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Crispell-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 ...
Continue ReadingMarilyn 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 ...
Continue ReadingMarilyn 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 ...
Continue ReadingMarilyn 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 ...
Continue ReadingRaymond 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 ...
Continue ReadingGary Peacock – Marilyn Crispell: Azure
by AAJ Italy Staff
Inevitabilmente prosciugato dell'apporto di Paul Motian, col quale la pianista di Filadelfia e il bassista dell'Idaho ci avevano accolto a inizio decennio col bellissimo, per più versi persino sorprendente Amaryllis, il trio di allora si rigenera oggi in questo prezioso, raffinatissimo album in duo, inciso a New York nel febbraio di due anni fa. Dividendosi con equità certosina la paternità/maternità del materiale tematico (quattro brani a testa più tre a doppia firma), i due attuali coéquipiers lavorano di cesello attorno ...
Continue ReadingMarilyn Crispell / Harrison Smith / Eddie Prevost: London, UK, November 7, 2012
by John Sharpe
Marilyn Crispell / Harrison Smith / Eddie PrévostCafé OtoLondon, UKNovember 7, 2012It was almost as if no-one wanted to break the perfection of the anticipatory hush at north London's Café Oto. Eventually, Harrison Smith ventured a quizzical phrase on tenor saxophone, which inaugurated an unostentatious exchange of ideas and viewpoints. Pianist Marilyn Crispell, hair draped forward shielding her face like a veil, imparted her pronouncements with gradually increasing density, while drummer Eddie Prévost's brushes danced ...
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