Jazz Articles about Nate Wooley

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Nate Wooley / Fred Lonberg-Holm / Jason Roebke: Throw Down Your Hammer And Sing

by Lyn Horton
April 3, 2009

Seemingly the most complicated music is really the most simple; complexity might stem only from the mindful choices the performers make when they play. Yet, when the vocabulary of each performer is so well attuned to the possibilities of an unusual instrumental setting, then the choices for improvising, even though they might sound oddly pressured, are instinctual. What the musicians give each other musically and how each responds, generates the music.

This concept holds true on Throw Down Your Hammer ...

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Nate Wooley: Doin' It All All For My Baby & Nididhyasana

by Martin Longley
February 2, 2008

Evil Eye Doin' It All For My Baby KMB Jazz 2007 Steve Gauci Nididhyasana Clean Feed Records 2007

New Jersey resident Nate Wooley contributes a major trumpeting voice to this pair of quartet discs. His sound is not one to ignore. Besides possessing a notable deftness of phrasing, he's also equipped ...

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Transit: Transit

by Tom Greenland
May 11, 2006

While improvising musicians thrive on novel combinations of instruments and musical personalities, there is also the sense that close and repeated creative camaraderie fosters group cohesion. Transit, the eponymously titled debut recording from the quartet of drummer Jeff Arnal, bassist Reuben Radding, alto saxophonist Seth Misterka and trumpeter Nate Wooley--all active on the grassroots avant jazz scene burgeoning in boroughs of New York--boasts both qualities, producing a satisfying blend of freshness and familiarity. The album exhibits a ...

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Transit: Transit

by Troy Collins
February 15, 2006

A varied session with roots in cerebral European improvisation, AACM-inspired sound experimentation and New Thing-era ferocity, Transit's self-titled debut demonstrates expert communication, the key to any successful cooperative venture. Although organized by percussionist Jeff Arnal, the members of the quartet share writing credits, relying on collective improvisation as their principle strategy. Though Transit's music is rooted in free jazz, these players are not constrained by preconceived notions.

From the tumultuous vortex of sound that opens the album to ...

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Transit: Transit

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 8, 2006

Benché sia sostanzialmente un progetto unitario (tutte le composizioni sono a nome del quartetto) Transit, album pubblicato dalla intraprendente etichetta portoghese Clean Feed, può essere attribuito alla mente fervida di Jeff Arnal, batterista in prima linea sulla scena improvvisativa dell'avanguardia statunitense. E la sua dimestichezza con i lavori di grandi coreografi e con le cadenze del balletto moderno, emerge in filigrana come il filo conduttore dell'album, nel suo alternarsi tra brevi inserti sonori e improvvisazioni di ampio respiro, tra frenetiche, ...