Jazz Articles about elizabeth harnik

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Album Review

Earscratcher - Rempis/Harnik/Lonberg-Holm/Daisy: Otoliths

Read "Otoliths" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
October 12, 2025

How do these four musicians--individually and collectively--manage to create music that is consistently compelling? Part of the answer lies in their versatility. Each is a formidable soloist, an accomplished bandleader and a sought-after collaborator in improvising ensembles. For Earscratcher, Austrian pianist Elisabeth Harnik joins forces with three longtime stalwarts of the Chicago scene: saxophonist Dave Rempis, cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm and drummer Tim Daisy. The Chicago contingent first forged their bond in the trailblazing Vandermark 5 and have since collaborated across ...

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Joëlle Léandre, Elisabeth Harnik, Zlatko Kaučič: Live In St. Johann

Read "Live In St. Johann" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri
November 11, 2024

Tre eccezionali maestri dell'improvvisazione, che si conoscono e si stimano, dopo varie occasioni d'incontro con formazioni diverse, si trovano a suonare assieme nella forma più classica, quella del piano trio, e ne approfittano per dar vita a tre quarti d'ora di musica intensa e sorprendente, articolata e vivacissima. Stiamo parlando della contrabbassista francese Joelle Léandre, della pianista austriaca Elisabeth Harnik e del batterista sloveno Zlatko Kaučič, qui ripresi dal vivo sul palco dell'Alte Gerberei di St. Johann in ...

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Joëlle Léandre / Elizabeth Harnik / Zlatko Kaućić: Live In St. Johann

Read "Live In St. Johann" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
August 12, 2024

"I was in the house when the house burned down" is a thought sure to happen to many a concert attendee after a performance by legendary French bassist Joelle Leandre. She is a force of nature, a demanding and uninhibited artist. In her presence, a listener can feel the combustion generated by her performances. The same can be said of Austrian Elisabeth Harnik, twenty years Leandre's junior. In recent years, there has been a small explosion of music from the ...

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Dave Rempis / Elizabeth Harnik / Michael Zerang: Astragaloi

Read "Astragaloi" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
March 15, 2022

Sometimes listening to free improvisational music is, truth be told, an act of social anthropology. Who is making music? How is the combination of individual instruments configured? Where are the musicians from? Maybe more significant, how has this musical society developed? Astragaloi from the trio of Dave Rempis, Elizabeth Harnik, and Michael Zerang could be a perfect study for scholars. It is Chicago (Rempis and Zerang) meets Graz, Austria (Harnik), but maybe more important, it is the evolution of the ...