Results for "Christian Li"

Three Plus One

By Kasperi Sarikoski

Label: Outside in Music
Released: 2020
Track listing: The Opening; Great Lawn Oval; Birchwood; Slow Morning Coffee; Onward And Upward; Leonard Street; Wide Lanes; Introduction To Such Sweet Sorrow; Such Sweet Sorrow; Wild Lanes (alternate take).

Kasperi Sarikoski: Three Plus One

by Friedrich Kunzmann
December 10, 2020

The trombone seems to be going through somewhat of a renaissance in 2020. That's only if a period when albums such as Grachan Moncur III's Some Other Stuff (Blue Note, 1965) were released can be considered the instrument's heyday in jazz. But fresh Norwegian input--captured on Oyvind Braekke's sextet release Wilderness (Oslo Recording Sessions, 2020)--graced the ...

Yuhan Su: Sun-Chaser On Vibraphone

by Jiaowei Hu
March 4, 2020

Five thousand years ago, the giant Kuafu set out from the East in an impossible pursuit of the Sun. In his endless chase, says the Chinese classic Shan Hai Jing, he swallowed up all the waters of the Yellow and Wei Rivers, yet even these were insufficient to quench Kuafu's thirst. Ultimately, legend has it, Kuafu ...

Christian Li

Visitors

By Christian Li

Label: Tone Rogue Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Puddles; Little Rascals; Tango; Moon Over New Kent; Space Invaders; Visitors; Transient Light; Awake; Heart.

Mute

By Christian Li

Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: 01. Decalcomania (Dayeon Seok) 02. Articulate Space (Kevin Sun) 03. Follow the Leader (Christian Li) 04. Are You Happy Now? (Jeonglim Yang) 05. Great Concavity (Sun) 06. False Idol (Li) 07. And Now For a Word From Our Sponsors (Sun) 08. Palindromania's Dream (Yang) 09. Lava (Li)

Christian Li & Mike Bono: Visitors

by Chris Mosey
March 12, 2019

The New York-based duo of guitarist Mike Bono and pianist Christian Li celebrate a decade of collaboration with Visitors, which they see as “a souvenir of the past and a blueprint for the future." It's a varied album of nine originals, with engineer Pran Bandi trying as much as possible to recreate a live atmosphere in ...

Greg Osby: Saxophone “Griot”

by Victor L. Schermer
May 17, 2016

The griot is a West African historian, storyteller, praise singer, poet and/or musician, a repository of oral tradition who is often seen as a societal leader. Saxophonist Greg Osby recently was excited to meet some griots on his travels. While he is originally from St. Louis, he himself is a griot in many senses of the ...

Yuhan Su: Flying Alone

by Ian Patterson
March 8, 2013

The vibraphone has experienced a resurgence in recent years, with numerous talented musicians drawing the spotlight to the instrument. Taiwanese vibraphonist Yuhan Su is another notable exponent. Su moved to the United States in 2008 and studied at Berklee under vibraphone players Dave Samuels and Ed Saindon and marimba player Nancy Zeltsman. Her debut as leader ...

Yuhan Su: Flying Alone

by Hrayr Attarian
February 27, 2013

Vibraphonist Yuhan Su's debut album Flying Alone is a collection of ten elegant and sophisticated originals that unfold like poems for multiple voices. Her effective yet subtle leadership of her international band allows the instruments to echo and support each other in haunting choruses and contemplative dialogues. The futuristic “Difficulties" builds an intriguing ...