Results for "Asian Improv Records"

Francis Wong

Live at the Velvet Lounge Volume III

By Fred Anderson

Label: Asian Improv Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Andersonville; Acceleration; Beyond the Bridge; Positive Changes; Best Time of Life; Discreet Indentifier.

The New World

By Bradley Parker

Label: Asian Improv Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Overture: The New World; The New World; Pinwheel; Walk With Me; Tico's Lust; Secret Code; Skip Hop; Every Day; Finale: The New World; Essay On Black Noise; Kanye OK, OK (She Wants A Jazz Man).

Bradley Parker-Sparrow: The New World

by Mark Corroto
November 13, 2009

It's possible that this improvised session was months in the making, as emails and telephone calls were made and returned to discuss the theme of pianist Bradley Parker-Sparrow's The New World. But, then again with improvisers of this quality this concept album might just as remarkably been laid down with a with a few nods, winks, ...

Fred Anderson Quartet: Live at the Velvet Lounge Volume III

by Jeff Stockton
June 1, 2009

Fred Anderson's sound on tenor can be heard in his stance. With his horn hung on a harness that looks like something a moving man would wear as he prepares to hoist a TV, Anderson bends his knees and hunches over as if muscle more than breath is needed to lift the notes into the air. ...

Graphic Evidence

By Jason Kao Hwang

Label: Asian Improv Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: To The Endless Embrace of Light; Invocation and Resonance; Microscopic; Blood Falling Out-of-Bounds; Door Beneath and Arch; Transparent Tapestry; Alluvial Fan; Before Memory Begins.

Edge

By Jason Kao Hwang

Label: Asian Improv Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: No Myth; Threads; Parallel Meditations; Grassy Hills.

Jason Kao Hwang: Edge

by Rex Butters
August 20, 2006

Violinist Jason Kao Hwang gathers a startling quartet to record Edge. Joining him on the front line is cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum, his colleague in SpiderMonkey Strings and a fellow Anthony Braxton alumnus. Like Hwang, Bynum has left his mark on some of the premier ensembles of our time, including a tenure with Cecil Taylor. The ...

Jason Kao Hwang: Edge

by Troy Collins
June 23, 2006

Edge is the self-titled debut of violinist Jason Kao Hwang's new all-star quartet. Joined by cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum (Fully Celebrated Orchestra, Anthony Braxton, Cecil Taylor), bassist Ken Filiano and experimental percussionist Andrew Drury, Hwang sets aside his seminal, decade-old Far East Side Band for this new venture. Exploring the edges of different genres (hence the ...

Jason Kao Hwang: Edge

by Jerry D'Souza
May 28, 2006

Jason Kao Hwang is on the edge not only with this recording, but with his band as well. Both share the name, and the reason becomes apparent when listening to the record. Hwang nestles comfortably in a wide range of genres while exploring this musical journey. The violinist has created works that have the harmony of ...