Dr. Han

Recent Listening: Linda May Han Oh

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
May 2, 2019

Recent Listening In Brief: Linda May Han Oh, Aventurine (Biophilia) The album title, aptly, seems to suggest adventure. Indeed, the CD contains plenty of that attribute in the bassist-composer’s instrumentation, textures and rhythmic values. The name was suggested, however, by a certain shiny translucent mineral that seems to glow from within, as does much of Ms. Oh’s music in this collection. The inspirations for her compositions, her choices of fellow performers and the way she writes and presents much of ...
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Creative Sources Recordings Releases "Numbers" by Richard Barrett and Han-earl Park

Source: Han-earl Park
March 2, 2012

Released by Creative Sources Recordings: Numbers (CS 201 CD), a duo album by composer, performer and electronic musician Richard Barrett and guitarist, improviser and constructor Han-earl Park. Numbers is a high-energy, quick-footed, scatter-brained two hander—a looping, convoluted, interactive dance made audible—a musical fender bender involving electroacoustic complexities and (physio)logical splutter-cuts, jump-cuts and match-cuts—an intense white- knuckle extemporization unit—the duo of composer, performer and electronic musician Richard Barrett and guitarist, improviser and constructor Han-earl Park. Celebrated for his dense, complex, intricate ...
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Armen Nalbandian to release new trio album with Nasheet Waits and Eric Revis, and duet album with Han Bennink on August 23rd

Source: Blacksmith Brother
August 1, 2011

On August 23rd, pianist/composer Armen Nalbandian will release two new recordings via his label Blacksmith Brother Music. The first being a live recording with drummer Han Bennink from January 2008 entitled Coup de Grace. The second being a follow-up to his 2007 trio recording Manchester Born, features Nalbandian on the fender rhodes and in a trio setting featuring bassist Eric Revis and drummer Nasheet Waits. The album comprises of all original compositions by Nalbandian and is entitled “Quiet, as it's ...
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Ray Anderson, Han Bennink & Christy Doran: ABD on hatOLOGY

Source: Werner Uehlinger
June 18, 2011

Listening to Anderson's four compositions, Doran's piece, four free improvisations, and an Ellington tune, from the two sessions strike me as collages of a sort, bringing together very different aesthetics, directions, and materials, for a direct confrontation. Not a confrontational confrontation, mind you. A very amenable comparing, contrasting, and combining of sensibilities, the very thing that makes creative music tick. —John Corbett Originally released as Azurety and Cheer Up. Recorded in 1994-1995. Personnel: Ray Andeerson (trombone, tuba); Han Bennink (drums); ...
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UCLA Live Presents Alice Coltrane Tribute Dec. 5 All-star evening includes performances from McCoy Tyner, Kyp Malone, Nels Cline, Han Bennink, Daniel Carter, Michael White & Leisei Chen, Radha Botofasina, plus Flying Lotus and special guests

Source: Jessica Wolf
November 29, 2010

UCLA Live Presents Alice Coltrane Tribute Dec. 5 All-star evening includes performances from McCoy Tyner, Kyp Malone, Nels Cline, Han Bennink, Daniel Carter, Michael White & Leisei Chen, Radha Botofasina, plus Flying Lotus and special guests LOS ANGELES—A host of jazz luminaries and some of modern music's most exciting artists gather on the Royce Hall stage Sunday, December 5 at 7 p.m. in honor of the legendary Alice Coltrane. Led by Kyp Malone, of TV on the Radio and Rain ...
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UCC Concert Series presents Matana Roberts, Han-earl Park and Mark Sanders

Source: Han-earl Park
October 15, 2010

Get ready for a truly international musical exploration of technique, craft and tradition by three extraordinary improvisers. Chicago-born, New York-based saxophonist Matana Roberts, leading Birmingham-based drummer Mark Sanders, and Cork-based Korean-American guitarist Han-earl Park perform as part of the University College Cork Concert Series on Thursday, 25 November 2010 at 8:00 pm in the Ó Riada Hall, UCC Music Building, Sundays Well, Cork. Tickets are $10 ($5 concessions) and available from Music, School of Music and Theatre, UCC. The event ...
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Alto Saxophonist Alex Han, 20, Will Tour with Marcus Miller

Source: All About Jazz
June 5, 2008

By Patricia Myers

Young alto saxophonist Alex Han, 20, has been booked for an international summer tour with two-time Grammy-winning electric bassist Marcus Miller.

The tour begins July 3 with the Istanbul Jazz Festival in Turkey and continues across Europe, including the Jazz a Juan festival in Antibes, France, and the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland.,ending July 29. Prior to the tour, Han will perform with Terri Lyne Carrington and George Duke on June 8 at Chicago's Pearl Fest 2008. ...
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Saxophonist Alex Han to Tour with Marcus Miller

Source: All About Jazz
May 27, 2008

20 year old jazz saxophonist and composer, Alex Han, is scheduled to tour 14 European cities with legendary two-time Grammy Award-Winning musician, composer and producer, Marcus Miller. The band line-up for this tour beginning July 3, 2008 is Alex Han on saxophone, Federico Gonzalez Pena on keyboards, and Jason “JT" Thomas on drums. Han is also scheduled to perform with Miller on the 2009 Playboy Jazz Cruise. Since age 12, Han has performed at world-renowned venues including The Blue Note, ...
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Peter Brotzmann / Han Bennink Duo USA Tour April 16-28

Source: All About Jazz
April 9, 2008

Legendary Free Music Duo in a rare US Tour

“Few modern saxophonists can sound as powerfully abrasive as Mr. Brotzmann, and few drummers can seem as convincingly unhinged as Mr. Bennink. Each is a pillar of the European free-improvising scene, and a touchstone for the rambunctious wing of the contemporary avant-garde." -New York Times 2006

16 April Amherst, Ma Amherst Unitarian Meetinghouse, 8pm 121 N. Pleasant St.

18 April New ...
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Han Bennink to Join the Blueprint Project for CD Release Concerts in Boston and Providence

Source: Improvised Communications
January 16, 2008

The Blueprint Project with Han Bennink will perform two Northeast U.S. concerts in late January in celebration of their recent recording, People I Like (Creative Nation Music 008). The group, which pairs the legendary Dutch drummer with the decade-old trio of Jared Sims (saxophones and clarinet), Eric Hofbauer (guitar) and Tyson Rogers (piano), will perform all original music written specifically for this collaboration. Together they will perform at AS220 in Providence on Tuesday, January 22nd and Boston's Emmanuel Church (as ...
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