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Ingrid Laubrock: Monochromes
by Mark Corroto
Saxophonist & composer Ingrid Laubrock and her partner, drummer Tom Rainey self-released an ongoing series of spontaneous duets, the Stir Crazy Episodes, recorded during the pandemic lockdown. They were most likely a kind of pressure release mechanism for both artists. With Monochromes, Laubrock heads in the opposite direction by commissioning four musicians to pre-record tape pieces based on her notations, both conventional and graphical; these form the foundations for Laubrock and three different collaborations to improvise over. The single 40-minute ...
Continue ReadingRe-Convening The Convention: jazzahead's Bold Comeback Plan
by Josef Woodard
A delicate, operational balance between sophistication, jazz cultural advocacy and marketwise boosterism has been in place since the inception of the ambitious adventure known as jazzahead!. One can sense that balance in the convention/showcase festival's very branding, with its title stylized as in coolly lowercase composite word festooned with an emphatic exclamation point, and in the bold green arrow emblazoned on its logo. The mission and implications are all about moving jazz ahead, on various levels. Each spring, ...
Continue ReadingDon't Terje Me, Bro
by Patrick Burnette
Some of our podcasts have themes. This podcast has a wide-ranging mix of three 2023 releases and one moderately historical entry from an ECM guitarist whose name Pat dare not pronounce. Can the jazz violin be a force for good? We think so. Can Pat find a Pyroclastic release that tickles his fancy? You betcha--but no more spoilers. Playlist Discussion of Ketil Bjornstad and Terje Rypdals album Live in Leipzig (ECM) 2:22 Discussion of the Canadian Jazz Collective's ...
Continue ReadingIngrid Laubrock: The Last Quiet Place
by Jerome Wilson
Saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock always seems to search out new instrumental configurations for her music. This time out, she and her musical and life partner, drummer Tom Rainey, collaborate with a quartet of accomplished string players, guitarist Brandon Seabrook, violinist Mazz Swift, cellist Tomeka Reid, and bassist Michael Formanek. Together they create stimulating music which can be many things. At different times it sounds formal, urgent, placid, and violent. “Afterglow" and “Anticipation" explore some of the classical possibilities of ...
Continue ReadingIngrid Laubrock, Mario Costa, Ivo Perelman / Matthew Shipp / Jeff Cosgrove
by Maurice Hogue
This show is the 1,300th edition of One Man's Jazz since it debuted back in May 1999 one sunny Saturday afternoon in the studios of CKUW FM in Winnipeg. How the content has changed since then! More avant-garde, more international players, more intense, but still a joy to put together. Ordinarily I would have done some special interviews or something but being in the middle of packing and changing residences led me to just play some great music. The highlights: ...
Continue ReadingNew Music From Ingrid Laubrock, Ivo Perelman, Marc Ducret And More
by Bob Osborne
On this show exciting new releases from Ingrid Laubrock, André Carvalho, Brad Walker and Extended, Marc Ducret, and Josh Lawrence plus three new albums from Ivo Perelman.Playlist Show Intro 00:00 Ingrid Laubrock “Anticipation" from The Last Quiet Place (Pyroclastic) 00:53 André Carvalho “Mencolek" from Lost In Translation Vol. II (Clean Feed) 07:47 Brad Walker and Extended “Side By Side" from Side By Side (Self Released) 14:22 Marc Ducret “Static" from Palm Sweat: Marc Ducret Plays the Music of ...
Continue ReadingIngrid Laubrock: The Last Quiet Place
by Alberto Bazzurro
A tre anni e mezzo dalla sua incisione (settembre 2019), giunge all'ufficialità della pubblicazione questo notevole album della cinquantaduenne sassofonista tedesca Ingrid Laubrock, capace di regalarci una volta di più testimonianza eloquente del suo valore, come tutta una serie di collaborazioni quanto mai prestigiose e la sua stessa produzione discografica, abbondante ed esauriente, ci avevano detto con chiarezza di dettagli. Qui la stessa conformazione del sestetto protagonista del lavoro, con ben quattro strumenti a corde di cui ...
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