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PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Any fan of the jazz bass needs to invest in this indispensable dissertation on one of the craft’s true masters. Bassist Scott LaFaro was only six years into his professional jazz career before dying at age 25 in a fatal car crash in upstate New York two days after accompanying Stan Getz at his legendary 1961 Newport Jazz Festival appearance. In that short span of time, which saw him play on Ornette...
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Washington Post (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
As quickly as 25-year-old Esperanza Spalding was embraced as a promising new jazz talent, there was backlash. Spalding has been attacked for everything from playing the White House twice in one year (give other people a chance!) to stating that she models herself after both Ornette Coleman and...
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Simon King's written outpourings (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
On The Corner - Miles Davis Every watershed moment and turning point in Miles Davis' career has been acknowledged. The Birth of the Cool signalled the departure from be-bop, Kind of Blue saw the birth of modal jazz and Bitches Brew was one of the first fusion records. I'd say that the logical progression onto a new territory after Bitches Brew was On The Corner in 1972, but it's only now been rightly...
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Shiraz Socialist (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
I never met Chris D and I’m not using his full name here because I’m not even sure it’s OK to do that. What I can tell you about Chris is that he died of cancer a few weeks ago in a hospice, aged (I believe) in his mid-forties. Before the hospice, he’d lived in a housing association flat, [...]
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everything is now (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Bar 23. Jam Session the saxman deflates his lungs into the metal tube squirting the notes out falling into a slow refrain the bassman licks his lips the guitarman starts floating tones up like bubbles watched by the drummer, who squints a downturned smile behind them a geisha is painted on a wood panel wall and bass drops in over stacatto beats deep as an african laugh he speaks each accent through...
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Lerterland (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
The following review appears in the December 2009 issue of All About Jazz-New York . --- Dan Aran Breathing (Smalls Records) By David R. Adler Dan Aran’s Breathing arrived with a short, dour note from Luke Kaven, head of Smalls Records, on the shaky future of indie-label jazz. That’s not news, and yet Breathing underscores the stakes involved for artists whose work is too fine to go undocumented....
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
How much shit can one take? Well that depends. If it is being served by the quirky Polish trio 100nka--featuring guitarist Tomek Leś, bassist Adam Stodolski and percussionist Przemek Borowiecki--there may not be quite enough. Their music is rather undefinable, jumping and sneaking as it does into odd nooks and crannies. Much of it comes from being inquisitive; some of it has to do with the...
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The Daily Swarm (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
eMusic : #100 The Friends Of Rachel Worth – The Go-Betweens #99 Realistes – Comet Gain #98 The ‘59 Sound – The Gaslight Anthem #97 Berlinette – Ellen Allien #96 For The Birds – The Frames #95 The Doldrums – Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti #94 Album – Girls #93 Aha Shake Heartbreak – Kings of Leon #92 Aerial – Kate Bush #91 Rook –...
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AfriClassical (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
[African American Trumpeter Wilmer Wise; Photo from website of The Jazz Museum in Harlem ] “Forward Flight November 22nd, 2009 Author: rich The Festival of New Trumpet Music (FONT Music) will present Forward Flight, the third and final event of its 7th annual performance season, from Wednesday, January 13th through Saturday, January 16th at New York’s Abrons Arts Center.” “This...
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A.V. Club (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Robert Palmer—not to be confused with the “Simply Irresistible” guy—was one of rock writing’s true giants. Palmer, who died at age 52 in 1997, was a clarinetist and saxophonist (he played with Ornette Coleman and Bono, among others) and ethnomusicology professor for the University of Mississippi. He was also a journalist, a historian, the first rock critic for The New...
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Consequence of Sound (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
The strength of the music in this case isn't the most important thing, it's the idea of simply doing what one wants that matters.
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Almost 30 years since his unlikely post-punk semi-hit Are You Glad to Be in America?, guitarist/ vocalist Ulmer sounds like an even bluesier version of his former self, oddly accented rhythmic flurries poised somewhere between Ornette Coleman and Jimi Hendrix.
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Jazz & Blues Music Reviews (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Patrick Jarenwattananon at A Blog Supreme has thrown down the gauntlet once again, this time asking which jazz albums should be included in a list of the decade's finest. Jazz has always been a great musical sponge, from Jelly Roll Morton's idea of the "Spanish tinge" to today's multi-culti improvisational stew. But the jazz that meets different music on it's own terms and maintains it's...
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Jazz & Blues Music Reviews (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Tenor saxophonist Albert Ayler performed his greatest music in a state of spiritual ecstasy. Like fellow seekers John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders, he looked to use music as a Buddhist might use meditation or a Baptist might speak in tongues: to make contact with something greater than himself. Recorded in Copenhagen on September 14th, 1964, this may be the finest group Ayler ever led. Featuring the...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Words by: Eric Podolsky Ornette Coleman :: 11.08.09 :: Davies Symphony Hall :: San Francisco, CA Ornette Coleman There was a distinct buzz swirling in the air throughout the lobby of Davies Symphony Hall before show time. The diverse Sunday night crowd, which ranged from young music students to hip thirty-somethings to elderly couples dressed in their night-on-the-town best, seemed to be well aware...
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corinabutler2009 | 10/29/2009
The Ornette Coleman Trio At the Golden Circle Stockholm >>>> Download At the Golden Circle Stockholm <<<< artist: The Ornette Coleman Trio album: At the Golden Circle Stockholm Tracklist: 1 Announcement mp3 2 Faces and Places mp3 3 European Echoes mp3 4 Dee Dee mp3 5 Dawn mp3 6 Faces and Places (Alternate Take) mp3 7 European Echoes (Alternate Take) mp3 8 Doughnuts mp3 9 Snowflakes and Sunshine mp3...
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