Jazz Articles about Ellery Eskelin

Sylvie Courvoisier - Ellery Eskelin: Every So Often

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 30, 2009

Eskelin e la Courvoisier si erano già incontrati nel settembre 2007 (esattamente un anno prima della registrazione di questo disco) per incidere As Soon As Possible con il violoncellista Vincent Courtois. Forse nella dimensione del trio la gamma delle sequenze formali più numerose e il campo di azione più ampio rendeva la musica meno ermetica, fatto sta che questo Every So Often richiede un impegno da parte dell'ascoltatore decisamente maggiore. I punti in comune con il precedente CD della Cam ...

Ellery Eskelin with Andrea Parkins and Jim Black: One Great Night...Live

by Glenn Astarita
July 7, 2009

As of 2009, Ellery Eskelin and his band mates have been playing together for fifteen years with no let up in sight--good news for advocates of cutting-edge, progressive jazz and improvisation. Recorded live at Towson University in saxophonist Eskelin's home town of Baltimore, Maryland, the trio's multitasking ways come to fruition during this near flawlessly recorded live date.

It's a very special band, indeed. Whether executing impressionistic sub-themes, or going for the proverbial jugular, the unit always transmits ...

Ellery Eskelin/ Sylvie Courvoisier: Every So Often

by Mark Corroto
May 1, 2009

The improvisational intersection of American and European music exemplified in the recording Every So Often finds common ground without much trouble when the improvisers are Ellery Eskelin and Sylvie Courvoisier.

This hour of sonically stellar studio recordings never lacks for innovation nor repeats ideas. Saxophonist Eskelin, a jazz maverick is probably best known for his trio work with drummer Jim Black and accordion player Andrea Parkins, with their 'rock the Sun Ra casbah' music. His jazz roots are ...

Ellery Eskelin: Quiet Music

by Kurt Gottschalk
May 7, 2007

Saxophonist Ellery Eskelin's trio with Andrea Parkins and Jim Black is so tight, so dense, that it's hard to imagine another musician in the mix. But on this double-disc set he adds vocalist Jessica Constable and on three tracks augments the group up to a quintet with Phillippe Gelda on keyboards and vocals. The results are every bit as satisfying as the work of the trio he's led for a dozen years and every bit as dense and musical as ...

Ellery Eskelin: Quiet Music

by Glenn Astarita
April 12, 2007

Years on the road and numerous recording for Swiss-based Hatology Records have generated a distinguished musical persona for tenor sax titan Ellery Eskelin and his band. Here, drummer Jim Black and accordionist/sampler Andrea Parkins assist with moving the torch forward. But the addition of vocalist Jessica Constable and French vocalist/keyboardist Philippe Gelda rein in a new stylistic vamp on this two-CD set produced for Eskelin's Prime Source label.

Intact are Parkins' quirky accordion passages and Black's offbeat rhythmic ...

Ellery Eskelin: Quiet Music

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 19, 2007

Ogni lavoro che coinvolge il sassofono tenore di Ellery Eskelin è un'esperienza di ascolto totale all'interno di un gioco di codici che hanno come riferimento tanto il jazz quanto ogni altro genere. Da tempo il sassofonista americano rifiuta le definizioni dei critici sul suo approccio allo strumento, certo utili per dare un'idea (Coltrane, Coleman Hawkins...) di quello che fa e che tuttavia non gli rendono giustizia perchè in fondo ha raggiunto una propria voce che gli permette di rendere sempre ...

Ellery Eskelin: Ten

by Shawn McGrew
December 22, 2004

This article was originally published under our Call and Response column. It's curious that both Andrea Parkins and Jim Black's names are absent from the front cover of Ten. This marks the tenth year the band has been together and both long-time associates do participate on this project. Despite functioning as the leader, Eskelin's been intent on presenting Parkins and Black as equals, but perhaps the additional presence of Jessica Constable, Marc Ribot and Melvin Gibbs complicate the ...