THAR - THAR [KR​-​5] December 2021 Koshkil Records

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LONG-TIME COLLABORATORS TAYLOR HASKINS AND ANDREW RATHBUN TEAM UP WITH THE BRILLIANT TOM RAINEY AND ENERGETIC MATT PAVOLKA TO CREATE A RECORDING THAT RUNS THE GAMUT FROM THE WILD TO SERENE. THEY OPERATE IN BOTH OPEN FORMS AND WITH STRUCTURE, SOMETIMES DANCING TOGETHER AND OTHER TIMES SPARRING, TO CREATE A SONIC JOURNEY THAT IS ALWAYS EVOLVING.

1. WAKE UP CALL – Taylor Haskins 03:25

2. SKWONK – THAR 01:47

3. GO AHEAD AND TRY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ONLINE – Andrew Rathbun 02:45

4. SKWAAK – THAR 01:45

5. SLOW VIGNETTE – Andrew Rathbun 04:29

6. GLANCE – Taylor Haskins 03:13

7. SKWEEK – THAR 02:15

8. DO NOT CALL LIST – Andrew Rathbun 06:11

9. SKWERT – THAR 03:59

10. MARCH – THAR 05:11

11. SUN DOGS – Taylor Haskins 03:34

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Taylor Haskins – trumpet

Andrew Rathbun – saxophone

Matt Pavolka – bass

Tom Rainey – drums

Recorded August 19-20, 2015 at SYSTEMS II, Brooklyn

Engineered by Michael Marciano

Mixed and Mastered by Taylor Haskins

Andrew Rathbun uses D’Addario reeds and products

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Juan Cato Calvi - Gaucho de la Pampa (Bass Clarinet Live Concert) May 10, 2021 Koshkil Records

Juan Calvi plays bass & soprano clarinets, classical, jazz, contemporary and improvised music in mixed written/improvised projects. He has performed in many countries, such as Argentina, Italy, Brasil, USA, Spain, France, Indonesia, India and Portugal. He has studied tenor saxophone, jazz and improvisation with Tony Malaby, Marty Erlich, Ellery Eskellin (New York) and Marcelo Peralta (Madrid), and bass clarinet with Eduardo Raimundo (Madrid) and Luis Gomes (Lisbon). Also, he has studied gamelan music with Pranoto Ahmad Raji (Bali), hindustani music with Nityanand Haldipur (Mumbai), and has played in jazz ensembles with Jerry Bergonzi, Steve Grossman and Peter Bernstein.

He is a record producer, has participated in several records and has released many albums on jazz, contemporary and improvised music (Creative Sources Records,Koshkil Records, etc.). He has received a Degree and a Phd in Media Studies and Music at Bologna University (Italy), Westminster University (UK) and Complutense University (Spain), and has published many books and articles about music and cultural theory. His last book is titled “De Gustibus Sí Disputandum. A practical philosophy of taste and music improvisation” (Dykinson,Madrid, 2018), and since 2004 he is Professor of Music at University Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid, Spain.

1. PURPLE FLOWER (Y. Lateef) 03:21

2. ABEJORRO (J. Calvi) 01:51

3. BEARD & HAT (to E. Dolphy) 01:58

4. ESTÁCATO? (J. Calvi) 01:47

5. IONA / STARGATE (J. Calvi) 07:29

6. LA MALHERVA (J. Calvi) 02:55

7. PRESENTACIÓN / LA OBRA (J. Calvi) 06:19

8. ZAMBA DE LOZANO (G. Leguizamón) 03:16

9. RANCHO (J. Calvi) 02:45

10. LONNIES LAMENT (J. Coltrane) / QHISPIKAY 05:18

11. CANTO GRECO (J. Calvi) 02:28

Live Bass Clarinet Solo Set Concert at SMUP, Lisbon, November 2020.

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