Jazz Articles about Ray Anderson

Ray Anderson - Marty Ehrlich: Hear You Say - Live in Willisau

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 18, 2010

Che due artisti come Ray Anderson e Marty Ehrlich avessero molte cose in comune non è certo un gran mistero: incrociatisi più volte nell'arco di una carriera ultra-trentennale, i due musicisti condividono una visione molto ampia del linguaggio afroamericano, visione che hanno deciso di condividere in questo ottimo quartetto completato da una ritmica solida come quella che Brad Jones e Matt Wilson possono offrire. Ripreso dal vivo al festival di Willisau del 2009, il gruppo si dimostra organico non solo ...

Ray Anderson

by Martin Longley
December 20, 2008

The trombonist Ray Anderson inhabits two simultaneous worlds. He's dedicated to exploring new vocabularies at the furthest reaches of what folks call jazz music, making his initial mark with fellow Chicagoan Anthony Braxton in the late '70s. He's also deeply attuned to the New Orleans roots of the music, reveling in the very vocal nature of his horn and employing a rowdy repertoire of singing, droning and mute-manipulations, combining into a language that is at once comic and experimental. Here, ...

Ibrahim Electric, Ray Anderson: Ibrahim Electric Meets Ray Anderson Again

by Laurel Gross
May 4, 2008

Ray Anderson can make a trombone sound like a hive of bees or just about anything else. That means he's a good match for Ibrahim Electric's Ibrahim Electric Meets Ray Anderson Again, recorded live at Copenhagen's JazzHouse and Pakhuset in ?rhus in February 2007, the second meeting between these two forces of nature. This group is all about fun, funk and a few other things: a popular 1960s party groove meets jazz improv, blues and rocking riffs ...

Ray Anderson: Bonemeal

by C. Michael Bailey
January 1, 2002

The trombone with a wicked sense of humor.

Bonemeal is clever take off manifested as several allusions. Bone is a nom de plume of the trombone, Ray Anderson's weapon of choice. Bonemeal evokes earthy sensual images in the same way “Cornbread" (Lee Morgan), “Pass the Peas" (Maceo Parker) and “Chitlins Con Carne" (Kenny Burrell). It has a tongue-in-cheek wryness characteristic of its leader, Anderson. Anderson appears with his guitar-based rhythm section at a Paula Jean's Supper Club in East Setauket, ...

Ray Anderson - Pocket Brass Band: Where Home Is

by Glenn Astarita
February 1, 2000

Few will deny Ray Anderson’s estimable stature as an innovative stylist not to mention one of the finest all around trombonists in the world. Anderson is equally at home whether improvising with modernist Anthony Braxton, leading big bands, splitting hairs with guitarist Christy Doran and renowned Dutch drummer Han Bennink or exploring the outer limits of his instrument while performing with the “BassDrumBone” trio. Yet Anderson also enjoys delving into some straight ahead jazz, funk and R&B from time to ...

Ray Anderson & Brande Intl. Music Workshop Orchestra: BIMWO Swing

by Glenn Astarita
March 1, 1999

Recorded Live at the Copenhagen Jazzhouse, BIMWO (Brande International Music Workshop Orchestra) Swing features the trombone talents of the great Chicago born Ray Anderson who also conducted and composed these pieces. Here, twenty Conservatory trained musicians from all over the globe perform under the direction of the estimable Mr. Anderson.

For the most part, this recording works; however, some of the featured soloist’s sound tentative in spots as in Anderson’s composition “Leo’s Place” which was originally featured on Anderson’s excellent ...