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Edward Neumeister: Reflection
by Celeste Sunderland
Combining Ed Neumeister's loose, flowing trombone lines with the organized counterpart of a tightly sewn rhythm section, a vibrant, balanced calm permeates Reflection. Mimicking the natural patterns of a day or a life, the album's rhythmic energy shifts smoothly within a single tune, or from track to track. The result never seems unwarranted; in fact, unexpected ...
Uri Caine: Developing That Third Ear
by Celeste Sunderland
Mozart's “Piano Sonata in C Major is one of the most well-known compositions in the entire musical canon. Last month pianist Uri Caine strutted across the stage at New York City's Merkin Hall, took his seat and dove into the familiar piece with genteel precision. But quickly, under the influence of his classically trained, but jazz-infected ...
Mark Helias
by Celeste Sunderland
Perpetually in the moment, musicians have a unique perception of things, according to bassist Mark Helias, an advantageous attribute in a world where most of the population slumbers and self-expression is the goal. “It's a Darwinian thing. Some people believe 20 percent of the population is awake, the rest is asleep, just follows the flow. In ...
Jessica Lurie / Andrew Drury: That Is What It's Like To Be
by Celeste Sunderland
Stylistic and atmospheric shifts occur frequently and abruptly on This Is What It's Like To Be, derived from a combination of skill and poor recording techniques. Saxophonist/flutist Jessica Lurie and drummer/percussionist Andrew Drury recorded four tracks in their basement “studio, and five others were captured live in varying locales. Though the result turns out rather disjointed, ...
Francois Houle: Making the Clarinet Sing
by Celeste Sunderland
Nearly two decades ago, during an interlude in Europe researching 18th and 19th century clarinets, clarinetist François Houle found himself in a Paris jazz club watching soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy. “I knew nothing about him whatsoever, he explained. “When I heard him play I was quite floored. I didn't know that this type ...
Welf Dorr: Flowers for Albert
by Celeste Sunderland
In 1905 Albert Einstein published three monumental papers. His theory on Brownian motion showed that minute particles in liquid move randomly; the photoelectric effect said that light can exist as either a wave or a particle; and special relativity states that the speed of light is constant, regardless of the observer's velocity. A ...
Barking Hoop: Born in Brooklyn; Hybrids
by Celeste Sunderland
Instinctual Eye Born in Brooklyn Barking Hoop 2006 Billy Stein Trio Hybrids Barking Hoop 2006 Two trio albums released recently on vibraphonist and percussionist Kevin Norton's Barking ...
Jenny Scheinman: Ready for Anything
by Celeste Sunderland
Something cosmic occurred while violinist Jenny Scheinman and guitarist Bill Frisell were in the studio last June recording Lucinda Williams' new album. While listening to the playback of a song called “Where Is My Love they locked eyes and simultaneously tapped a finger to their foreheads. “It was this mutual experience of hearing a sound we ...
Jack DeJohnette with Bill Frisell: The Elephant Sleeps But Still Remembers
by Celeste Sunderland
Something astonishing happened on Halloween night in Seattle five years ago: Jack DeJohnette took the stage with Bill Frisell. An event so unthinkably natural had only occurred once before, at a recording session with Don Byron two years earlier. This album, recorded at the Earshot Jazz Festival, exists as testimony that when two mammoth figures join ...
Mary Halvorson / Jessica Pavone: Prairies
by Celeste Sunderland
Guitarist Mary Halvorson and violist Jessica Pavone bring barely audible remnants from the past to their new duo album, but also rustle with an air that is voraciously of the present. An ability to dream up fresh new palettes of sound for their instruments enables them to create strange but wonderful landscapes. Complementary ...
