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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Roscoe Mitchell Nonaah Nessa 2008 Paul Flaherty Aria Nativa Family Vineyard 2009 John Butcher Resonant Spaces Confront 2008 The solo horn concert was one of the landmarks of the early days of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. It wasn't without precedent (see Sonny Rollins on the Manhattan Bridge), but the Chicago collective of eclectic virtuosity made it repertory. AACM member...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Violist and composer Jessica Pavone has been a fixture on the New York scene for over a decade. Her work alongside {{Anthony Braxton = 5276}}, {{Mary Halvorson = 17071}} and {{Taylor Ho Bynum = 2956}} has been well documented, revealing her skills as an inventive interpreter and improviser. Her own writing, on the other hand, has only been selectively recorded, and is often shared with collaborators...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Clean Feed records, founded in 2001, has been the most prolific and adventurous label for jazz this new century. Based in Lisbon, Portugal their offerings have included many of jazz's old guard including reed players {{Evan Parker = 10117}}, {{Paul Dunmall = 6442}}, {{Charles Gayle = 6978}}, {{Vinny Golia = 7088}} and {{Anthony Braxton = 5267}} and trumpeters {{Dennis Gonzalez = 7105}} and {{Herb Robertson...
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SpiderMonkey Stories (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
I’ve been having all sorts of computer problems, so my website is many months behind, and I’ve been letting this blog get overgrown with electronic weeds. I’ll be doing a major overhaul of my website around the beginning of 2010, and I’m also going to try and pick up the pace of the writing going [...]
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Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Filed under: All About Jazz A jazz artist who balances a sharp ear for melody with an intellect inspired by improvisation's outer reaches, Joe Morris is part of a community of musicians who play what has been called the downtown jazz, avant-garde, free jazz or even just free music scenes. Since he began performing on guitar in 1975, he's carved out a reputation for himself that is up there with innovative...
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JazzHQ (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
On October 20th, Concord Jazz will release The Observer, saxophonist and composer Jon Irabagon's newest recording as a leader, Concord debut and follow up to his first album as leader, Outright!, released last year by Innova. [WMP Streams] January Dream Joy's Secret Winning the 2008 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition has afforded Irabagon the opportunity to assemble a dream-team of musicians,...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
Recorded at Vision Festival XIII in 2008, this pairing of French bassist {{Joelle Leandre = 8642}} and American trombonist {{George Lewis = 8726}} brings together two of the most gifted and committed musicians in improvised music. They've been acquainted since the '70s and distinguished themselves as duo improvisers in the best company. (Among their individual highlights are the former's duets with...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Hard to believe it's been 7 years since {{Steve Lehman = 15298}} graduated from Wesleyan but not surprising when one sees how busy he's been. The alto saxophonist and and composer has studied with {{Jackie McLean = 9283}}, {{Anthony Braxton = 5267}}, Jay Hoggard, Ron Kuivila and {{George Lewis...
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bebop spoken here (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
'On the Outside', Jazz North East's adventurous programming strand, offered the opportunity to see the rarely screened documentary film 'Femmes du Jazz'. Not entirely surprisingly, the audience comprised mainly women (a ratio of 3 to 1, women to men). Director Gilles Corre shot the film in New York and Barcelona in 1999. The Big Apple's female jazz musicians were the stars of Corre's work. The women...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
(photo by Scott Friedlander)The trio of {{Mark Dresser = 2907}} (bass), {{Gerry Hemingway = 7561}} (drums, percussion) and {{Rudresh Mahanthappa = 13596}} (alto saxophone), collectively known as Mauger, performs 2 sets (8:30 and 10 p.m.) of exciting new works and improvisations Friday October 2 as...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
There is always room for a new songsmith in jazz. Pianist/composer Jesse Elder is a prodigious new voice in modern jazz, and his debut recording displays not only his nonpareil composing talents, but those of a very skilled arranger and performer. The Winding Shell finds him working with kindred spirit drummer Tyshawn Sorey, the much heralded voice of the new Brooklyn sound. These two artists don't...
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Beard (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
Stewart and Gary bring you the second Beard Radio of the term. And this time there's only one cock up! Yes, unfortunately there's a minute or so of dead air around the 11 minute mark 'cos we forgot to turn the microphones on. Oooops! Hey, that's the sort of hapless idiocy we're known and loved for. Our show starts about 1 minute 30 seconds into the file with the awesome NWOBHM shredder Angel Witch,...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
The 11th album of their storied 18 year career, Memphis is only the fourth studio recording of the venerable Fonda/Stevens Group, making this release a delightful surprise. Co-led by bassist {{Joe Fonda = 6758}} and pianist {{Michael Jefry Stevens = 1512}}, the veteran quartet is rounded out by trumpeter {{Herb Robertson = 2106}} and drummer {{Harvey Sorgen = 16438}}. Boasting a collective resume that...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009
That this is cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum's fourth leadership date so far this year speaks volumes about his growing stature as a bandleader, writer and virtuoso instrumentalist. Justly known as one of celebrated composer/saxophonist {{Anthony Braxton = 5267}}'s foremost interpreters over the last decade, Bynum's star now shines even more brightly in the creative music firmament, thanks to these multiple...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/19/2009
Han Bennink Trio Parken Ilk Music 2009 One of the most iconic players from the European free-music scene, Han Bennink's 50 plus year career has seen the Dutch master drummer traverse through a multitude of musical settings. Bennink's journey has embraced revolutionary, avant-jazz recordings such as saxophonist {{Peter Brotzmann = 5331}}'s ferocious Machine Gun (FMP, 1968) and accompanying reed player...
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barry | 06/02/2008
MARK O'LEARY TRIO - Ellipses (FMR 254; UK) Featuring Mark O'Leary on guitar & electronics, Stale Storlokken on synth & samples and John Herndon on drums. Considering that Irish daredevil guitar wiz, Mark O'Leary's career is not yet a decade old, he has already unleashed more than a dozen discs as a leader on various labels like Leo, FMR & Clean Feed. Each one of his dozen+ discs features a different
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