Lingua Franca
…ry disparate sounds in the creation of an album where the commitment and communication within the group tempers those differences, by establishing a group sound / concept that remains consistent and personal throughout.” The title was Peter’s idea: “For me Lingua Franca refers less to a concept involving the overlapping of various musical cultures a…
At the Reception
…on themselves…Horvitz kept his attention on the [excellent] band with microscopic focus, quick-cutting between contrasts, putting something free or rippling against a fixity.” – Ben Ratliff, New York Times Wayne Horvitz’s newest regular ensemble was formed in spring 2012, and toured to New York for his May 2013 residency at The Stone – this is their…
Serpentine
…out the jams too, on ‘Delft.’) — Kevin Whitehead, emusic.com “[Bennink’s] a hard-swinging drummer of the old school, after his early hero the pioneering bebop drummer Kenny Clarke. Bennink is also known as an insane but inspired showman who might build a fire in his hi-hat, and then use it to blow smoke signals in one tempo while playing in another…
Aves
…s: “Having had a serious training as a classical musician [M.M from Yale – ed.] my relationship to the piano is deep, having had to learn most of the traditional repertoire, as well as playing tons of chamber music. Timbre is key here. Both instruments are basically metal tagged to a wooden resonating chamber, so they blend well together. There are…
Places You Go
…ryone to interpret and put something of their own into it…[and about] having some kind of conversation with the other players and with the piece itself. To me that’s the essence of what I like about great jazz performances that I hear on records and in person. The surface is just that, I’m more interested in the weave and the unfolding of the music….
Stillpoint
…beyond the relentlessly unpredictable dynamics of British free improv, for example. It’s far too organized, despite its regular surprises and suggestions. That makes it simultaneously more accessible and more connected to the specific elements that Gestrin brings together: ambient, electronic, traditional jazz, free improv, and modern classical. Whi…
A Gambler’s Hand
…the wall and I thought maybe my music and drumming would comfort him. So I began communicating with him through playing my drums….A few years later I got into Beckett and became interested in expanding the concepts of theater of the absurd and minimalism in plays such as ‘That Time’ and ‘Footfalls’…. Evolving my ‘wandering’ folk theory has led to e…
Music Needs You
…cord full of memorable melodies; gentle, reflective tunes [that] might actually have a shot at becoming 21st-century standards. Blotnick’s nods to moody rock and ethereal free jazz peg the 24-year-old bandleader as a vital contemporary voice.” — Hans Shteamer, Time Out NY **** “…evocative, emotionally stirring compositions…Blotnick has absorbed less…
Ants to the Moon
…e warm bass grounding.” — Steve Futterman, Rolling Stone “[Babkas] explore the full range of textures and colors on their instruments, creating image-rich works tangled with hauntingly impressionistic and frenetically hallucinogenic soundscapes. While the improv action is often freewheeling, there are also pockets of melancholic and meditative calm…
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