Jazz Articles about Alvin Fielder

Dopolarians: Garden Party

by Giuseppe Segala
October 5, 2020

Non si potrebbe trovare un titolo più calzante di questo Garden Party, per un disco che in tutta la propria estensione si dipana come un incontro piacevole tra vecchi amici, avvezzi a dialogare in tutta rilassatezza, perché conoscono bene il reciproco carattere, sanno dove il discorso andrà a parare e lo gestiscono in modo leggero. Ma l'incontro non si adagia sul già previsto: non mancano infatti le arguzie inattese, i reciproci stimoli di chi mette in campo tutta la propria ...

Alvin Fielder / David Dove / Jason Jackson / Damon Smith: From-To-From

by Eyal Hareuveni
January 13, 2014

This quartet represents a meeting of generations and their approaches to jazz and improvised music. The quartet resembles such early free jazz units as the New York Art Quartet or the Archie Shepp--Roswell Rudd Quartet. Veteran drummer Alvin Fielder--the eldest member, with an encyclopedic knowledge of modern jazz drumming--is known for his extensive collaborations with saxophonist Kidd Jordan, bassist William Parker and trumpeter Dennis González; double bassist Damon Smith studied contemporary music and free improvisation with renowned bass players Lisle ...

Alvin Fielder: It's About Time

by Clifford Allen
July 16, 2007

Drummer Alvin Fielder grew up in Mississippi, but the fruition of his musical career in Chicago came in the 1960s, when he worked with Sun Ra and appeared on Roscoe Mitchell's legendary Sound (Delmark, 1966) LP, one of the first AACM recordings to be released. After returning to a pharmacy career in Mississippi in the late 1960s, Fielder began working regularly with New Orleans saxophonist Kidd Jordan in the Improvisational Arts Ensemble.

A relationship that spans ...

Alvin Fielder Trio: A Measure of Vision

by Troy Collins
April 20, 2007

Alvin Fielder, one of the original co-founders of the AACM, began his recording career drumming on Roscoe Mitchell's seminal album, Sound (Delmark, 1966). Despite his numerous associations and sideman duties (Joel Futterman, Dennis Gonzalez, Kidd Jordan, Sun Ra), he's never led a session under his own name, until now.

A Measure of Vision is Fielder's first official release as a leader. Joined by pianist Chris Parker and trumpeter Dennis Gonzalez, Fielder and company share equally in the responsibility ...

Alvin Fielder: A Measure of Vision

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 17, 2007

Esiste nella storia del jazz una categoria universalmente riconosciuta di musicisti che potremmo definire “piccoli eroi” o, buttandola sul mitologico, “divinità minori”. Cavalieri dai nomi oscuri che hanno partecipato e contribuito agli sviluppi di questo genere percorrendo sentieri tortuosi, scomodi e appartati. Lontani dalle luci della ribalta e dai superlativi riservati ai maestri consacrati, queste nobili figure molto spesso hanno storie incredibili e affascinanti da raccontare. Prendi uno come Alvin Fielder. Saranno in pochi, credo, a ricordarne le gesta. Eppure, ...