

Artistic director, composer and virtuoso double bassist, Barry Guy is one of the leadings figures worldwide in the free improvisation arena. Founder of the London Jazz Composers Orchestra, the Barry Guy New Orchestra and the Blue Shroud Band, he also works regularly with other leading figures in the improvisation world including Evan Parker, Agustí Fernández, Lucas Niggli and Marilyn Crispell. Guy’s orchestral and chamber music has been performed worldwide by the London Sinfonietta, the City of London Sinfonia, the Munich Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra of St John’s, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, among others. World-renowned soloists who champion his music include violinists Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Maya Homburger and Muriel Cantoreggi. He has performed under the baton of leading conductors including Pierre Boulez, John Eliot Gardiner, Ernest Bour, Elgar Howarth and Jane Glover. Barry Guy’s contribution to music is acknowledged in the awards of Honorary Doctorate (Middlesex University, London), Honorary Professor (Rhythmic Conservatory, Copenhagen), and in a host of prestigious awards from numerous European countries.
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