Jazz Articles about Taylor Ho Bynum

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Taylor Ho Bynum & Tomas Fujiwara: True Events

by Troy Collins
February 20, 2007

Duets can be among the most revealing of all jazz performances. With only two voices in the mix, there is nowhere for either individual to hide, so having a strong conversational rapport with one's partner is paramount. Between them, cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum and drummer Tomas Fujiwara share fifteen years of playing experience, and it shows on True Events.

Unimpeded by genre constraints, Bynum and Fujiwara incorporate all matter of inspiration into their purely musical dialogues, drawing from ...

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Taylor Ho Bynum & SpiderMonkey Strings: Other Stories (Three Suites)

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 16, 2006

Partner di Anthony Braxton (leggi la recensione del CD in duo Duets (Wesleyan) 2002), Cecil Taylor ed altri leader dell'avanguardia storica (ma lo troviamo anche al fianco del nostro Carlo Actis Dato in American Tour - February 2002 - Live, il cornettista Taylor Ho Bynum torna sul mercato discografico con un'etichetta particolarmente attenta agli ultimi sviluppi della musica afro-americana dopo gli interessanti lavori in duo con Eric Rosenthal (in And Only Life My Lush Lament e Cenote). Da alcuni anni ...

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Taylor Ho Bynum: Other Stories (Three Suites)

by Kurt Gottschalk
December 1, 2005

For a young musician, Taylor Ho Bynum has had an impressive career. He's appeared on as many albums as he is years old--that being thirty--and has worked with Cecil Taylor, Bill Dixon, and Anthony Davis. He studied under and toured with Anthony Braxton, and the pair released a strong recording, Duets (Wesleyan) 2002. He's also performed in some strong ensembles of next-generation players, including the Fully Celebrated Orchestra and a trio with Jeff Song and Curt Newton. ...

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Taylor Ho Bynum & SpiderMonkey Strings: Other Stories (Three Suites)

by Jerry D'Souza
November 21, 2005

Taylor Ho Bynum has immersed himself in different musical idioms over the years, giving voice to many colors in the context of several bands. The so-called SpiderMonkey Strings are one of the avenues he uses as a vent for his imagination. Stimulating the process are eight other musicians whose choice of instruments include violin, cello, viola, vibraphone, guitar, drums, and tuba. Bynum adds his cornet to the unusual mix.

The music on this recording comprises three suites. Each ...

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Taylor Ho Bynum & SpiderMonkey Strings: Other Stories (Three Suites)

by John Kelman
November 12, 2005

Trumpeter/composer Taylor Ho Bynum seems committed to defying those for whom music needs to be neatly compartmentalized. No surprise really, considering his association with renegade musical thinker Anthony Braxton, first coming into focus on Braxton's Composition No. 102 For Orchestra & Puppet Theater (Braxton House, 1996) and appearing with Braxton's sextet at the Musique Actuelle Festival in Victoriaville, Canada this past summer. Bynum may share Braxton's deep-rooted intellectualism and unconventional compositional processes, but his music reflects its roots more clearly ...

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A Fireside Chat With Taylor Ho Bynum

by AAJ Staff
March 14, 2003

I first took notice of Taylor Ho Bynum's playing on a Trio Ex Nihilo album from a little known European label (he had done good work before, but I live in LA and we are the twelfth man on the deal team, last to know). Bynum's trumpet playing was on par with the forward thinking of European improvisers, but still versed in the melody of jazz tradition. His latest, Duets [Wesleyan] 2002, with Anthony Braxton is something else. And between ...

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Taylor Ho Bynum/Eric Rosenthal: and only life my lush lament

by Derek Taylor
March 1, 2000

The track listing on this disc describes an intriguing program of standards from the likes of Strayhorn, Ellington, Rogers & Hammerstien, Coltrane and Gillespie. Those listeners familiar with the talents of these two players will recognize that the renditions of these compositions will be anything but expected and pedestrian. Ho Bynum and Rosenthal are seasoned deconstructionists. Together and separately they have made a practice of challenging the assumed protocols of jazz improvisation. Under the duo's collective hand these familiar pieces ...