Results for "Rob Ewing"

Rob Ewing

Marcus Shelby Orchestra: Transitions

by Jack Bowers
June 8, 2019

Although it is not alluded to anywhere, the centerpiece of San Francisco-based composer / bassist Marcus Shelby's latest big-band album, Transitions, is the evocative four-movement suite “Black Ball: The Negro Leagues and the Blues," which pays tribute to the all-black enterprises whose shining stars were barred from displaying their talents in the major baseball leagues until ...

Electric Squeezebox Orchestra: The Falling Dream

by Jack Bowers
April 2, 2018

No, the San Francisco-based Electric Squeezebox Orchestra does not come with accordions attached. It does, however, come with a well-developed eye for harmony and rhythm, an inflexible group dynamic and a number of perceptive soloists, all of which serve to make the ensemble's second album, The Falling Dream, a pleasure to hear. The ...

Electric Squeezebox Orchestra: Cheap Rent

by Jack Bowers
August 30, 2015

Yes, the name is intriguing--but what should one expect musically from the San Francisco-based Electric Squeezebox Orchestra? Bits and pieces of a number of disparate elements, really, from straight-ahead contemporary motifs to shuffle beats and old-line swing, from down-home New Orleans rhythms to throwback grooves from the '70s and even a seductive ballad. What matters most ...

Disappear Incompletely at the Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society

by Bill Leikam
March 15, 2014

Disappear Incompletely Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society Half Moon Bay, CA February 9, 2014 The electro-jazz septet of Disappear Incompletely performed selected numbers from the Radiohead songbook, with all arrangements by trombonist and electronics master Rob Ewing in what might be best described as the jazzification of the English rock band. ...

Cory Wright Outfit: Apples + Oranges

by Glenn Astarita
December 27, 2013

Oakland, California based reedman Cory Wright (Anthony Braxton, Vinny Golia & Yusef Lateef delivers a manifold and juxtaposing ensemble date on Apples + Oranges. It doesn't take too long to determine that the album poses a surfeit of diagonally opposed viewpoints. Other than the highly emphatic and synergistic group-centric output, Wright's compositions hit the mark, and ...