Jazz Articles about Taylor Ho Bynum

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Taylor Ho Bynum and Harris Eisenstadt in London: A Second Anglo/American Convergence

by John Sharpe
May 22, 2009

Convergence Quartet The Vortex London, U.K. April 27, 2009

Last sighted on these shores in the autumn of 2006, the success of the Convergence Quartet 's inaugural meeting has now borne the fruit of a further tour for cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum, drummer Harris Eisenstadt, and the up-and-coming English pairing of pianist Alexander Hawkins and bassist Dominic Lash. Since the band's first concert, Bynum has moved ever further from the ...

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Harris Eisenstadt: Guewel

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 19, 2009

Un po' di Art Ensemble of Chicago per l'africanità recuperata e fatta esplodere attraverso il free, un poco di World Saxophone Quartet per la sapienza nella armonizzazione dei fiati, un pizzico di Brotherhood of Breath per l'abilità nel dar risalto alla gioiosità melodica dei brani. Ma riassumere Guewel in questo modo sarebbe riduttivo e ingiusto nei confronti di Harris Eisenstadt, batterista e compositore di Toronto che riunisce in questo album alcune delle voci più interessanti della scena creativa nordamericana. Perché ...

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Taylor Ho Bynum & Mary Halvorson: Quartet Moscow (2008) & The Double Trio

by Kurt Gottschalk
February 7, 2009

Anthony Braxton Quartet Moscow (2008) Leo 2008 Stephen Haynes & Taylor Ho Bynum The Double Trio Engine Studios 2008

Having both studied under Anthony Braxton at Wesleyan University and now playing in his ensembles, Taylor Ho Bynum and Mary Halvorson have established themselves in town working together in various other groupings. ...

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Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet: Asphalt Flowers Forking Paths

by Glenn Astarita
February 4, 2009

Since his studies and performances with new music and improvisational pioneer Anthony Braxton, hornist/composer Taylor Ho Bynum has assumed many musical hats amid his incredibly all-embracing vernacular. Whether it's avant chamber-jazz, large scale orchestra fare or variable ensemble groupings, his ascent towards the upper echelon of today's forward-thinking artists cannot be understated. Bynum's ability to seamlessly merge distinct genres or thought processes into a singular identity is often astonishing. Sure enough, Asphalt Flowers Forking Paths drives these aspects home in ...

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Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet: Asphalt Flowers Forking Paths

by Troy Collins
January 3, 2009

Cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum has garnered a considerable amount of acclaim since his stunning debut as an ensemble leader on Other Stories (Three Suites) (482 Music, 2005). Widely considered composer Anthony Braxton's most promising former student, Bynum continues to work with his former mentor, acting as one of his key collaborators, while maintaining a distinct identity as a singular composer.

Although Bynum shares some of Braxton's esoteric qualities (the modular structure of the “whYeXpliCitieS" suite, for example), he ...

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Taylor Ho Bynum: A Trickster Sensibility

by Chris May
November 26, 2008

Is Taylor Ho Bynum the most extraordinary cornet player to emerge since Louis Armstrong? It's beginning to look that way. With a vast sonic vocabulary, blessed with soaring lyricism, fearlessly forward looking yet with a hotline to gut bucket primitivism, Bynum, still in his early 30s, is already a singular and thrilling artist.

Two late 2007/early 2008 sessions--Asphalt Flowers Forking Paths, featuring Bynum's own sextet, and High Definition, made as a member of bassist Joe Morris' quartet--grab the ...

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Taylor Ho Bynum: Asphalt Flowers Forking Paths

by Robert Iannapollo
November 16, 2008

Since he started teaching at Wesleyan University in the '90s, Anthony Braxton has found a large number of players who have embraced his compositional and improvisational ideas. Cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum has been among the most active in Braxton's galaxy. Bynum has also been directing a large array of his own ensembles; of those, his sextet is one of the most fruitful. Populated by other students of Braxton, this group released the superb Middle Picture (Firehouse 12, 2007).