Walking Voices
…ronic that will leave a dizzying effect on you as to the strength of this trio…One of the most innovative [groups] to come on the scene in recent years.” – JazzWrap…
Everything in Stages
…ght. [Update: CD-ROM program will not play on Intel-based computers.] Plimley also plays vibes, marimba and synths and has been active as a composer and improvisor for the past 20 years. Apart from his duo with bassist Lisle Ellis (their Ornette Coleman program, Kaleidoscopes, is on hatART) and the trio he co-leads with Ellis and Joe McPhee (a recen…
Liquid Light
…music something else – but what? They do use instruments common in jazz, free improvisation is central to their practice, and they all lead and/or play in other bands that are definitely some kind of jazz. (Joachim is a member of the Han Bennink Trio and Tony Malaby’s Novola, and was named a rising star on clarinet in the 2013 DownBeat Critics Poll…
Cell Walk
…s also developed a sonic and expressive synergy embracing composed jazz and free improvisation, having frequently worked with artists such as Anthony Braxton, Roscoe Mitchell, Michael Leonhart and Nels Cline. “I have always been interested in bringing the bassoon into as many musical arenas as possible. It is a very flexible instrument that allows f…
Contact
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Human Activity Suite
…its feelings – that gives this work its character…Shepik [is] among the most articulate and quickest-witted of guitarists…” – Stuart Broomer, AllAboutJazz Growing up outside Seattle in the ’70s and ’80s, Brad Shepik spent a lot of time outdoors, hiking, camping, skiing, fly fishing and sailing. Later, as a New York based guitarist fascinated by t…
In the Grand Scheme of Things
…s from these guys. It’s almost a lost art, and many of us feel committed to carrying on this tradition that stems from Ellington and early jazz. My inspiration on ‘Treat Her Right’ was to phrase like Otis with the hefty warm tone of the great tenorman Gene Ammons. In my opinion there’s a good way to play blues and soul on the sax…and it’s hard! Most…
Yeah No
…voice; it’s pretty clear that we all trust each other and feel comfortable enough to really improvise, which basically is the point of all this anyway.” Bio-wise, Chris writes: “Born in Seattle…raised on ‘classical’ music, performing on both clarinet and piano…bitten by jazz and the tenor sax in high school…later seduced by Eastern European ‘folk’ m…
At Night
…Coleman Barks’ translations, and these days frequently accompanied by music, has become a popular guide to transcendental experience. Bleckmann and Monder evoke the interior depths, along with the sensuous warmth of his meditations on God and earthly beauty, in a different way – and no surprise that this mystic drunkard would appeal to their sense…
Waraba
…rank Wright’s quartet and pianist François Tusques’s Intercommunal Free Dance Music Orchestra. He performed and recorded with saxophonist Daunik Lazro in the late ’70s and early ’80s, replaced Kent Carter in Steve Lacy’s quintet in 1981 and recorded on 28 Lacy CDs. In the ’80s he also performed and recorded with Butch Morris and Tristan Honsinger’s…
