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The Jazz Session #106: Patti Wicks
Pianist and vocalist Patti Wicks teams up with her Italian trio bassist Giovanni Sanguinetti and drummer Giovanni Gulino and guest saxophonist Scott Hamilton for Dedicated To (Geco Records, 2009). In this interview, Wicks talks about how she dealt with her childhood visual impairment and learned to play by ear; her college days at the Crane School ...
The Jazz Session #105: Steve Lehman
Saxophonist and composer Steve Lehman makes use of spectral harmony on his album Travail, Transformation and Flow (Pi Recordings, 2009). The result is a carefully crafted and emotionally engaging exploration of the physics of sound, played by a group of musicians who are seeking new ways to make improvised music. In this interview, Lehman offers a ...
The Jazz Session #104: Ben Perowsky
Ben Perowsky's newest recording, Moodswing Orchestra (El Destructo, 2009), is an experiment is ambient improvisation. Perowsky has assembled an all-star cast of instrumentalists and vocalists, including everyone from Cibo Matto's Miho Hatori and Brazilian vocalist Bebel Gilberto to turntable/laptop artist Markus Miller and tuba player Marcus Rojas. In this interview, Perowsky talks about his desire to ...
The Jazz Session #103: John Abercrombie
John Abercrombie returns with Wait Till You See Her (ECM, 2009), another album of gorgeous, tuneful music from his quartet, featuring Mark Feldman on violin, Joey Barron on drums, and new band member Thomas Morgan on bass. In this interview, Abercrombie talks about how subtle movements in the audience impact a performance; the label chamber jazz ...
The Jazz Session #102: John Surman
John Surman is a composer with a broad and multi-hued musical palette. Hes written for everything from solo saxophone to string quartet to choir with organ to contemporary dance. On Brewster's Rooster (ECM, 2009), Surman reunites with longtime musical partners Jack DeJohnette and John Abercrombie (accompanied by bassist Drew Gress) for a quartet album that explores ...
The Jazz Session #101: Cyminology
Cymin Sawamatie was born in Germany to Iranian parents, and that mix of cultures informs the music of her band, Cyminology. On their third CD, and their first for ECM, Cyminology (ECM, 2009), the quartet explores the poetry of Rumi, Hafiz and Forugh Farrokhzad, combining these disparate poetic influences with a rich palette of composed and ...
The Jazz Session #100: Bernard Flanders (My Grandfather)
My grandfather, Bernie Flanders, was one of the biggest influences on my life, both in making me the man I am and in pointing me early on to the magic of music, and jazz in particular. To celebrate my 100th episode, Im taking a break from the shows normal format to share with you my remembrances ...
The Jazz Session #99: Robert Glasper
Robert Glasper believes that improvised music can authentically incorporate hip hop rhythms and he also believes that authenticity is a necessary quality to make the mix work. That kind of authenticity is what he's striving for on Double Booked (Blue Note, 2009), the new CD featuring both his acoustic trio and his larger electric band. In ...
The Jazz Session #98: Industrial Jazz Group
The Industrial Jazz Group is a 15-ish-piece large ensemble that plays the inventive, challenging and often hilarious music of composer Andrew Durkin. That sentence, though, doesn't come close to doing them justice. The band, made up of musicians fluent in jazz, classical and rock and inspired by the free-for-all spirit of Frank Zappa is a force ...
The Jazz Session #97: Darius Jones
Virginia-born saxophonist Darius Jones wants to tell his story, and hes chosen as his vehicle his new album, Manish Boy (AUM Fidelity, 2009). This is an album born of economic poverty and emotional wealth. Joining Jones are multi-instrumentalist Cooper-Moore and drummer Rakalam Bob Moses. This powerful and beautiful album is an important statement by a voice ...
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