Jazz Articles about Michael Moss

About Michael Moss

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Michael Moss - Accidental Orchestra: Helix

by Glenn Astarita
June 7, 2018

Veteran New York City-based free jazz acolyte, multi-instrumentalist Michael Moss (Sam Rivers, Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner) maximizes the talents of his large ensemble via these simmering works designed with organized and loosely articulated dialogues. The ensemble kicks it off with the swirling and glaring “Inception," which is also tinted with a world music vibe due to revered tabla artist Badal Roy who offsets the flow during the bridge, leading to undulating horns and a loose groove free bop ...

Album Review

Michael Moss's Accidental Orchestra: Helix

by Troy Dostert
June 4, 2018

A longtime contributor to the New York jazz scene whose roots go back to Sam Rivers's loft era of the 1970s, clarinetist and composer Michael Moss has typically worked in a small-group context, especially via his most well-known ensembles, Four Rivers and the New York Free Quartet. But on Helix, he's got more ambitious goals in mind for his 22-member Accidental Orchestra, both in terms of the scope of the band and the metaphysical concept at its core: namely, “an ...