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Pianist John Beasley Releases "Positootly!" On Resonance Records
In Demand Piano Veteran, Composer and Louisiana Native John Beasley Bows Second All-Star Release On Resonance Records Positootly!Follows His Acclaimed 2008 Release Letter To Herbie “To my ears, he's absolutely one of the best of his generation" --Bennie MaupinVeteran pianist-composer-arranger John Beasley gained invaluable bandstand experience on the road with ...
Louis Sclavis: Lost on the Way
by John Kelman
Over the course eight albums, French clarinetist/saxophonist Louis Sclavis has carved his own niche on ECM. Every album possesses a different complexion--from the acoustic free play of Acoustic Quartet (1994) and aggressively open-ended variations of composer Jean-Phillip Rameau's work on Les Violences de Rameau (1996) to the more structured soundtrack for Charles Vanel's 1929 film, Dans ...
Hubbard / Henderson / Corea / Clarke / White: Echoes of a Hard Bop Era
by Carl L. Hager
Wolf & Rissmiller's Country Club, April 7, 1982. Walking forward to the front of the stage, producer and drummer Lenny White held a microphone to his lips to announce the members of the band. “I'd like to take this opportunity to introduce you to the world's greatest musicians..." A subjective statement, yes, but he had a ...
Ben Wendel: Simple Song
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Reedman Ben Wendel plays music that sings in different idioms. He has collaborated with the renowned conductor, Kent Nagano in a series of concerts in Germany, and has toured with Cuban drummer, Ignacio Berroa, electronica artist, Daedelus and rapper, Snoop Dog. He is also founding member of the indefinable band, Kneebody, which has been described as ...
L.A. Jazz Scene 2008: Alive and Swingin'
by Chuck Koton
The Los Angeles scene has often been referred to in patronizing terms by jazz lovers, musicians and writers. It has been said that the city's laid-back vibe deprives musicians of the energy that a New York audience can impart to the bandstand. Others complain that the growth of a hip jazz scene has been impeded by ...
Early Reflections
Label: Cryptogramophone
Released: 2008
Track listing: Within Reach; Escondido; Inside the Shadows; ATMA; Ours Again; The Jewel in the Lotus; Black Ice; Tears; Not Later Than Now; Early Reflections; Inner Sky; Prophet's Motifs; Spirits of the Tatras.
Back to Roots, Ahead to the Future Pop and Jazz Best
The best of this year’s rock, pop and jazz albums include releases by Metallica, Bennie Maupin, Rudresh Mahanthappa and Gonzalo Rubalcaba. 2. BENNIE MAUPIN Early Reflections (Cryptogramophone). The next chapter in the recent return of this saxophonist and bass clarinetist, who enlivened jazz during the 1970s with Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock. He’s now working with ...
Bennie Maupin: Early Reflections & The Jewel In The Lotus
by Andrey Henkin
Bennie Maupin Early Reflections Cryptogramophone 2008 Bennie Maupin The Jewel In The Lotus ECM 2007 The reascendence of Bennie Maupin is a heartening story. After an almost ...
The Bennie Maupin Quartet: Early Reflections
by John Kelman
After establishing his reputation in the 1960s and 1970s with artists including Miles Davis, Andrew Hill and Herbie Hancock, Bennie Maupin mysteriously disappeared for over a decade. Re-emerging in the 1990s, it's still only been recently--with the release of the overdue reissue of his 1974 ECM classic, The Jewel in the Lotus in 2007, and his ...
Penumbra
Label: Cryptogramophone
Released: 2007
Track listing: Neophilia 2006; Walter Bishop Jr.; Level Three; Blinkers; Penumbra; Mirror Image; Message to Prez; Tapping Things; Vapors; One For Eric Dolphy; See The Positive; Trope on a Rope; The 12th Day; Equal Justice.
