Jazz Articles about Joel Forrester

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Joel Forrester - Phillip Johnston: Live at the Hillside Club

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 27, 2012

Joel Forrester e Phillip Johnston registrano per la prima volta un disco in duo dopo quasi quarant'anni di collaborazione e innumerevoli concerti in duo. Insieme, hanno dato vita ad organici diversi, tra i quali il Microscopic Septet è il più longevo. Live at the Hillside Club è stato registrato proprio durante il tour promozionale dell'ultimo disco dei “Micros," dedicato alla musica di Monk, Friday the Thirteenth. Quanto le composizioni ed il pianismo di Forrester siano pervasi dallo spettro di Monk ...

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Joel Forrester and People Like Us: Ever Wonder Why

Read "Ever Wonder Why" reviewed by Joel Roberts

by Joel Roberts
January 13, 2005

Joel Forrester has had a fascinating career. He studied piano with Thelonious Monk, scored early Andy Warhol films, wrote the theme for the popular NPR show Fresh Air, accompanied silent films at the Louvre, and spent years as a principal member of the fondly remembered Microscopic Septet. He's also been the driving force between one of the liveliest bands in town, People Like Us, a quartet devoted to Forrester's quirkily intelligent compositions. Ever Wonder Why collects eleven new ...

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Joel Forrester and the Illustrious Others: Pre-Microscopic Music Circa 1980

by Jack Bowers
June 1, 1999

Unlike its enigmatic description (what does “pre–microscopic music” mean?), the material performed by pianist Joel Forrester and the Illustrious Others is on the whole quick–witted, forthright and accessible. The “others” appear in various configurations from trio to septet with Forrester’s piano unaccompanied on “Mary” and “Dr. Real.” Forrester, Dellay and Dworkin make an auspicious start with the boppish “Getting Started,” and the septet (with Hofstra on bass, Charles on drums) makes its first appearance on “Until Tomorrow,” whose dirge–like opening ...