Articles by Daniel Graham

Bobby Bradford: Musician, Educator, Survivor

by Daniel Graham
June 6, 2018

In 1991 the prolific saxophonist David Murray recorded Death Of A Sideman (DIW), an album that put a spotlight on the compositions of Mississippi born cornetist Bobby Bradford. A long time coming, Bradford's music was finally receiving the kind of recognition it deserved, and from one of jazz's biggest names. Murray had been a student of Bradford's back in 1974 at Pomona College in California, where the cornetist still teaches to this day. Bradford's story, however, started in earnest in ...

Marc Ribot Spiritual Unity at Bishopsgate Institute in London

by Daniel Graham
November 26, 2011

Marc Ribot Spiritual Unity Trio Bishopsgate Institute London, EnglandOctober 28, 2011 Guitarist Marc Ribot's Spiritual Unity trio, featuring bassist/violinist Henry Grimes and drummer Chad Taylor, brought down the house at the Bishopsgate Institute in London on Friday, October 28, 2011. Near the beginning of a whirlwind European tour, the trio performed a joyously eclectic selection of numbers that covered a pantheistic array of musical disciplines, from the 1960s love cry of Albert Ayler to the ...

The Profound Sound Trio at The Vortex Jazz Club, London

by Daniel Graham
December 11, 2009

Profound Sound Trio: Andrew Cyrille, Paul Dunmall, Henry Grimes The Vortex Jazz Club North London, UK November 23, 2009

The Vortex Jazz Club in North London is the city's best venue for improvised music in free jazz and other avant-garde sub-genres. On this Monday evening the aptly named Profound Sound Trio, consisting of drummer Andrew Cyrille, saxophonist Paul Dunmall and bassist Henry Grimes, took the stage for a stunning single-set performance that lasted ...

Cecil Taylor Trio and Anthony Braxton: Historic Concert in London

by Daniel Graham
July 24, 2007

Cecil Taylor Trio and Anthony Braxton Royal Festival Hall London, England July 8, 2007

Sunday 8th July saw an historic concert performance at the Royal Festival Hall in London by the Cecil Taylor trio, composed of drummer Tony Oxley and bassist William Parker, and featuring multi-saxophonist Anthony Braxton. According to the publicity, this was the first time ever these two giants of modern American jazz have performed together on stage together. As expected, the ...

Henry Grimes at the London Jazz Festival 2006

by Daniel Graham
November 14, 2006

The last three years must seem to Henry Grimes as the busiest period in his career, almost equal to his prolific output in the 1960s when he contributed to such epochal albums of the avante garde as Spirits Rejoice (Albert Ayler), Unit Structures and Conquistador (Cecil Taylor) and Complete Communion (Don Cherry). On Friday night, November 10, Grimes maintained his busy schedule by performing in the 2006 London Jazz Festival with guitarist Marc Ribot's group Spiritual Unity alongside Roy Campbell ...

Henry Grimes, Sunny Murray and David Murray at the Haarlem Jazzstad

by Daniel Graham
August 27, 2006

Henry Grimes, Sunny Murray and David Murray Haarlem Jazzstad Festival Haarlem, Holland August 18, 2006Anyone who is familiar with the remarkable “rediscovery" of bassist Henry Grimes, who distinguished many of the great jazz albums of the 1960's with artists such as Sonny Rollins, Cecil Taylor, Albert Ayler, Don Cherry and Roy Haynes, will hopefully take great relish in the reading of this review--a Trio performance with the man who invented free-jazz drumming and ...

45th Antibes Jazz Festival

by Daniel Graham
August 18, 2005

Keith Jarrett Trio July 21, 2005Throwing In The Towel...The Antibes Jazz Festival must rank as one of the oldest and most famous jazz festivals in the world. It's certainly well represented on record with classic performances from the likes of Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Archie Shepp and the Keith Jarrett Trio, which brings us to our current review.I'm a fan of the Keith Jarrett Trio, how could you not be (unless your surname ...