Hans Fjellestad/Peter Kowald/Dana Reason/Jason Robinson - Dual Resonance (Circumvention 037)
Featuring the late German bassist in a "living tribute" of sorts

Listening: coming soon...

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Cosmologic - Syntaxis (Circumvention 035)
Second live release by bi-coastal avant-jazz group

Listening: available at www.cosmologic.org

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Jason Robinson - Tandem (Accretions ALP025)
A conceptual "duo" album that pushes the limits of standard genre boundaries, sonic expectancies and aural reverberations - featuring Peter Kowald, George Lewis, Anthony Davis, Marcelo Radulovich, Hans Fjellestad, Nathan Hubbard and Stephanie Johnson.

Listening: Now and Here (with Anthony Davis), A Song For Tomorrow (with Stephanie Johnson and Peter Kowald), Same Old Station (SOS) (with Marcelo Radulovich)

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Cosmologic - Staring at the Sun (Circumvention 032)
High energy open-ended jazz improvisation

Listening: Mountains and Waters (Dessen), Hell in Hat Yai (Robinson),
Shrouded Over With Fog (Hubbard)

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Jason Robinson - From the Sun (Circumvention)
Original hard bop

Listening: From the Sun, For Julia: Thought

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Trummerflora Collective - No Stars Please (Accretions ALP022)
A collection of live concert recordings featuring collective members and guests George Lewis, Lê Quan Ninh and Mike Keneally

Listening: Nonet 1, Nonet 2, Nonet 3

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Groundation - Hebron Gate (Yountree YTR 01219)
2002 release of San Francisco area original roots reggae group. This album features Don Carlos and Cedric Myton (of the Congos)

Listening: see groudation.com

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Groundation - Each One Teach One (Yountree YTR 01217)
San Francisco area original roots reggae, featuring Ras Michael and Marcia Higgs

Listening: see groudation.com

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Hans Fjellestad - Red Sauce Baby (Accretions ALP019)
Trummerflora Collective member's exciting release

Listening: Free Throw Prophet

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Cannonball - Hiphopulation (43 Production)
San Francisco funk-jazz-hiphop group that Robinson helped found and plays with occasionally

Listening: Skinny, Rules of the Game

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