Jazz Articles about Richard Teitelbaum

Andrew Cyrille, Elliot Sharp, Richard Teitelbaum: Evocation

by Howard Mandel
April 18, 2023

Evocation is what all writing about music must be about and may be the mission of music itself. To create an impression, to summon a memory or tender a suggestion of presence using materials that are not substantially those of the endeavor's subject--isn't that the fundamental purpose of any art? Not to be pretentious or obscure the thing itself: It must be said that master drummer Andrew Cyrille, guitarist-reedist Elliott Sharp and Richard Teitelbaum, the pioneering electronic music ...