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Harris Eisenstadt September Trio: The Destructive Element
by Glenn Astarita
Celebrated for his musicality and leadership, drummer Harris Eisenstadt is a modernist who dispels preconceived notions that a drummers' primary function is to keep time, and prop the frontline along with a bassist. With this 2013 instilment of his September Trio, he ingrains organic textures and a touchy feely loose groove modus operandi when not engaging his band-mates in structured unison choruses. Eisenstadt also imparts his clever call and response mechanisms when jabbing with tenor saxophonist Ellery Eskelin and pianist ...
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by Mark Corroto
In a jazz setting, the traditional role for a bassist is to keep time, and in effect be the glue that holds a composition--and essentially the jazz unit--together. Maybe that is the reason is why drummer Harris Eisenstadt chose to construct his September Trio sans bassist. Aptly named, The Destructive Element follows the September Trio of Eisenstadt, pianist Angelica Sanchez and tenor saxophonist Ellery Eskelin's eponymous Clean Feed Records debut from 2011.It's not that the music here is ...
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by AAJ Italy Staff
Nato nel 2010 il September Trio è una delle formazioni più emozionanti del jazz attuale. Ha inciso il primo disco omonimo l'anno successivo per la Clean Feed ed ora presenta questo nuovo lavoro, registrato ancora per l'etichetta portoghese il 29 e 30 settembre 2012 a Portalegre. Alla fine di giugno compirà un mini tour europeo con una data a Poznan in Polonia e due in Italia, invitato dal Sudtirol Festival: il 30 a Bolzano e il 1° luglio a Merano. ...
Continue ReadingHarris Eisenstadt: Full Steam Ahead
by James Pearse
As well as three current working (and touring) ensembles, a busy recording schedule and a flourishing teaching career, Toronto, Canada-born percussionist/composer Harris Eisenstadt is also a family man. Now settled in New York City, it's been a busy year, with four recordings-September Trio (Clean Feed, 2011), Canada Day III (Songlines, 2012), Canada Day II (Songlines, 2011), Canada Day Octet (482 Music, 2012)-all released within the last twelve months or so; a release schedule rivaled only by guitarist Bill Frisell and ...
Continue ReadingHarris Eisenstadt: Canada Day Octet
by AAJ Italy Staff
Harris Eisenstadt infittisce il gruppo dei batteristi-compositori-leader. E lo fa nel più intelligente dei modi, sviluppando anno dopo anno l'identità di diversi organici, dove le percussioni non la fanno da padrone ma suggeriscono le idee di partenza poi elaborate dal collettivo. Canadese di Toronto, attivo nella West Coast, ora stabilitosi a New York, Eisenstadt ha visitato in due occasioni l'Africa occidentale, approfondendo le tradizioni percussive senegalesi e del Ghana. Questo si riflette nelle sue partiture, fondate su una varietà d'accenti ...
Continue ReadingHarris Eisenstadt: Canada Day III
by John Sharpe
The third installment in drummer Harris Eisenstadt's Canada Day adventure follows the same winning formula as established by Canada Day (Clean Feed, 2008) and Canada Day II (Songlines, 2011),carving out a distinctive niche on the contemporary jazz borderlands, with a nod to the '60s Blue Note territory of pianist Andrew Hill and reedmen Sam Rivers and Eric Dolphy. Recorded after touring, the band has thoroughly internalized the program, which has a harder edge than its predecessors, achieving a perfect balance ...
Continue ReadingHarris Eisenstadt: Canada Day Octet
by John Sharpe
Drummer/composer Harris Eisenstadt has developed into one of the most imaginative writers on the scene for larger ensembles. On Canada Day Octet, he presents the latest installment following on from such larger scale works as All Seeing Eye + Octets (Poo-bah, 2007), and the wonderful Woodblock Prints (No Business, 2010). But this time, the difference is that at the core of his eight-strong group are the members of his regular working band, Canada Day, familiar with both his materials and ...
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