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Austinist (Free subscription) | 02/02/2010
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...
The Daily Swarm - Headlines (Free subscription) | 01/29/2010
Amazon : 1. The Shape Of Jazz To Come by Ornette Coleman 2. A Love Supreme by John Coltrane 3. Bird And Diz by Dizzy Gillespie 4. Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis 5. Ella and Louis by Ella Fitzgerald 6. Getz/Gilberto by João Gilberto 7. Concert By The Sea by Erroll Garner 8. The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus 9. Speak No Evil by Wayne Shorter 10. Straight, No Chaser by Thelonious...
St. Louis Jazz Notes (Free subscription) | 01/26/2010
The Nu-Art Series has announced a new series of weekend matinees presenting St. Louis musicians performing their own work and the music of a famous jazz composer. "The Jazz Composers Series: Re-Arrangements & Nu-Compositions" will begin Saturday, February 6 with a concert featuring bassist Darrell Mixon's quartet and the music of Charles Mingus and continue each weekend until April 17....
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 01/15/2010
New York, NY -- Empirical is a London based jazz quartet that offers a combination of post bop and a spacey vibe for a cool groove that transcends time. Out 'n' In is a tribute to legendary jazz alto saxophonist, flautist, and bass clarinetist Eric Dolphy (1928-1964). Dolphy was one of the cornerstones of the avant-garde movement in jazz and a hero of the Empirical band members...
Buns O'Plenty (Free subscription) | 01/14/2010
A 1960 release, one of Eric Dolphy's first recordings as a leader. He had been working with Mingus as a sideman prior to this. Outward Bound is bop oriented aside from Dolphy's flute and bass clarinet parts. He also adds some of his early avant-garde style. Includes alternate takes and a bonus track. 1. G.W. 2. On Green Dolphin Street 3. Les 4. 245 5. Glad to Be Unhappy 6. Miss Toni Listen 7. G.W....
Jazz & Blues Music Reviews (Free subscription) | 01/10/2010
Recorded live during a tour of Poland, this group consists of Dennis Gonzalez on trumpet, accompanied by his sons Aaron Gonzalez on bass and Stefan Gonzalez on drums. Rodrigo Amado joins them on tenor saxophone. This group makes very exciting and consistently interesting modern jazz, rooted in the freedoms that Ornette Coleman and Eric Dolphy carved out for jazz musicians last century. “Crow...
Chewing Pine (Free subscription) | 01/04/2010
George Russell was a smart dude. That’s why he snagged Eric Dolphy for Ezz-Thetics .
JazzHQ (Free subscription) | 12/31/2009
Alessandro Sacha Caiani - Effetto Ludico (Phantom ) Barbara Casini - Formidable! (Phantom ) Bebo Ferra - Luar (Phantom ) Berg Lutte Ensemble - Landskap (Phantom ) Bobbi Humphrey - Tailer Made (Phantom ) Carol Duboc - Premium Collection (Phantom ) Concerto Musicale Speranza - Processione D'Ammore (Phantom ) Di Bonaventura Daniele & Black Coff - Sdruge Strane Jadrana (Phantom ) Dorothy Ashby - Rubaiyat...
Hidden Track (Free subscription) | 12/28/2009
For the third annual John Coltrane edition of Stormy Mondays, we turn our attention to the very end of saxophonist Eric Dolphy’s tenure with the band. From November of 1961 in Stuttgart, Germany, we have a pretty Every Time We Say Goodbye , and then a long, fluid My Favorite Things. [Photo by Herb Spitzer] To close out this year’s mix, also from Stuttgart but this time in 1963 with the...
ORPHY ROBINSON (Free subscription) | 12/28/2009
19th October 2009 saw the debut concert of my new ensemble TSCR at new uber venue The Kings Place in londons Kings Cross.TSCR brings together musicians of the calibre of Cleveland Watkiss-Vocals, Hkb Finn-Spoken Word,Shabaka Hutchens-Clarinets,Rowland Sutherland-Flutes,Brian Edwards -Tenor Sax,Ntshuks Bonga-Alto Sax,Corey Mwamba-Vibraphone,Pat Thomas-Piano,Camelle Hinds-Bass, Otto Fischer-Guitar,Steve...
breath of life (Free subscription) | 12/28/2009
You will feel much, much better about the world and about your life if you listen to music of this caliber everyday.
Jazz & Blues Music Reviews (Free subscription) | 12/16/2009
In 1964, the great bassist and composer Charles Mingus toured Europe with what was probably the greatest band of his career. Eric Dolphy on flute, alto saxophone and bass clarinet, Jaki Byard on piano, Johnny Coles on trumpet, Clifford Jordan on tenor saxophone and Danny Richmond on drums made up an epic unit that brought Mingus's compositions to life as never before. This band was well documented...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 12/14/2009
Oscar Feldman is ready, with Oscar e Familia, to put his own stamp on the alto saxophone. Not since the fire of {{Jackie McLean = 9283}}, the cool breeze of {{Lee Konitz = 8463}}, {{Eric Dolphy = 6340}}'s rhythmic advances, {{Ornette Coleman = 5818}}'s Harmolodic theories, and {{Steve Coleman = 5820}}'s mBase concepts, has someone attempted to create a new language for that instrument. True, {{Charlie...
Atlas Shrugs (Free subscription) | 12/12/2009
Charles Mingus Sextet featuring Eric Dolphy Take The A Train Take The A Train, tune of Billy Strayhorn interpreted by Mingus Sextet in Oslo. Charles Mingus Double Bass Eric Dolphy Bass Clarinet Dannie Richmond Drum Clifford Jordan Tenor Sax Jackie Byard Piano Johnny Coles Trumpet
entschwindet und vergeht (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
And to round off three little jazz posts. This is an astounding piece of music, the uncensored version of 'Fables of Faubus' by Charlie Mingus from 1961. It's this kind of mock-sloppy, deeply political and conceptual music that would later be taken on by artists like Archie Shepp and Marion Brown as the radical wing of the 'New Thing' in the late 60s. I'd pay close attention to an absolutely incredible...
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