Jazz Articles about Eyvind Kang

Gordon Grdina Septet: Resist

by Mike Jurkovic
June 28, 2020

It takes a leap of unconditional faith to enter wholly the resistance. A mindset steadied for the long haul, readied for the next. On his third, integral, must-listen-to release of 2020, Canadian oudist/guitarist/composer Gordon Grdina grandly, darkly, intently, espouses all that and more. Hellbent on creating art as a political act, the sprawling, at times majestic Resist follows the raw and persuasive Nomad (Skirl, 2020), an uncompromising trio outing with pianist Matt Mitchell and drummer Jim Black and the simultaneous ...

Bill Horist: Covalent Lodge

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 10, 2010

Ecco Bill Horist, giovane chitarrista di Seattle quantomai attivo - anche in Italia (dove passa volentieri in Tour e dove collaborò con gli Ovo, ad esempio) - organizzare una orchestra di almeno 16 elementi. Si parte dalla dolcezza e delicatezza Canterbury Sound di “In the House of the Specious Phylum," un brano di cori lontani, una piccola chitarra che suona in una grande orchestrazione. E' già udibile l'utilizzo che della chitarra fa Bill Horist, la sua carica evocativa, giocare continuamente ...

Wayne Horvitz: Whispers, Hymns and A Murmur

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 11, 2006

Wayne Horvitz è alla ricerca di qualcosa. Forse neppure lui sa ancora cosa, ma certamente sa come affrontare questa fase interlocutoria della sua carriera. Dopo essere stato uno dei personaggi di punta della scena downtown newyorchese nella seconda metà degli anni ottanta, principalmente con Bill Frisell, con Bobby Previte, con Elliott Sharp e con John Zorn, si è spostato a Seattle e ha proseguito il suo intelligente percorso con il gruppo Zony Mash e con altri progetti collaterali che ogni ...

Bill Frisell: Unspeakable

by John Kelman
August 22, 2004

Some artists spend an entire lifetime within a narrow genre, honing their skill and working at stretching the boundaries of that style, while others transcend all definitions and labels, creating a music that defies categorization. Such is the case with guitarist Bill Frisell, who over a twenty-five year career has contributed to everything from the Nordic cool of Jan Garbarek's quartet to the downtown edge of John Zorn's Naked City. On his own records he has explored diverse landscapes including ...

Wayne Horvitz/Tucker Martine: Mylab

by Mark Corroto
February 4, 2004

For Wayne Horvitz and Tucker Martine, the pair known as Mylab, the saying “everything old is new again” should be restated as “Everything New is Old again!”

This studio experiment by the duo (with 17 of their closest friends) samples and loops folk recordings from the turn of the century to create song structures, then replaces those samples with guest musicians. They mash (part Zony) funk, blues, trip-hop, soul, folk, and African music into a roots music played ...

Wayne Horvitz: 4 + 1 Ensemble

by Glenn Astarita
November 1, 1998

Seattle based keyboard whiz/composer Wayne Horvitz has been a staple of NYC’s cutting edge “Downtown Scene”. Throughout, Horvitz has released several cd’s as a leader ie; Pigpen, Zony Mash and has collaborated with the likes of Elliot Sharp, John Zorn and Bobby Previte. 4 + 1 Ensemble is his latest solo effort and represents Horvitz’ in an introspective mood yet the material here is musically stimulating.

Horvitz possesses an uncanny ability to exploit tried and true cliches’ yet has a ...