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Oles Brothers' Eastern Bloc Party
by Brad Glanden
Marcin Oles featuring Chris Speed, Simon Nabatov and Bartlomiej Brat Oles Walk Songs Fenommedia 2006 Marcin Oles and Bartlomiej Brat Oles featuring Erik Friedlander, Michael Rabinowitz, and Emmanuelle Somer Chamber Quintet Fenommedia 2005
Warne Marsh Quartet: Ne Plus Ultra
by Brad Glanden
As a protégé of Lennie Tristano in the late 1940s and early 1950s, tenor saxophonist Warne Marsh learned lessons that shaped his playing until his death in 1987. He has inspired a cult following among musicians, particularly saxophonists seeking an alternative to the John Coltrane approach, and Ne Plus Ultra fully justifies his status as a ...
Pauline Oliveros: The Roots of the Moment
by Brad Glanden
The music of Pauline Oliveros invites a consideration of her philosophical perspective, as the former is an outgrowth of the latter. Having established herself in the 1960s as one of the first composers to utilize electronics, Oliveros has since replaced the tape and oscillator experiments of her early work with performances that employ her interactive methodology ...
Theo Jorgensmann: Fellowship
by Brad Glanden
Free jazz arrangements often spurn the development of form and structure, deriving their complexity from inter-ensemble relationships. The specter of 1960s collective improvisation looms large over Theo Jörgensmann's Fellowship. Though the compositions are founded on epigrammatic themes, they weave an intricate framework for moment-to-moment interaction. The members of the clarinetist's conceptually sophisticated sextet bring six different ...
The Sursiks: I Didn't Know I Was Singing
by Brad Glanden
The musicality of human speech has been a point of interest for a number of composers, among them Schoenberg, Partch, and Jancek, but the craft of building compositions around carefully notated spoken word recordings remains ripe for exploration. Scott Johnson pioneered the technique with John Somebody, Steve Reich popularized it with Different Trains, and Rene Lussier ...
The Jeff Gauthier Goatette: One and the Same
by Brad Glanden
When most of the members of a jazz lineup are credited with “effects" along with their respective instruments, there may be reason to suspect that a dependence on electronics may be masking a deficiency of technical skill. Such is not the case with the Jeff Gauthier Goatette. To the contrary, the group's expert balance between the ...
Sarah Hommel: A Sarah Hommel Drum All
by Brad Glanden
The average listener is not likely to respond with enthusiasm to an all-percussion recording. While ardent lovers of drum-based music will surely appreciate the sonic breadth of A Sarah Hommel Drum All, those less rhythmically inclined may find their patience tested. Truth be told, Hommel is a first-rate composer, and a charitable attention span will be ...
Roy Nathanson: Sotto Voce
by Brad Glanden
The Italian term selected by saxophonist Roy Nathanson as the title of his latest CD connotes a hushing of sung or spoken tones, a deceptive name for a recording with so many worthwhile things to say. On Sotto Voce, the Jazz Passengers co-founder leads an idiosyncratic five-piece through an unholy hodgepodge of pop, post bop, hip-hop ...
Morricone Conducts Morricone
by Brad Glanden
Ennio Morricone/Müncher Rundfunkorchester Morricone Conducts Morricone Euroarts Music 2006 Achieving prominence in the sixties with his genre-defining spaghetti western scores, film composer Ennio Morricone has since proven incomparably prolific. His eccentric recorded catalogue is well worth exploring, and the least known films often yield the most interesting music. Bouncing from ...
Various Artists: Disney Bossa Nova
by Brad Glanden
The marriage of bossa nova--as joyous and life-affirming as music gets--to the catchy, unabashedly cheerful songs of Disney films would seem a logical pairing. Disney Bossa Nova, a compilation featuring an assemblage of Brazil's best known musical exports, still manages to exceed expectations with its tasteful arrangements and refreshingly understated production. Do not allow the Disney ...
