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David S. Ware: Shakti
by Russ Musto
David S. Ware's Shakti, his first release since the dissolution of his longstanding quartet, is an outstanding addition to the saxophonist's already extraordinary discography. Ware is reunited with bassist William Parker (a member of the earlier quartet, who goes back to Ware's very first recordings as a leader), with veteran Warren Smith seated in the drum ...
Darius Jones: Man'ish Boy (A Raw & Beautiful Thing)
by Andrey Henkin
Darius Jones sounds like it could be the name of an itinerant preacher or maybe a character in a Flannery O'Connor short story. Neither is actually that much of a stretch after hearing the alto saxophonist's debut as a leader, Man'ish Boy. Throughout run the concurrent threads of celebration and foreboding that exist in the rural ...
Joe Morris: Today On Earth
by John Sharpe
Joe Morris holds a unique position in creative music, meriting the top drawer on both guitar and bass, wielding the former in David S. Ware's resurgent company on Shakti (AUM Fidelity, 2009), and the latter on Wildlife (AUM Fidelity, 2009). For his third outing on the same imprint in 2009 Morris returns to guitar for what ...
Joe Morris Quartet: Today On Earth
by Troy Collins
Since taking up the bass in 2000, guitarist Joe Morris has split his recording and performing time between his new upright and his original axe. While growing considerably as a bassist, both as a sideman and leader, Morris maintains a singular approach to the guitar, placing him in the upper echelon of present day improvisers.
Darius Jones: Man'ish Boy (A Raw & Beautiful Thing)
by Lyn Horton
Alto saxophonist Darius Jones' birthplace was Virginia, where, historically, slavery was as indigenous to the state as the cotton fields. Inheriting a tradition of story- telling through music, Jones considers his debut, Man'ish Boy (A Raw & Beautiful Thing), “one sonic tone poem" that describes different aspects of growing up on a farm, in a loving ...
Darius Jones Trio: Man'ish Boy (A Raw & Beautiful Thing)
by Troy Collins
Man'ish Boy (A Raw & Beautiful Thing) is the premier recording of Virginia-born alto saxophonist Darius Jones, a prodigiously talented instrumentalist whose Southern roots shine through on this vivacious debut. A regular sideman to Lewis Barnes, William Hooker, Mike Pride, and Mara Rosenbloom, Jones also leads his own trio, which features bassist Adam Lane and drummer ...
Joe Morris: Wildlife
by Wilbur MacKenzie
Joe Morris has made a career of directing creative energy towards new experiences and a fascinating development has been the incorporation of new instruments to his vocabulary. Morris distinguished himself as a guitarist in 1994 with the release of Symbolic Gesture. Many duo, trio and ensemble records followed but Morris was not content simply to refine ...
David S. Ware: Shakti
by AAJ Italy Staff
Da un CD intitolato Shakti, e con un cobra disegnato in copertina, sarebbe lecito aspettarsi come minimo una musica ispirata alla tradizione karnatika o qualcosa sul modello di John McLaughlin anni Settanta, in realtà il riferimento orientale più immediato che potrete ipotizzare subito dopo l'ascolto è quello che va alle scale modali e all'assenza del centro ...
Gerald Cleaver - William Parker - Craig Taborn: Farmers by Nature
by AAJ Italy Staff
Musica libera, ricca di fremiti e colta dal vivo all'interno del piccolissimo Stone, il locale di New York dove si è tenuto questo concerto, il 19 giugno 2008. Il tratto saliente del disco è un senso del tempo e del ritmo che pervade ogni secondo di musica, che segna ovviamente anche la percussività tellurica e sottotraccia ...
Joe Morris / Petr Cancura / Luther Gray: Wildlife
by Troy Collins
Widely revered in avant-garde music circles for his innovative approach to the electric guitar, Joe Morris' decision to take up the contrabass in 2002 was initially met with apprehension from certain corners of the new music community. Fears that the singular guitarist might disavow his primary axe have been dispelled, replaced by a burgeoning parallel discography ...
