Beard (Free subscription) | 02/07/2010
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;...
G E A R - M O N S T E R S (Free subscription) | 02/05/2010
by Vince Lewis Legendary bassist Dave Holland is now in his fifth decade as a jazz performer. His solo work and his ensemble leadership are equally extraordinary.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 02/05/2010
DAVE HOLLAND OCTET DEBUT RECORDING PATHWAYS AVAILABLE MARCH 23 Dave Holland A master of tone and rhythm; bassist, composer, and band leader Dave Holland is now in his fifth decade as a performer. Though he got his big break from Miles Davis - with whom he played during the trumpet legend's epochal Bitches Brew period, and collaborated with the biggest names in jazz - it is Holland's own contributions...
Bloody Elbow (Free subscription) | 02/02/2010
View full size photo » Once again, Saunders doesn't know me and likely does not know about the previous stink I have raised about this commission. But it hardly matters: when you're consistently incompetent and consistently working, everyone will take notice of your failures. Saunders was at the RIE event in Harrisonburg, Virginia this past Saturday cornering fighters. Posting on the UnderGround...
Bloody Elbow (Free subscription) | 02/01/2010
View full size photo » I wasn't there. I paid no attention to the event. I asked no one to email me anything. I asked for no one to evaluate the performance of any athletic commission official. Yet, this morning, my inbox was flooded with a story from Harrisonburg, Virginia where the notorious state commission once again proved themselves incapable of performing the responsibilities of their...
St. Louis Jazz Notes (Free subscription) | 01/31/2010
Music-sharing blog The Heat Warps has re-posted free downloads of two performances by Miles Davis' "Lost Quintet," the late-1960s configuration that bridged the span between his classic mid-1960s acoustic ensemble and his later electric groups of the 1970s. The "Lost Quintet" featured Davis ( pictured ) on trumpet along with Dave Holland (bass), Wayne Shorter (tenor and soprano...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 01/29/2010
All About Jazz recently topped 5,000,000 free MP3 downloads. AAJ has offered a free daily download since November 2005 from artists spanning all genres of jazz including Gary Burton, Brian Blade, Matthew Shipp, Jon Hassell, Kenny Garrett, Dave Holland, Aaron Parks, Terence Blanchard, Craig Taborn, Mike Moreno, Rob Reddy, Ted Nash, Mingus Big Band, Exploding Star Orchestra, David Weiss, Bob Mintzer,...
Ballad of a Tin Man (Free subscription) | 01/28/2010
Miles Davis - Live-Evil (1971) I first saw the intriguing covers of this overwhelmingly nasty album in the garage of the iPFam abode; the CD belonged to the Jamester. He described it as something like his favorite "dark groove album" by Miles Davis and a real inspiration. I knew it was going to be something like the better-known Bitches Brew but otherwise had no real idea of the kind of music...
Late Nite Music Club's feed (Free subscription) | 01/24/2010
Title: Cantaloupe Island Artist: Herbie Hancock Joined by guitarist Pat Matheny, bassist Dave Holland and drummer Jack DeJohnette, this live version of Cantaloupe Island from Herbie Hancock really smokes! What are you listening to tonight?
LondonJazz (Free subscription) | 01/19/2010
Review: Kenny Wheeler 80th Birthday Concert (Dukes Hall, Royal Academy of Music, January 14th 2010, Review by Frank Griffith) Canadian- born trumpeter/composer Kenny Wheeler ’s 80th birthday concert was played to a more than packed house at the Royal Academy of Music. Located on the edge of Regents Park just a short walk away from Sherlock Holmes’ Baker Street digs, there were no significant...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 01/08/2010
First appearances and sounds can be deceiving. Linda Oh's petite stature defies the muscularity that her instrument emanates--a knotty booming bass that's at once authoritative and free flowing, delivered with momentum and zest. And like the well-noted arcos of Charles Mingus , Dave Holland and Charlie Haden , Oh already has the traits to become a noteworthy player and leader, as witnessed on Entry...
LondonJazz (Free subscription) | 01/05/2010
Yippee.(Not.) Here's fresh controversy in the form of a quote from pianist Matthew Shipp, who has worked with David S Ware and Roscoe Mitchell, from a profile in Signal to Noise Magazine. The jazz industry has become a huge funeral parlor. Within jazz, the historical weight is so oppressive. If you look at a jazz magazine, eight or nine months of the year they’ll have the same covers you could...
LondonJazz (Free subscription) | 01/05/2010
You could feel the heat. And the exhilaration. And the sheer rhythmic energy generated by Django Bates ’ band Human Chain in their second number at Ronnie Scott’s last night, called 'Three Architects Called Gabrielle... Just What I expected' Saxophonist Marius Neset had just given a burst of rapidfire altissimo eeks. Bassist Michael Mondesir was furiously thumb-popping. But what caught...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 01/05/2010
Drummer Eric Harland is between gigs, just back from a dates and clinics in Japan and getting ready to head to Europe. He's got new recordings out with several bands-- including the Charles Lloyd Quartet , The Monterey Quartet with Dave Holland and Jason Moran --and a handful of compositions to get recorded with his own group...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 12/31/2009
All About Jazz tracks how often an article is read, and the articles listed below represent our top 100 published in 2009. 1. Bill Anschell's Notes from the Lobby Careers in Jazz by Bill Anschell Published: August 18, 2009 2. General Articles Separated at Birth 2009 by Michael Lorenz Published: February 22, 2009 3. Extended Analysis Henry Cow: The 40th Anniversary Henry Cow Box Set by John Kelman Published:...
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