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Mark Dresser Seven: Sedimental You
by Karl Ackermann
In the early stages of his career, bassist/composer Mark Dresser was working with the likes of Anthony Braxton, Marilyn Crispell, and Gerry Hemingway. His long track record of working in composition and improvisation has made him one of the most respected artists in creative music. On Sedimental You, Dresser surrounds himself with a top tier ensemble ...
Edgefest 2016
by Frank Rubolino
One of the most consistently satisfying festivals in the USA, or for that matter anywhere, can be found in the college town of Ann Arbor, Michigan, where each fall, a superb lineup of innovative international performers produce music of significance over a four-day period. The appropriately named Edgefest, for the music has always been on the ...
Cyrille secondo Tononi
by Tiziano Tononi
Tiziano Tononi è da sempre un ammiratore di Andrew Cyrille, dal cui senso del ritmo ha tratto ispirazione per i numerosi progetti che da decenni porta avanti cercando un ideale ponte culturale tra la scena jazzistica afro-americana e quella italiana. Abbiamo approfittato della uscita, quasi contemporanea, dei CD “Proximity" e “The Declaration of ...
Andrew Cyrille Quartet: The Declaration of Musical Independence
by Mark Sullivan
Drummer Andrew Cyrille is probably best known for his long association with the avant-garde pianist Cecil Taylor. He has previously appeared on ECM and Watt albums by saxophonist Marion Brown (Afternoon of a Georgia Faun, 1970), Carla Bley (European Tour 1977, 1978), The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (originally on JCOA, 1968), and most recently on Ben Monder's ...
ECM Releases Four New Titles in September: Tigran Hamasyan, Giovanni Guidi, Andrew Cyrille and Jakob Bro
RELEASE DATE: September 9 Tigran Hamasyan/Arve Henriksen/Eivind Aarset/Jan Bang: Atmosphères Tigran Hamasyan: piano; Arve Henriksen: trumpet; Eivind Aarset: guitar; Jan Bang: electronics and live sampling. This far-reaching double album, recorded and mixed in three days in Lugano, introduces a new quartet with Tigran Hamasyan, Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset and Jan Bang. The Norwegians had played in ...
Andrew Cyrille & Bill McHenry: Proximity
by Glenn Astarita
The story behind this duo setting by legendary drummer Andrew Cyrille and venerable tenor saxophonist Bill McHenry was initiated by Max Koslow who routinely attends New York City's fabled Village Vanguard venue on Thursday evenings. After hearing the twosome perform, he proposed they record a set in the studio for his nascent Brain Schism Productions. Indeed, ...
Ron Carter: Always at the Center of the Action
by Victor L. Schermer
Great jazz bassists can always be identified by the fact that you really listen to them! A good jazz bassist keeps good time and gets the chords right, but a great bassist, going as far back as Jimmy Blanton, Scott LaFaro, Charlie Haden, or Jimmy Garrison, catches your ear because you're surprised and moved by what ...
Eric Revis Trio: Crowded Solitudes
by John Sharpe
In following his own star, bassist Eric Revis continues to explore terrain further off the charts than erstwhile employers Branford Marsalis, Steve Coleman and Kurt Rosenwinkel. For the sequel to the acclaimed City of Asylum (Clean Feed, 2013), Revis retains Kris Davis on piano but replaces Andrew Cyrille with Gerald Cleaver in the drum chair. Revis ...
The Brooklyn Express: No Time Left!
by Alberto Bazzurro
Registrato a Brooklyn nel giugno 2015, questo nuovo lavoro della Premiata Ditta Cavallanti/Tononi non tradisce neanche stavolta le attese, anzi rinverdisce atmosfere e -diciamolo pure -opulenze che la crisi globale in cui ci stiamo dibattendo ha finito spesso per mettere in un angolo (proprio per un fatto di dispiegamento di mezzi e forze). ...
Eric Revis Trio: Crowded Solitudes
by Mark Corroto
Listening to a recording, one can assume, as opposed to attending a performance, involves just one of your five senses, hearing. The concert has of course sight, but something about Eric Revis' Crowded Solitudes suggests other senses to consider. This trio recording follows City Of Asylum (Clean Feed, 2013). Revis has retained pianist Kris Davis, but ...
