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Alan Silva - Kidd Jordan - William Parker: Emancipation Suite #1
by Glenn Astarita
Recorded live at New York City's prestigious “Vision Festival," three seminal leaders of the modern improvising circuit do their best to enliven our perceptions during this undeniably rousing set. The obvious mark of distinction here resides within Alan Silva's utilization of an orchestra synthesizer that seemingly features an array of wave formats, MIDI sequence files and ...
William Parker: Song Cycle
by Glenn Astarita
While bassist/composer William Parker has already provided modern jazz fans with an abundance of proverbial cutting edge outings for various labels, this little gem was recorded between 1991-1993 and was originally scheduled for release in 1995. What we have here is a program consisting of Parker’s pairing with vocalist Ellen Christi, whereas pianist Yuko Fujiyama and ...
Noah Howard Quartet: At Documenta IX
by Mark Corroto
The discovery (or rediscovery) of the music of Noah Howard is an experience in the most soulful avant gardist since Albert Ayler. Howard, born 1943 in New Orleans, participated in the New York free music scene of the 1960s recording for ESP and performing with Archie Shepp, Frank Lowe, Rashied Ali, and Sun Ra. He has ...
Borah Bergman with Conny Bauer & Mat Maneri: The River Of Sounds
by Glenn Astarita
Three distinguished proponents of the jazz-based avant-garde, or new music, scene converge for a somewhat frenetic encounter of musical minds on The River Of Sounds. Pianist Borah Bergman's Cecil Taylor-like excursions are enhanced and personalized by his acute sense of rhythm, inquisitive statements, intervallic leaps, and gargantuan block chords. On the sixteen-minute opener titled “Jim," the ...
The Cosmosamatics: The Cosmosamatics
by Derek Taylor
Their nom de plume conjures celestial images of an errant Arkestral offshoot surfing the space ways in Sun Ra’s otherworldly wake. Musically the results of this inspired, if at times uneven, conference of first rung creative music improvisers yields musical manna worthy of such comparisons. Simmons and Marcus, both sorely under appreciated reedsmiths, share compositional chores, ...
Joe McPhee & Joe Giardullo: Specific Gravity
by Glenn Astarita
Multi-woodwind specialist/trumpeter, Joe McPhee also utilizes a valve trombone during these duets with fellow woodwind ace, Joe Giardullo on this outing recorded live at “WPKN” radio in Bridgeport, CT. The soloists commence the proceedings with the twenty-eight minute, “A Priori.” On this piece, McPhee and Giardullo toggle between various instruments along with a metronome like clicking ...
Joe McPhee & Joe Giardullo: Specific Gravity
by Derek Taylor
Horn duets are often as challenging as solo horn recitals, both to listeners and performers alike. Free from the frameworks of traditional chordal and rhythmic instruments such pairings can also create a rewarding theatre of unrestrained experimentation. The two players who join forces on this disc aren’t your average Joes. Both seem bent from the onset ...
Raph: Looking East: A Suite In Three Parts
by Derek Taylor
Spread over two spacious discs the largely improvised epic hatched from the mind of Malik on this set shows both the substantial promise of its composer and the superlative talent of the players chosen to perform it. The recording fidelity is a shade brittle and flat, particularly in reference to Moffett’s traps but the dynamic breadth ...
Song Cycle
Label: Boxholder Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Footnote to a Dream/ Hunkpapa Song/ Baldwin?s Interlude/ Morning Moon/ For Julius Eastman/ Holiday for Flowers/ Life Song/ A Though for Silence/ Baldwin?s Interlude II/ Aborigine Song/ Cloud and Sea Fading as Rain Falls/ Invisible Pages/ Aborigine Song II/ Falling Shadows/ Band In the Sky.
