Jazz Articles about Aram Shelton

Ton Trio: The Way

by Mark Corroto
March 5, 2009

Tasting just one slice of the musical pie that is Aram Shelton, one finds him in his Bay area trio with bassist Kurt Kotheimer and drummer Sam Ospovat. His Ton Trio makes a jazz sound reminiscent of a '60s venture into The New Thing, yet favors a very melodic writing.The saxophonist gained fame in Chicago in groups including Dragons 1976, Arrive, Grey Ghost, Fast Citizens, and Rapid Croche. His California music has been found in the bands Flockterkit, ...

Aram Shelton: Arrive

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 19, 2007

Questo di Aram Shelton è un bel quartetto con vibrafono (quello del giovane e talentoso Jason Adasiewicz, anche lui un nome da tenere d'occhio). Si tratta di un tipo di formazione che ha trovato le sue radici negli anni `60 con dischi per l'epoca ricchi di idee nuove firmati dal trombonista Grachan Moncur III con sideman di lusso quali Jackie McLean e Bobby Hutcherson. Aram si rifà all'esperienza modale, ma rifugge da un'operazione di mero rifacimento di certe esperienze cercando ...

Aram Shelton: Arrive

by Michael McCaw
November 9, 2005

With obvious reference points to Jackie Mclean's '60s work with Bobby Hutcherson, Aram Shelton's Arrive works hard to update the alto saxophone/vibraphone front line format with varied, but generally engaging results. Hailing from Chicago since his move there in 1999, Shelton possesses a mathematically angular yet fluid tone reminiscent of both Anthony Braxton and McLean. As part of the Document Chicago series, Arrive relies on the off-kilter and odd-meter sounds available to this instrument combination, often utilizing configurations that seem ...

Aram Shelton: Arrive

by John Kelman
October 27, 2005

When Document Chicago was released in 2003, it re-affirmed Chicago's unique place in contemporary improvised music. In the 1960s the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) brought attention to forward-thinking artists like Henry Threadgill, Muhal Richard Abrams, and the Art Ensemble of Chicago. But recent years have seen a new wave of creative musicians who are finding fresh ways to advance the AACM's aesthetic into the 21st century through assimilation of more modern devices.

Four players who seemed ...

Aram Shelton: Arrive

by Jerry D'Souza
October 2, 2005

This, the ninth recording in the Document Chicago series, it continues to provide the listener with interesting twists and turns. Aram Shelton's music treads a path that is gentle in its ministrations and elevated by the sensibility of the musicians. This does not deny Shelton from blowing some pithy trajectories or keep Jason Roebke from spurring some dervish whirls on the bass. And it does allow Tim Daisy to time in with interesting pulses and odd accents and permit Jason ...