Jazz News

Arts For Art Introduces The Under_Line Campaign Connecting The Past And The Present, To Build A Home For Un-Compromised Music In The Lower Eastside

Source: Peter Gordon
November 15, 2012

On Tuesday, December 4th, Arts for Art will launch the Under_Line campaign with a special benefit featuring the best musicians bridging different aesthetics under the banner Vision and Integrity. There will be a visual presentation portraying the history of jazz within the lower east side and art, across generations featuring the hip and the cool. The Under_Line will connect the past and present of un-compromised music and creative expression to the lower east side. From the Lower Eastside to the ...

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Series Of Workshops, Panels And Events On January 10-11, 2013 Will Address Important Issues And Trends In The Jazz Community

Source: Peter Gordon
October 12, 2012

The Jazz Connect Conference at APAP|NYC 2013, organized by JazzTimes in conjunction with the Jazz Forward Coalition, announced the tentative schedule of events for this gathering of the jazz community. The conference will be held January 10-11, 2013 in New York City and will feed into the annual APAP (Association of Performing Arts Presenters) Conference as well as Winter Jazzfest. The Jazz Connect Conference will feature a series of workshops, panels and events held over the course of two days. ...

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Thirsty Ear's Trio Treats at (Le) Poisson Rouge on March 7, 2011

Source: Peter Gordon
February 26, 2011

On Monday March 7, 2011, Thirsty Ear takes the stage at (Le) Poisson Rouge in New York City for a night of inspired and provocative jazz. Avant-garde luminary Matthew Shipp will be performing alongside Michael Bisio and Whit Dickey. Representing the new giants of jazz will be the highly touted trio of Mary Halvorson, Weasel Walter and Peter Evans. This will surely be an exciting event, as Matthew is on the verge of releasing his 50 year opus, “Art of ...

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Honoring Matthew Shipp's 50 Year Opus: Thirsty Ear Recordings releases "The Art of the Improviser" Feb 2011

Source: Peter Gordon
December 2, 2010

For the better part of fifty years Matthew Shipp has been on a tireless journey to innovate a musical language that is at once so cerebral, emotional and physical that it becomes universally intelligible. Shipp has aspired to engineer an eclectically unprecedented sound, one capable not only of invigorating the jazz world, but potent enough to reach beyond the traditional bounds of that community and speak to fans who might not be so familiar with the vocabulary of jazz. On ...

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Scanner with The Post Modern Jazz Quartet "Blink of an Eye" Available Now on Thirsty Ear Recordings

Source: Peter Gordon
November 21, 2010

The blending of jazz and electronics has been one of the more difficult musical challenges, as it attempts to humanize the machine or mechanize the free spirit of improvisation. It's a very tricky balance to get right, as they can be on a collision course with each other. British artist Robin Rimbaud traverses the experimental terrain between sound, space, image and form, creating absorbing, multi-layered sound pieces that twist technology in unconventional ways. From his early controversial work using found ...

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Leibinger loves the conversation of music

Source: Peter Gordon
November 2, 2010

For trombonist Doug Leibinger, the new Director of Jazz Studies at Sonoma State University, learning to play jazz is a lot like learning to talk. First, you acquire the vocabulary. Then, you figure out how to string words together into sentences. Finally, you forget everything you've learned, listen deeply, and respond to what others are saying. “Music is much better when there's a conversation," the 42-year-old musician said while sipping coffee at a Rohnert Park coffee shop. “Ideally, we want ...

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Nils Petter Molvaer "Hamada" available August 31st on Thirsty Ear

Source: Peter Gordon
July 6, 2010

"A highly original composer/stylist with the courage to radically reinvent himself." --BBC “Stunning growth and unexpected directional shifts make Hamada one of Molvær's most moving and challenging records to date." --All About Jazz “He mixes his evocative landscape sound with a fiercer, even threatening quality imparted by startling percussion eruptions and formidable resources" --The Guardian UK

It has been a number of years since Nils Petter Molvaer (NPM) released a new studio album. Entering his 14th year since his groundbreaking ...

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