21 Sep

[ September 26th, 2025 release via Pyroclastic Records, Craig Taborn, Nels Cline and Marcus Gilmore – Trio of Bloom ]

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On Trio of Bloom, their self-titled debut release out September 26, 2025 via Pyroclastic Records, three wholly singular artists – Craig Taborn, Nels Cline and Marcus Gilmore –  converge for their first-ever meeting, creating what Nate Chinen of WRTI calls a “new-groove supergroup.”

…a first-time collaboration that feels like the work of a proper band. These three players are well-known in the orbits of progressive jazz and beyond, and a particular alchemy occurs between them here…. While each has showed impressive range in the past, ‘Trio of Bloom’… startles with its breadth, touching on serene sonic ambience, funky Afrobeat flow and scrambling avant-jazz.”  – Hank Shteamer, The New York Times

“The entire record is shot through with a kind of brimming intensity and an audible joy…These guys were simply made to play together…Killer stuff.” – Jason Bivins, Point of Departure

“…this music is full of riffs and thunder, with Cline searing the air, Taborn creating auditory illusions and Gilmore thundering behind them. But quiet, atmospheric moments abound too, and are just as worthwhile.” – Phil Freeman, The Wire

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21 Dec

[ December 21th, 2023 release on Pyroclastic Records: Bertoia Sound Sculptures + 12 Master Improvisors = Sculpting Sound ]

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Pyroclastic Records presents Sculpting Sound, a groundbreaking collection of six once-in-a-lifetime performances bringing together twelve master improvisers with the sound sculptures of visionary artist Harry Bertoia

These captivating performances, available on the Winter Solstice, December 21, 2023 via SculptingSound.org, feature Nels Cline, Ben Monder, Ambrose Akinmusire, Nate Wooley, Ingrid Laubrock, JD Allen, Jen Shyu, Brandon Seabrook, Marcus Gilmore, Dan Weiss, Kris Davis and Craig Taborn

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01 May

[ May the 6th, 2022 release on Pyroclastic Records: Ches Smith Quartet – Interpret It Well ]

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release date: 06.05.2022 on Pyroclastic Records

★★★★ “Every track has an architecture, a flow, a journey, a story…again and again one can admire and be touched by the ability of all four of these musicians to make the pacing, the story-telling all feel as natural as breathing.” – Sebastian Scotney, The Arts Desk

“A smartly unruly drummer active in devious art-rock and outsider jazz.” –  Nate Chinen, New York Times

“[The] nondescript term ‘drummer’ doesn’t get near the chemistry of earworm hooks, sharp-end jazz innovation and global-musical openness of New York percussionist/composer Ches Smith.”  John Fordham, The Guardian

Interpret It Well, the new album featuring drummer/vibraphonist/composer Ches Smith and his all-star quartet with guitarist Bill Frisell, violist Mat Maneri and keyboardist Craig Taborn, is out Friday, May 6 via Pyroclastic Records

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19 Oct

[ October the 30th, 2020 release via Pyroclastic Records: Junk Magic’s Compass Confusion ]

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release date: 30.10.2020 via Pyroclastic Records

“Listen to the transfixing opening cut, ‘Laser Beaming Hearts,’ and in addition to Taborn’s aesthetic kinship with Detroit techno titan Carl Craig, you’ll be reminded of how many hours these improvisers have devoted, separately and in various configurations, to shifting the balance between abstraction and groove.” – Nate Chinen, WBGO

“Collages of dark and dirty parts, musical cast-offs, so to speak, that have been artfully reattached.” — Patrick Sisson, PopMatters

“More rewards await, rich and replete.” — Phil DiPietro, All About Jazz

For more than a decade, Junk Magic has been honing a collective sound that relies on individual expressions, imagination and subversion. Appearing first as a 2004 album title under pianist-composer Craig Taborn’s name, Junk Magic has transitioned into a sonic identity comprising electronic sound design, production techniques and elements of improvised music.

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