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Avram Fefer and Bobby Few: Kindred Spirits

Read "Kindred Spirits" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
June 11, 2005

Multiple reedist Avram Fefer and pianist Bobby Few team up here to play some jazz standards by Monk, Ellington, and Mingus--not what you'd expect from a pair of artists better known for their free jazz credentials. Few played for ten years with Steve Lacy, and Fefer put out several fine sets on the CIMP label; they collaborated with the late bassist Wilbur Morris on the outstanding Few and Far Between (Boxholder, '02). Few, who has been called a true American ...

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Avram Fefer, Bobby Few & Wilbur Morris: Few and Far Between

Read "Few and Far Between" reviewed by A. Henkin

by A. Henkin
August 13, 2002

Sometimes you hearken back to the old days to a time when musicians used music to really explore. Songs were songs and men were men. The greatest contribution of the '60s “New Thing" were players firmly rooted in the tradition of composing but adept and bold enough to write music for successful and innovative improvisation. Those times may have passed but New York stalwart Avram Fefer hasn't given up their lofty ideals yet. Fefer's latest disc on Boxholder is actually ...

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Avram Fefer: Lucille's Gemini Dream

by David Adler
November 1, 2001

Saxophonist Avram Fefer follows up the remarkable Calling All Spirits (Cadence) with the compelling, though quite different Lucille’s Gemini Dream. Opting for a quartet this time rather than a trio, Fefer keeps drummer Igal Foni on board and adds a second horn, trombonist Steve Swell. Wilber Morris replaces Eric Revis on bass. Like all CIMP recordings, this is an ultra-acoustic affair, with no mixing or compression or “electronic fiddling," in the words of the CIMP Statement of Purpose. The recording ...

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Avram Fefer Quartet: Lucille

by Derek Taylor
October 1, 2001

Avram Fefer’s debut release, Calling All Spirits, on Cadence Jazz Records is that rare pedigree of disc- one that threw me for a loop upon first listen. Everything (from the playing and arranging to engineering) caught my ears and refused to relinquish them until the disc had run its course. Upon numerous subsequent listens the effect was so inescapable that the album is now an early entry in my Best of 2000 list. Gushing praise of this nature may seem ...

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Avram Fefer: Calling All Spirits

by Bill Donaldson
August 1, 2001

Even though Avram Fefer has been performing on the periphery of public consciousness, he actually has been in the center of several important jazz scenes. As a result, he has absorbed strong influences and contributed to the development of new forms in several jazz centers.Born in Seattle, moving to Harvard to receive a degree in psychology, going on to the New England Conservatory Of Music to study with George Russell and Ran Blake, moving to Paris for five ...