Jazz Articles about Craig Taborn

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David Binney: Lifted Land

by John Kelman
June 26, 2013

In a career that seems to go from strength to strength and milestone to milestone, it's hard to imagine how David Binney manages to not only release one terrific record after another, but to do so, in some cases, under some pretty constricting terms. Like the five other albums that the influential saxophonist/composer has recorded as a leader or co-leader for the Dutch Criss Cross label--most recently 2010's Aliso and the following year's Barefooted Town--producer and label owner Gerry Teekens ...

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Craig Taborn Trio: Columbus, Ohio April 27, 2013

by Mark Corroto
May 1, 2013

Craig Taborn TrioWexner Center For The ArtsColumbus, OhioApril 27, 2013Traveling to support the release of Chants (ECM, 2013), pianist Craig Taborn's Trio, with bassist Thomas Morgan and drummer Gerald Cleaver, made an appearance at The Ohio State University's Wexner Center for The Arts. As label head/producer Manfred Eicher's artists are want to do, this mini-tour--a nine-city North American swing--followed a similar nine-city European jaunt.The pianist stood at the microphone telling his audience, “I ...

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Craig Taborn Trio: Chants

by Dan McClenaghan
April 17, 2013

Pianist Craig Taborn's first ECM Records release under his own name, Avenging Angel (2011), garnered well-deserved praise as a worthy entry into the German label's long line of solo piano recordings by stellar artists such as Paul Bley, Chick Corea and, of course, Keith Jarrett. With Chants, a piano trio outing, Taborn will be held up for comparison against the label's ongoing piano trio explorations by Marcin Wasilewski, Stefano Battaglia, Bobo Stenson, Benedikt Jahnel, and (again, of course) Keith Jarrett. ...

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Craig Taborn: Chants

by John Kelman
April 16, 2013

While he's been making himself a ubiquitous presence on the jazz scene for the past two decades--playing with everyone from saxophonists Tim Berne, David Binney and Chris Potter (on the equally stellar The Sublime And (Thirsty Ear, 2003), Graylen Epicenter (Mythology, 2011) and The Sirens (ECM, 2013), respectively), to bassists Michael Formanek and Scott Colley (whose Small Places (ECM, 2012) and Architect of the Silent Moment (Cam Jazz, 2007), respectively, were equally revelational)--pianist Craig Taborn's own discography as a leader ...

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Craig Taborn: Avenging Angel

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 13, 2012

Un piano solo rappresenta sempre e comunque una prova per un pianista. Se poi di mezzo ci sono l'ECM e Manfred Eicher, dalla prova si passa alla sfida. Perché non stiamo parlando di un'etichetta qualsiasi, e nemmeno di un produttore qualsiasi. Qui c'è in ballo il confronto con un'estetica perfettamente definita e ingombrante, con un suono, una riconoscibilità, con una storia che pesa e può anche stritolare. Il rischio, paradossalmente, è quello di fare un disco “ECM," al di là ...

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Craig Taborn: Avenging Angel

by John Kelman
May 31, 2011

He puts out albums under his own name so rarely, while amassing a discography as a sideman/co-leader that's almost unparalleled in its sheer size and stylistic breadth—with over 100 recordings to date, since he first showed up in saxophonist James Carter's groups of the mid-1990s—that it's cause for celebration any time pianist Craig Taborn gets around to releasing one. Whether expounding upon the more structured environs of saxophonist David Binney's Graylen Epicenter (Mythology, 2011), working the groove on saxophonist Chris ...

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Craig Taborn: A Study in Contrasts

by Tom Greenland
February 6, 2010

Jonathon Haffner Life On Wednesday Cachuma Records 2009 Lotte Anker Floating Islands ILK 2009

Craig Taborn's seemingly innocuous musings have a way of sneaking up on you, revealing, upon closer listening, surprising density and intensity; two recent releases feature the empathetic yet independent keyboardist's complex musical mien. Alto ...