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Bill Cole's Untempered Ensemble: 11/20/99
by Micah Holmquist
11/20/99 sounds strange. The music utilizes influences from not only the jazz tradition but also from the music of Africa, the Middle East, and Oceania to tell at least part of the story of the African American experience. Bill Cole and his Untempered Ensemble never resolve this incongruity but they don’t really need to. The music ...
Hedger/Kohlhase/McBride/Newton: KONK
by Robert Spencer
In contrast to his work with the Charlie Kohlhase Quintet, Charlie Kohlhase seems to work more on the freer side of things on this KONK disc. In the liner notes trumpeter Keith Hedger says that KONK began “in 1993 as a band that could play pieces by its favorite composers, improvise freely, and generally just have ...
Joe McPhee- Johnny McLellan: The Grand Marquis
by Derek Taylor
The Grand Marquis is a mythical hipster character of McPhee’s design who “wears the blues like a custom fitted suit.” Whether McPhee and the Marquis are one in the same is open to interpretation, but one thing is for certain. The two men are rife with common ground as McPhee covets the Blues and his passion ...
Malik/ McBee/ Moffett: Story Line
by Derek Taylor
Raphé Malik’s discography as a leader is painfully small; especially considering the amount of time he’s spent as an active player on the jazz scene. An FMP date, a pair of Eremites, and a stray session for Mapleshade comprise his complete available output. But rather than being the outcome of any frailty on Malik’s part such ...
