Jazz Articles about Craig Taborn

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Craig Taborn: A Study in Contrasts

by Tom Greenland
February 6, 2010

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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 ...

Craig Taborn Trio at the Vortex, London, England

by John Sharpe
January 21, 2010

Craig Taborn Trio Vortex London, England December 7, 2009

Judging by the number of young musicians in the audience, pianist Craig Taborn has something of a reputation among the cognoscenti. That many of them were pianists too just whetted the appetite even more for his leadership debut in the UK in the supportive setting of north London's Vortex. Of course Taborn is far from an unknown quantity in town, having high-profile sideman gigs with ...

Chris Potter Underground: Ultrahang

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 5, 2009

L'avvento di Chris Potter fu salutato qualche anno fa come uno dei più significativi nell'ambito di quella galassia assai indefinita che per comodità viene indicata con post-bop. Grazie ad un approccio fresco, muscolare e raffinato insieme, con una particolare attenzione alle forme, che espande con improvvisazioni fantasiose, il giovane sassofonista acquisì immediatamente fama di nuova stella del firmamento jazz, rafforzata anche dalle partecipazioni a band importanti come quella di Paul Motian, Dave Holland e Dave Douglas. Un buon numero di ...