Jazz Articles about Allison Burik

About Allison Burik

Album Review

The cover of Mali Obomsawin's Automatic finds her in a room surrounded by cultural influences such as her bass and traditional ash basket splints and revolutionary artifacts like Marxist literature, grenades, and the Mohawk Warrior Society flag. A provocative cover for a provocative album where Obomsawin pulls together a rich musical tapestry that is difficult to define or label but which is wildly compelling to listen to. Obomsawin, a citizen of the Odanak community of Abenaki Nation in ...

Radio & Podcasts

A Focus On The Work Of Allison Burik And Some New Releases

by Bob Osborne
January 25, 2024

On this show we focus on the work of Allison Burik. Also recent releases from Brûlez les Meubles, Biagio Coppa & Intrepid Trio, June Yun, John Rae and Ben Wilcock, Cecil Taylor, Joseph Daley, Jorge Cariglino, and Blue Moods. Playlist Show Intro 00:00 Allison Burik “Fragment 94" from Realm (Self Released) 00:54 Bellbird “Bluff" from Root in Tandem (Self Released) 07:55 Umbrella Pine “XII--Hanged Man" from Seven (Self Released) 15:18 Mali Obomsawin “Blood Quantum (Nəwewəčəskawikαpáwihtawα)" from Sweet Tooth ...

Album Review

Bellbird: Root In Tandem

Read "Root In Tandem" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
August 20, 2023

Give Canada's Bellbird credit as they come right out of the gate with a chip-on-the-shoulders confidence. Their debut, Root In Tandem, looks like one of those late-50s/early-60s, time-themed Dave Brubeck albums. Credit the gorgeous abstract cover painting. The cover art, though, is where the Brubeck comparison ends. Bellbird is a chordless quartet, with Claire Devlin and Allison Burik on saxophones, Eli Davidovici on bass, and Mili Hong in the drummer's chair. The four Bellbird players came up in ...