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Steve Horowitz: New Monsters
by Bruce Lindsay
Old monsters? They were frightening, gargantuan, mythical beasts: fire-breathing, blood-lusting and not at all willing to put together anything close to a danceable riff. New Monsters, at least as envisioned by bassist Steve Horowitz on this Posi-Tone album, are a much more engaging bunch. There's still some fire-breathing in evidence, but the blood lust is kept ...
Steve Horowitz: New Monsters
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Despite the suggestion of the title, New Monsters is not actually crawling with legions of denizens from the netherworld. The promise of monsters has more to do with the unleashing of musical forces as diverse as klezmer and Erik Satie. Moreover, far from being a quaint experiment, the album takes a radical road--one that was travelled ...
Steve Horowitz: New Monsters
by Dan Bilawsky
The Posi-Tone label has positioned itself as a distinguished dealer in modern jazz and classy throwback sounds, demonstrating catholic tastes and a willingness to invest in artists of the established and unknown variety. New Monsters, however, doesn't fall firmly into either category. San Francisco bassist Steve Horowitz oversees this outing that features free blowing fantasias and ...
Dan Plonsey: Open Door and Desire
by Glenn Astarita
A resident of the San Francisco Bay area, saxophonist/composer and overall free thinker, Dan Plonsey has studied with Anthony Braxton, attended Yale University, written Operas while also a member of Eugene Chadbourne’s West Coast version of “Insect & Western. On Open Door and Desire Mr. Plonsey, exhibits his aesthetic and thoroughly imaginative talents as he performs ...