Jazz Articles about Marty Ehrlich

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Marty Ehrlich: Things Have Got To Change

by Stuart Broomer
October 12, 2009

The clarity that's so immediately apparent in Marty Ehrlich's alto sound permeates his work, so that there's a quality at once naked and luminous in the music heard here. The quartet with trumpeter James Zollar, cellist Erik Friedlander and drummer Pheeroan akLaff and the concept harkens back to the early Ornette Coleman Quartet, each member committed to an intense lyricism, an insistence on the emotional power of blues and hymn. There are moments in the opening “Rites Rhythm" that even ...

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Marty Ehrlich Rites Quartet: Things Have Got To Change

by Troy Collins
October 11, 2009

One of the seminal artists of the New York Loft jazz scene, composer and multi-instrumentalist Julius Hemphill (1938-1995) left a diverse legacy that lives on through the tireless efforts of saxophonist Tim Berne and multi-instrumentalist Marty Ehrlich. Hemphill's earthy forays with cellist Abdul Wadud in the early seventies broke new stylistic ground, unapologetically drawing inspiration from funk, soul and R&B. His inventive writing for unconventional instrumental combinations was further realized as a founding member of the World Saxophone Quartet and ...

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Marty Ehrlich - Myra Melford: Spark!

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 3, 2008

Marty Ehrlich e Myra Melford hanno spesso incrociato le loro strade. Non solo nel precedente disco in duo Yet Can Spring (Arabesque, 2001), ma anche nei vari gruppi che li hanno visti assieme, tra cui uno strepitoso quartetto (con Lindsey Horner e Reggie Nicholson) a nome della pianista e che fu in Italia per poche date nell’estate del 1996. La formula del duo in questo caso, come nella precedente prova, è articolata su un intreccio fitto tra parti improvvisate con ...

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Marty Ehrlich / Myra Melford: Spark!

by Matthew Miller
October 14, 2007

Multi-reedist Marty Ehrlich and pianist Myra Melford share more than a virtuosic touch and rugged lyricism. Their work embodies a single-minded approach to duo playing that lends an air of cohesion to the most abstract improvisation, allowing their ideas to blend to the point where Ehrlich's tone becomes a growling, vibrato-laden extension of Melford's sensitive voicings and provocative counterpoints or a serene answer to one of the pianist's jarring exclamations. Spark! opens and closes with “Hymn, a ...

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Marty Ehrlich Trio in Tel Aviv

by Eyal Hareuveni
February 17, 2007

Marty Ehrlich Trio New Opera House Tel Aviv, Israel Friday, January, 19, 2007

The first performance in Israel of New York-based composer and reed player Marty Ehrlich offered a concise overview of the career of the gifted player. Ehrlich presented his new trio--Shanir Ezra Blumenkrantz on bass and oud along with drummer Mark Fereber--and hosted Israeli saxophonist Albert Beger in the second half of the concert.

Ehrlich opened the concert with two ...

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Lindsey Horner: Don't Count on Glory

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 24, 2006

Contrabbassista flessibile e sicuramente troppo poco considerato, Lindsey Horner ha condiviso sin dagli anni Ottanta alcune importanti esperienze del jazz creativo newyorkese, a fianco di Myra Melford e di Herb Robertson, di Muhal Richard Abrams o di Bobby Previte, distinguendosi per timbro preciso e acuta sensibilità. Nelle sue prove da leader, come nel caso di questo nuovo Don't Count on Glory, l'attenzione è focalizzata sulla scrittura, con sette temi a firma propria e una rilettura di “Green Chimneys" di Thelonious ...

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Marty Ehrlich: News On The Rail

by Joel Roberts
November 12, 2005

Multi-reedist Marty Ehrlich can always be counted on to make thoughtful, provocative music on the modern-creative end of the jazz spectrum. His last album (The Long View, 2003) featured an extended large-group composition inspired by the work of painter Oliver Jackson. News On The Rail is a somewhat less abstract effort comprising eight new tunes written for what he calls a “large small ensemble--actually a sextet.An avant gardist with an appreciation for melody, Ehrlich has long been associated ...