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William Parker: Song Cycle
by Derek Taylor
With a reputation and creative resonance that continues to blossom William Parker has come along way since his beginnings in creative improvised music at the dawn of the 1970s. Much more than a formidable bassist, though it's through this persona that he's arguably garnered the most clout, each succeeding project and album continues to reveal the ...
Noah Howard: Red Star
by Derek Taylor
Tracing a direct line from be-bop beginnings to the rebellious spirit of the 60s avante-garde the Parisian meeting between Noah Howard and Kenny Clarke captured on this disc connects an elastic tether between eras. At the time of the 1977 studio session Howard and long-time associate Few were well-established free jazz figureheads. Clarke was a living ...
Keith Yaun Quartet: Amen: Improvisations on Messiaen
by Derek Taylor
Classical composition and jazz improvisation have a relatively short history of co-existence most prominently traced in the developments of the Third Stream. Keith Yaun adds a new entry to the lineage through the austere interpretations of Olivier Messiaen scores, which comprise this disc. His partners in the project prove well suited to the kind of chamber ...
Bill Cole: Duets & Solos, Volume 1
by Derek Taylor
Bill Cole’s debut disc for Boxholder described the myriad strengths of his Untempered Ensemble at full muster ranging through a handful of powerful and highly personal compositions. Comprising a formidable roster of improvisers including Cooper-Moore, William Parker and Joseph Daley, and adhering to Cole’s rubric of incorporating non-Western instruments into jazz-based improvisatory settings the group was ...
Ivo Perelman: The Eye Listens
by Derek Taylor
Saxophonist and sometime cellist Ivo Perelman was one of the most promising players of free jazz in the early 1990s. A prolific series of recordings disseminated on a clutch of labels including Homestead, Leo, CIMP, Music & Arts and others pointed firmly to his rising primacy in the music. Strangely, just as his star was reaching ...
Ivo Perelman: The Eye Listens
by Jim Santella
Impressionism carries Ivo Perelman along roads near and far. Most avenues on The Eye Listens carry his free, improvising trio through intense spasms of outward emotion. Consider our natural world. From the quiet sovereignty of a pink, summer rose to the horrifying power of a wintry tornado; Mother Nature has made room for it all. The ...
