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David Binney: Cities and Desire
by Jerry D'Souza
David Binney turns the impressions of various cities that he has cast in his mind's eye into thirteen tunes that showcase nine cities, with four of them getting an “Intro. Binney frames his vision on Cities and Desire with a broad and focussed view, both as a composer and as a player. His playing captures the spirit in the directness of his approach, his navigation through ideas, and his fulfillment of the experience.
Binney's writing encapsulates the colour ...
Continue ReadingMario Franco: This Life
by Phil DiPietro
Sometimes a disc comes from out of left field that's so good, it makes you drop not only everything you're listening to, but a few other things you shouldn't. Wherever these records come from, you want to go there--and they just take you. Such is the case with this release from Mário Franco, a forty-something bassist/leader from Portugal. It's uncanny that last year, another unheard-of bassist's date from the Portuguese Tone of a Pitch imprint accomplished the ...
Continue ReadingDavid Binney: Cities and Desire
by John Kelman
It's no surprise that altoist David Binney could come up with a record as evocative as Cities and Desire, but it is surprising that he could come up with it in a single-day session. Like last year's Criss Cross disc Bastion of Sanity, his new album is more of a flat-out blowing session than his other efforts. Even the moodier and more ambient Out of Airplanes (Mythology, 2006), which included a number of free improvisations edited in post-production, was generally ...
Continue ReadingDavid Binney: Airplanes, Cities, Moods and Vibes
by Paul Olson
New York altoist David Binney is a tremendous improviser, a prolific composer, a tireless bandleader and a reliable sideman. Although he was born in Florida and grew up in Southern California, he's been a gigging New York musician since he was 19 years old. He used the proceeds of a 1989 NEA grant to record his first CD, Point Game. Since its release on the Owl label, he's co-founded two groups, Lost Tribe and Lan Xang, played countless sessions and ...
Continue ReadingDavid Binney: Out of Airplanes
by John Kelman
While altoist David Binney has demonstrated growth with each album he's released since emerging in the late 1980s, Out of Airplanes makes the biggest leaps yet, combining detailed composition with a looser improvisational approach that has evolved over the past couple of years. Electronics also make this the most texturally rich record of Binney's career.
Binney's distinctive compositional style is intact, but he makes numerous departures on Out of Airplanes. Traditionally drawing on a New York-based cadre of players, including ...
Continue ReadingDavid Binney: Out of Airplanes
by Budd Kopman
Listeners familiar with David Binney's Welcome to Life (Mythology, 2004), Bastion of Sanity (Criss Cross, 2005) or even the wonderful South (ACT, 2001) might be a bit surprised by the extent of the use of electronics on Out of Airplanes, which continues to explore his eclectic, yet recognizable musical style. Fear not though, their use is subordinated to the music, and the album is extremely satisfying. Binney has pulled together a stellar supporting group (it cannot be ...
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