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Rob Mazurek: Alternate Moon Cycles jazz review by Karl Ackermann, published on February 1, 2015.

Fine words by Nate Chinen for the New York Times:

Rob Mazurek - Alternate Moon Cycles available December 2, 2014 Collectors: via International Anthem Webstore (worldwide) Retailers: via Carrot Top Distribution (USA, Canada, Europe, Japan)

When Rob Mazurek's mentor and collaborator, the avant-garde composer and trumpeter Bill Dixon, passed away in the summer of 2010, it was with most bittersweet pang and somber salute that Mazurek imagined “100 Cs for Dixon,” a performance piece centered on the continuous sound of the C note through an amplified cornet.

Mazurek committed the imaginings to realization in November 2012, performing “100 Cs for Dixon” at Comfort Station, a community art space in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood. The immense richness and dynamic complexity found in a single note propelled him further, and Mazurek enlisted bassist Matt Lux and percussionist Mikel Patrick Avery to continue exploring minimalism. In the following month of December, the trio used a three-week residency at Curio, a subterranean lounge in downtown Chicago, to incubate Mazurek’s pure tone intention. Alternate Moon Cycles is a document of the trio's explorations from that room. A centering, single-note cornet chant sublimated to supernatural frequencies by trio combination in intimate confines.

IARC0001 Rob Mazurek - Alternate Moon Cycles

Front and back cover art are high-resolution print of white-on-white over-graphite paintings by Mazurek. Deluxe RTI vinyl pressing packaged in heavyweight matte jacket, with IARC obi strip and dome pattern inner sleeve designed by Craig Hansen. Insert includes liner notes by Joe Darling and photos by Kari Skaflen. Also available digitally.

IARC0002 Rob Mazurek - Alternate Moon Cycles (Waning Crescent) High-performance chrome+ cassette tape packaged in deluxe carved wooden box, designed and manufactured by Kevin Heisner and Trevor Fregeau. IARC0002 (Waning Crescent) is two alternate performances of Mazurek’s minimal masterpiece, recorded one week prior to the versions on vinyl for IARC0001. Limited to 200 copies and not available digitally.