Image from Destroy All Monsters achive, courtesy of [ Space ] Curated by James Hoff and Cary Loren, Hungry for Death showcases the archives of Destroy All Monsters, an artists' collective that was formed at a house party in 1973. Labelled "the world's first noise band" DAM created unorthodox music inspired by The Stooges, Albert Ayler, Sun Ra, Velvet Underground and Sci-Fi B-movies. Their...
Charge your glass, plump your cushions and sit back to enjoy another fine edition of Beard Radio . Stew is flying solo and manages not to screw up too much. On the menu: Dave Holland, PJ Pooterhoots, Anaal Nathrakh, Albert Ayler, Pangea and Flower-Corsano Duo serving it rare. Not 'alf Albert Ayler - Our Prayer; Live In Greenwich Village (Impulse) Pangea - Why (Hessle Audio) Dave Holland - Interception;...
Legendary New York label ESP-Disk —a bastion of '60s/'70s free jazz ( Sun Ra, Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, Patty Waters, Milford Graves, Paul Bley, Bob James ' wild debut) and proto-freak folk ( Holy Modal Rounders, Fugs, Godz ) whose truth-in-advertising motto is " You've never heard such sounds in your life "—is having a sale on its CDs: $6 a pop for some of the most out-there...
I went to London for a couple of days last week in search of much-needed r and r. Already had a ticket for the Peter Brötzmann gig at the Cafe Oto and was looking forward to hearing him again. Arrived somewhat exhausted and had to have a rest before I went out in search of Dalston and the venue – by which time the rain was lashing down. An unpropitious start... I arrived a little too early...
As a kickoff performance for the 2010 Epistrophy Arts concert series, promoter/curator Pedro Moreno brings Norwegian reedman Frode Gjerstad to Austin on Tuesday night. Gjerstad bills himself as "the other Norwegian saxophonist," in reference to the looming figure of Jan Garbarek, an internationally renowned tenor and soprano player whose name is synonymous with Norwegian jazz. They're only...
Wilbert Harrison at the piano...this might be the only known footage of him. I never saw this footage of JB Lenoir before, shot in Chicago circa 1964. JB Lenoir again, this time with the great Freddie Below on drums. 1965 JB, at home with cool Kay guitar Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup wonders where the money went. Big Joe Turner with the Johnny Otis Show, 1970. Big Joe at the Apollo, early 50's. Little Walter...
Birdland, NYC Jan 19-23, 2010 When last (& first) they met, it was billed “The Grand Collaboration.” The production was the brainchild of the great Max Roach, one of the most formidable musicians to emerge in the 40’s with music media named “Bebop.” He is one of the original Boperators of that innovative upsurge of American Classical musical rejuvenation - the soul...
PointofDeparture.org's Ed Hazell writes, "alto saxophonist Darius Jones delivers one of the most impressive debuts in recent memory, displaying a remarkably well-developed concept and individual sound. Jones has a big, fleshy, lived-in tone, with a vibrato that owes as much to Johnny Hodges as it does to Albert Ayler. It's defiant, vulnerable, proud, and weary; there is laughter and sobbing in...
Signs Along The Road Henry Grimes Soft cover; 128 pages ISBN: 978-3-00-020142-4 Buddy's Knife 2007 Bassist Henry Grimes was one of the leading lights on the free jazz scene in the 1960s, playing with many of the music's most famous names, including pianist Cecil Taylor , multi-instrumentalist Don Cherry , reed player Pharoah Sanders and saxophonist Albert Ayler . Financial struggle forced him away...
When I listen to Dick Wellstood play the piano, I feel happy – engaged, energized, entertained – as I do when I listen to Armstrong, Bechet and James P. Johnson. (Go here to sample their music and that of their confrères). In some quarters this is a shameful admission, like saying you don’t enjoy the sound of Albert Ayler’s horn, but life is too short for music that torments...
By Jane Wickham With all of the environmental and physical factors we are exposed to regularly, it's important to take good care of your health; and spiritual health is a big part of this. Your chakras are no less susceptible to these factors than are any other parts of your body and your chakras can also be affected by spiritual and emotional events. This makes chakra cleansing a necessary part of...
Albert Ayler was a musician who was very influential in the free jazz movement of the 1960’s. Drawing on folk themes and open minded improvisational styles, he created a music this reverberates to this day. This group, consisting of Joe McPhee on trumpet and saxophone, Roy Campbell on trumpet, William Parker on bass and Warren Smith on drums is from the generation following Ayler, on this album...
Marion Brown Why Not? ESP-Disk 2009 (1966) While the term "fire music" has held sway as a descriptor of the music of post- John Coltrane / Albert Ayler saxophonists from the 1960s onward, it's long been an incomplete summation of the work of most of these musicians. Alto saxophonist Marion Brown appeared on Coltrane's Ascension and tenorman Archie Shepp 's Fire Music (both Impulse, 1965)...
Ghosts by Albert Ayler Originally uploaded by Michael_Kelleher Fortune, Merry Ghosts by Albert Ayler, Ghosts by Albert Ayler Given to me as a review copy by Dan Machlin, publisher of Futurepoem. I owe to the title of this book the discovery of Albert Ayler's music. I think they came out with a massive compilation of his work soon after the publication of this book. I listened to bits and pieces of...
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