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Catherine Sikora
Tenor and soprano saxophonist, improviser and composer Catherine Sikora was first electrified by the sound of air vibrating in a metal tube when, as a child, she heard the wind playing tones and overtones in a metal gate. She has devoted her life to researching the magic of that sound with her saxophones, particularly in her solo work, which forms the main backbone of her creative output. Catherine’s first solo album ‘Jersey’ was released on Relative Pitch Records in July 2016. She followed this with “Warrior”, an all-soprano saxophone solo recording in 2019. Her next solo tenor recording, recorded live in Paris in summer of 2020, will be released in fall 2020. In addition to her solo work, Sikora works frequently in duo and larger settings, with Eric Mingus, Brian Chase, Ethan Winogrand, Ross Hammond, Christopher Culpo and Matteo Liberatore
Attentive listening suggested! Terry Riley, Ingrid Laubrock, Roscoe Mitchell and Kaze with Koichi Makigami
by Hobart Taylor
This week we explore the peripheries of jazz featuring composer Terry Riley who turns 90 this year, contemplate musical and literal koans from Ingrid Laubrock and friends, receive “Transmissions" from Roscoe Mitchell, join Wadada Leo Smith with Amina Claudine Myers on a “Central Park" ramble, and then there's Kaze with Koichio Makigami Playlist Host ...
Remembering Susan Alcorn: Bucking The Trends
by Ian Patterson
All About Jazz is saddened to learn of the passing of Susan Alcorn--pedal steel guitarist extraordinaire. She died on January 31st of natural causes. Perhaps more than any other pedal steel guitarist before her, Alcorn took her instrument into musical terrain not usually associated with it. She played country music for twenty years, but ...
Claire Daly, Ambrose Akinmusire, Ingrid Jensen, Mark Turner and Sasha Berliner
by Hobart Taylor
Remembering Claire Daly plus new music from Ambrose Akinmusire and Sasha Berliner, and introducing Jimmy Farace.Playlist Joona Toivanen Trio “Green Model" from Gravity (We Jazz) 0:00 Caili O'Doherty “ Bluer Than Blue" from Bluer Than Blue (Oustside In) 4:23 Ebo Taylor “Kusi Na Sibo" from Jazz Is Dead 22 (Jazz Is Dead) 10:36 Claire ...
Shabaka, Satoko Fujii, John Nau and Catherine Sikora
by Hobart Taylor
New music from Shabaka, Satoko Fujii, John Patitucci as well as a meditation from soprano saxophonist Catherine Sikora. For jazz adjacent music we feature composers Julia Wolfe and Joseph Daley. Playlist Satoko Fujii Natsuki Tamura Ramon Lopez" Yama Kawa Umi" from Yama Kawa Umi (Not Two) 0:00 Sun Ra" Lights on a Satellite" from ...
Louis Sclavis, David León, Roby Glod & Joy Guidry
by Maurice Hogue
Reed players have taken over the house this week. The eminent clarinetist Louis Sclavis stars in an excellent quartet using music, text and spoken word to create a moody sonic landscape out of short stories, poems and aphorisms by French and African authors. Other European saxophonists heard are Luxembourg's Roby Glod in a familiar setting with ...
Anthony Coleman and Brian Chase: Arcades
by Troy Dostert
An interesting cross-generational pairing, Arcades features veteran pianist Anthony Coleman alongside relative upstart, drummer Brian Chase. A key exponent of the jazz avant-garde, Coleman's body of work extends back to the 1980s with John Zorn, plus a host of recordings since then with folks like Wadada Leo Smith and Marc Ribot, not to mention a substantial ...
Emanuele Passerini, Jon Irabagon, Sylvain Rifflet and The Warriors Of The Wonderful Sound
by Maurice Hogue
Italian soprano saxophonist Emanuele Passerini says he does not consider himself a professional musician. He has a great job in the private sector, so he records only sporadically. Well, good thing he found the time to record Trio Geometrics with drummer Tiziano Tononi and bassist Tito Mangialajo Rantzer. It's a spectacular album, and a feature of ...
Unlayered
Label: Elegant Walk Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Behind the Missing Whisper; Luculent Jiggle; Thriving Ring; Queen of the Underground; Dance of Endless
Encounter; Seldom Disguise; The Sweetest Finding; Illustrious Bickering; Oust No More; What of What We Are;
Once.
Catherine Sikora's Paris Sessions at the Centre Culturel Irlandais: Sancturary and Things To Do In Paris
by Hrayr Attarian
Irish saxophonist Catherine Sikora, who makes New York her home, is a dynamic improviser and an innovative composer who, from the start of her career, has had a unique sound. Her mastery over her instrument as well as her expansive and multifaceted aesthetics make her albums completely absorbing. In 2020 she released two captivating, live recordings ...
