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Angelica Sanchez & Marilyn Crispell: How To turn the Moon
by Dan McClenaghan
Fans of piano jazz might have a preference for the trio format—piano/bass/drums. Or they might like their piano straight, no chaser, with solo piano sets. There is no shortage of trio and solo recordings floating around for our listening enjoyment. But two pianos? Rare, though not unheard of. Brad Mehldau and Kevin Hays offered up the excellent Modern Music (Nonesuch Records) in 2011; and Vijay Iyer and Craig Taborn presented us with one of the finest jazz albums of the ...
read moreMarilyn Crispell - Tanya Kalmanovitch - Richard Teitelbaum: Dream Libretto
by Glenn Astarita
World-class pianist, Marilyn Crispell crafts an endearing musical statement, where she and her cohorts execute a requiem framed on improvisations and succinct melodies based on the pianist's close friends and family who have passed on. Consequently, the first part of this set features Crispell, violinist Tanya Kalmanovitch and legendary electronics ace, Richard Teitelbaum, while the second part is a series of duets by the pianist and violinist. An eerie calm cloaks “I" propelled by Teitelbaum's ultra-low register and ...
read moreCrispell-Fonda-Sorgen Trio Live at The Falcon
by Mike Jurkovic
Crispell-Fonda-Sorgen Trio The Falcon Marlboro, New York November 26, 2017 From a furious flurry of dissonance, Paul Motian's energetic “Cosmology" emerged as the declarative opening salvo for this intuitive and adventurous set by pianist Marilyn Crispell, bassist Joe Fonda, and drummer Harvey Sorgen. Crispell, long a Hudson Valley treasure, freely incorporated her challenging harmonics, piercing runs, phrases, and melodic cluster bursts into the spacious and often acrobatic rhythmic inventions of ...
read moreMarilyn Crispell, Gerry Hemingway: Table of Changes
by Angelo Leonardi
Dal tour europeo dell'estate 2013 è tratta questa selezione di libere improvvisazioni eseguite Marilyn Crispell e Gerry Hemingway. I due hanno collaborato a lungo nel quartetto di Anthony Braxton tra gli anni ottanta e i novanta, iniziando a esibirsi in duo dal 1992. Se si eccettua la ballad “Ev'rytime We Say Goodbye" l'album raccoglie libere improvvisazioni che si sviluppano a partire da invenzioni estemporanee dalla trama ora volatile e sommessa ora intrisa di forza e tensione. La musica ...
read moreMarilyn Crispell / Gerry Hemingway: Table Of Changes
by John Sharpe
Although Table of Changes is only the third release from the pairing of pianist Marilyn Crispell and percussionist Gerry Hemingway, it comes relatively hot on the heels of Affinities (Intakt, 2011) which broke a long silence since Duo (Knitting Factory, 1989). The paucity of these occurrences belies an extensive shared tenure, both as part of reedman Anthony Braxton's classic quartet from 1984 through until 1992, and in regular hook ups thereafter. In tandem they plumb the extremes of intent exhibited ...
read moreMarilyn Crispell -- Gerry Hemingway: Table Of Changes
by Glenn Astarita
These distinguished artists performed together with pioneering saxophonist, composer Anthony Braxton's epic 80s ensembles amid other ensuing collaborations. Over time, drummer Gerry Hemingway and pianist Marilyn Crispell have gravitated towards the upper echelon of the so-called 'new jazz' outlook, as Table of Changes provides a glowing snapshot of their Europe 2013 tour. Moreover, the album extends various persuasions evidenced on their previous duo album Affinities (Intakt, 2011). Their nonpareil kinship is an underlying factor via spontaneous improvisation, structure ...
read moreRaymond MacDonald & Marilyn Crispell: Parallel Moments
by Glenn Astarita
Philadelphia, PA, reared pianist Marilyn Crispell looms as one of the more prolific artisans of progressive jazz and avant-garde forums amid her affiliations with saxophonist, composer Anthony Braxton and bassist Gary Peacock, among others of note. Here, she aligns with highly respected Scottish saxophonist Raymond MacDonald, who is the co-founder of the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra and also composes for film, theater and TV. Therefore, many of these improvisation-based duets tend to bridge various perspectives and thought processes, and such is ...
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