"The only way to sum up the style of Chicago clarinetist and composer James Falzone is to say that it can’t be done. Falzone is an inveterate genre-crosser, and though he squawks and swoops with some of the city’s best free improvisers, it’s his fluency in classical and ethnic European cultures that set him apart. . . . an already important Chicago voice." ~Matthew Lurie, Time Out

"A tremendously likable, alert, no-nonsense improvising clarinetist from Chicago." ~ Ben Ratliff, The New York Times

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NEW PROJECTS: Sighs Too Deep For Words, the live solo DVD James recorded at Experimental Sound Studio in Chicago in March 2011, will be released on Allos Documents in winter 2012.

KLANG will be in the studio in February of 2012 working on a new album for a fall release on Allos Documents.

ARTICLES/INTERVIEWS/RADIO: James was the subject of a January 2012 feature at NEW MUSIC BOX, one of the premiere media outlets for new music. The feature examines James' recent projects and discusses the sympatico between improvisation and composition.

Many other recent feature articles, interviews and radio appearances with James posted to the Media section.

RECORDINGS section of this site has been updated with reviews, purchasing information, full liner notes and additional media for all of James's Allos Documents releases. Visit Recordings

JAMES named as a Rising Star clarinetist in the 2011 DownBeat Magazine Critic's Poll. He was also nominated as 2011 "Clarinetist of the Year" by the Jazz Journalist Association.

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