Jazz Articles about Charlie Kohlhase

Dead Cat Bounce: Chance Episodes

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 27, 2012

Basso, batteria e quattro fiati. Si presentano così i Dead Cat Bounce ensemble fondato nel 1997 da Matt Steckler e giunto con Chance Episodes (lavoro originariamente commissionato dalla Chamber Music America) alla quarta pubblicazione. Potenza e ricchezza espressiva da big band, duttilità da piccolo combo, flessibilità nell'attraversare con leggerezza gli stili e i generi più disparati è la cifra espressiva di Dead Cat Bounce. Che considerano la loro musica una sorta di rielaborazione catartica di storie ed eventi personali sottoposti ...

Charlie Kohlhase's Explorer's Club: Adventures

by Virginia A. Schaefer
October 26, 2009

Adventures is the high-energy first release of Explorer's Club, led by accomplished saxophonist and composer Charlie Kohlhase. The septet includes a guitarist, bassist, two drummers, two saxophonists, and trombonist. Kohlhase puts together their expertise to produce an impressive range of instrumental combinations, timbres, and textures in the outside-but-accessible style for which he's known.

Charlie Kohlhase's Explorer's Club: Adventures

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 30, 2009

Charlie Kohlhase è un multi-strumentista da anni attivo sulla scena di Boston, rinomato docente ma noto soprattutto per la sua storica appartenenza all'acclamata Either/Orchestra, vero e proprio laboratorio musicale che ha formato molti dei musicisti di punta dell'area. Il lascito di quell'esperienza si è concretizzato nel gusto per il divertimento, per la ricerca (vedi lo splendido Good Night Songs con John Tchicai e Garrison Fewell ), e per uno spirito musicale avventuroso. E proprio Adventures è l'azzeccato titolo per il ...

Charlie Kohlhase's Explorer's Club: Adventures

by Jerry D'Souza
May 18, 2009

Charlie Kohlhase is an entertaining adventurer. In his role as a composer, he draws on several influences. His eye is on the final dimension and in pursuing that, he uses a wide range of styles. Taken individually the styles seem to be odd bedfellows, but when the course of their journey has been charted, they have comingled seamlessly. His sense of humor gives room to his comic book heroes who find root in his compositions and rise with a devilish ...

Charlie Kohlhase's Explorer's Club: Adventures

by Troy Collins
April 9, 2009

A longstanding veteran of the Boston jazz scene, multi-instrumentalist Charlie Kohlhase's skills as a bandleader were honed as a member of the esteemed Either/Orchestra and through collaborations with legendary saxophonist John Tchicai. The Explorer's Club is his newest venture, a powerhouse line-up featuring two drummers. Encompassing a range of dynamics, from AACM styled impressionism and Mingus-inspired collective interplay to riotous New Thing-era free expression, the septet exudes a mercurial sensibility redolent of Kohlhase's former teacher, trombonist Roswell Rudd. ...

Charlie Kohlhase: The Cranky Yankee

by Celeste Sunderland
April 20, 2006

State, New Hampshire. Party affiliation, communist. Obsession, Woody Herman's 1963 Herd. No, it's not Boston-based saxophonist Charlie Kohlhase. It's the Cranky Yankee, a character he's been known to slip into while on the road. “He would go on and on about this 1963 Herd and the brilliance of Jake Hanna at the drums, said Either/Orchestra founder Russ Gershon who Kohlhase played with for 14 years. “He's an absolutely hilarious guy. A knowledge of jazz inspires these road ...

Charlie Kohlhase Quintet: Play Free Or Die

by AAJ Staff
January 11, 2004

Boston's improv scene is fueled by an underground network of musicians (hooked up to an internet mailing list), major academic centers ( Berklee and the New England Conservatory), indie record outlets (including the literally subterranean Twisted Village), and an army of open-minded listeners. If you only went to the two big jazz clubs--Scullers and the Regattabar--you'd might find yourself lulled to sleep by mainstream acts. But have no fear, there are plenty of alternatives.

Saxophonist Charlie Kohlhase eagerly ...