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Valerio Cosi / Enzo Franchini: Conference Of The Aquarians
by Mark Corroto
Did John Coltrane revisit his minor hit “My Favorite Things" after he met Rashied Ali? If he had, the Rodgers and Hammerstein song might have sounded a bit like saxophonist Valerio Cosi and drummer Enzo Franchini's version, re-titled “Part Seven" on the duo's Conference Of The Aquarians.
The pair recorded this and eight other tracks in July, 2006 in Lecce, Italy, for a small Italian label and it quickly sold out. Thankfully, it has been released anew by ...
Continue ReadingCircle: Tower
by Mark Corroto
What if, in 1969 Miles Davis' band took the stage and began playing the trumpeter's introduction, but Miles never made the gig?
Chick Corea and/or Joe Zawinul run through choruses of those science fiction, electric piano and synthesizer notes while Jack DeJohnette blends his jazz and world music drumming--that is, years before we called it world music.
John McLaughlin, fresh off Davis' instructions to “play it like you don't know how to play the guitar, channels R&B, rock and noise ...
Continue ReadingJack Wright: The Indeterminate Existence
by Mark Corroto
The liner notes to The Indeterminate Existence, penned by Jack Wright, indicate that he no longer plays music like what can be heard on these seven tracks from the years 1988-98. While I might disagree, I will note that any occasion Wright steps onto a stage, you will hear something new, conceived and created in that moment.
The seven solo pieces Wright refers to here are all physically demanding note-after-note marathons. What Wright refers to in his liner ...
Continue ReadingBob Marsh / Theresa Wong / Bryan Eubanks: Luggage
by Mark Corroto
For the past fifteen years, San Francisco's Luggage Store Gallery has hosted new music and avant-garde improvisational music on a weekly basis. Its long history is a testament to the dedication required to keep the improvisational listening experience alive.
This set of duos finds the familiar figure of Bob Marsh collaborating with two new (to this listener) voices in free music. Marsh, a longtime collaborator with saxophonist Jack Wright, moved to the Bay Area in 2000 as Wright ...
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