Jazz Articles about Freedomland

About Freedomland

Album Review

Freedomland first put forth its low-end theory on 2002's Amusement Park , two 30-minute workouts recorded live at CB's Lounge in New York's East Village. This followup documents the same band a year later in the studio and reassures us that Freedomland's debut wasn't simply a one-off and that the band is a going concern. While most of the band's instrumental character is defined by Daniel Carter's big bag o' horns (tenor, alto, trumpet, flute and clarinet), each ...

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Album Review

Freedomland: Yia Yia's Song

Read "Yia Yia's Song" reviewed by Christian Carey

by Christian Carey
November 2, 2004

Bush Tetras drummer Dee Pop has branched out from his rock career to become an important figure in the downtown NYC avant jazz scene, curating the Sunday night concert series at CB's Lounge and performing with many of the genre's current leading players. He is joined for this recording by multi-wind players Daniel Carter, David Hofstra, and David Sewelson, as well as bassist William Parker. The sound world favored by Freedomland on Yia Yia's Song is unusual, with both Parker ...