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Barry Guy New Orchestra
Featuring the music of Barry Guy
Duration: 6:54
Ultra Music at Pori Jazz Festival: Pori, Finland, July 14-16, 2011
by Anthony Shaw
uLTRA mUSIC at the 46th Pori Jazz FestivalPori, FinlandJuly 14-16, 2011 The port of Pori has always been a hub of access for Finns living in the flatlands of the west coast area. As a center for the export of wood and cereals, the city traditionally has seen the import of ideas ...
Kongsberg Jazz Festival, July 6-9, 2011
by Josef Woodard
Kongsberg Jazz FestivalKongsberg, NorwayJuly 6-9, 2011 By now, it's a self-evident truth that Norway has become something of a hot spot on the global jazz map... again. This is hardly a late-breaking news sensation, given the long arc of jazz lore and fanaticism and support systems in place in this Scandinavian corner, ...
The Vinny Golia Octet: Music for Baritone Saxophone
by Robert Bush
Vinny Golia OctetMusic For Baritone SaxophoneNine Winds Records2011 Woodwind multi-instrumentalist Vinny Golia has been both the beacon and a touchstone for the West Coast free improvising community, particularly in Los Angeles, for over 30 years. Golia started his Nine Winds label in 1977, as a vehicle for ...
Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet +1: London, UK, April 18-20, 2011
by John Sharpe
Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet +1Café OtoLondon, UKApril 18-20, 2011 Since its inception in 1997, Peter Brötzmann's Chicago Tentet has become one of the foremost large groupings in free jazz, not least because of its unrivalled roster of talent and its durability as a unit. When asked how he had kept such ...
Barry Guy: Striving For Absolute Spontaneity
by Maxim Micheliov
Barry Guy seems to be one of the most convincing figures in a long line of contemporary innovators whose discoveries possess everlasting value. Being a diverse improviser, a bassist of exceptional technique, an accomplished composer and a big band leader, this artist amazes by the scope of his interests and his variety of his accomplishments.
Peter Evans / Agusti Fernandez / Mats Gustafsson: Kopros Lithos
by Mark Corroto
Much like conceptual artist Piero Manzoni's Merda d'artista project, trumpeter Peter Evans, pianist Agustí Fernández, and saxophonist Mats Gustafsson present this all-acoustic improvisation session called Kopros Lithos, or “fossilized dung."In 1961, Manzoni set about to produce 90 cans of his own feces as a limited edition art piece. In 2007, one can sold at ...
Agustí Fernández / Barry Guy / Ramón López: Morning Glory
by Mark Corroto
In what could easily mistaken for a release on the ECM label, Morning Glory inhabits that crisp minimalist style so familiar to producer Manfred Eicher. Surprisingly enough, this studio recording, with bonus Live In New York disc, is delivered by three of today's most zealous improvisers and outcats. Formed in 2005, the trio's previous ...
Bertram Turetzky: Contrabass Pioneer
by Robert Bush
Contrabassist Bertram Turetzky's career is nothing short of extraordinary. He almost single handedly redefined the role of the bass in 20th Century classical music, from one of back row support to that of featured and celebrated soloist. Even within the confines of classical music, Turetzky's range is huge: he is a master of early, pre- Bach ...
Mostly Other People Do the Killing: The Coimbra Concert
by Mark Corroto
The stand-up comic begins, “I went to a day of rage riot the other day, and a Moppa Elliott concert broke out." He might continue with, “Take my jazz canon, please." That is just what the bassist's quartet, Mostly Other People Do The Killing, does--seize the jazz standard and demolish it. The Coimbra Concert is the ...
