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Abbey Rader: Reach For The Skies
by Hrayr Attarian
Drummer Abbey Rader's compelling Reach for the Skies is a set of entirely improvised music that, nevertheless, follows an intricate and stimulating progression along certain unique motifs and ideas. The spontaneous orchestration flows freely and seamlessly thanks to the superlative musicianship of the quartet and the intuitive camaraderie among its members.Rader's haunting cymbal vibrations and gentle crashes together with chiming carillon create a dramatic ambience on “Firs Bell." His darkly hued drums mixed with silent pauses usher in ...
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by Mark Corroto
Look beyond the giants of free jazz saxophone, better yet listen to the sounds behind John Coltrane, Peter Brotzmann, Joe McPhee, and any other legend of free jazz. Listen and you'll hear Han, Elvin, Paal, Ronald Shannon, Hamid, Milford, Sunny, and Rashied. Drummers. Add to that list Abbey. Abbey Rader is an unheralded legend of free jazz. He came up through the 1960s bop era only to be drawn into the New Thing of Coltrane, Albert ...
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