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Ned Rothenberg & Denman Maroney: Tools of the Trade
by Derek Taylor
Capitalizing on a healthy work ethic on their collection of CIMP duets reedman Rothenberg and pianist Maroney meet the challenges of their chosen instrumentation head-on. The no frills titles of the pieces stand directly at odds with the amount of preparation and planning that went into their respective birthings. Maroney’s manipulations to his rented instrument were ...
Alex Harding Trio: Freeflow
by Derek Taylor
Baritone saxophonists remain a comparatively rare breed. Even more rare are those souls who choose the cumbersome horn as their main medium of improvisatory expression. Detroit native Alex Harding is a card-carrying member of this rarified clique. He shares the ranks proudly with such peers as Bluiett and James Carter, all three of whom collaborate freely ...
Kalaparush Maurice McIntyre & the Light: South Eastern
by Derek Taylor
Ceasing a long hiatus from recording with a date for Delmark in late 1997 as part of the Bright Moments ensemble, Kalaparush seemed on the verge of a much belated renascence. Two sessions for CIMP followed, the first as leader in 1999 and the second as a member of Luther Thomas’ Quintet in 2000. Sadly all ...
Fred Hess Quartet: Exposed
by Derek Taylor
Boulder, Colorado doesn’t crop up often in serious conversations about creative improvised music. But based on the serendipitous contents of this new CIMP release perhaps it should. Fred Hess founded the Boulder Creative Music Ensemble at the onset of the Eighties and according to producer Bob Rusch the aggregate of creative improvisers continues to this day. ...
Bruce Eisenbeil - Michael Attias - David Taylor - Jay Rosen: Opium
by Nicholas Sheets
Opium, the latest CIMP (Creative Improvisational Music Project) release to be led by the New York-based guitarist, Bruce Eisenbeil, is a mesmerizing album. It is as subtle, dynamic and unpredictable as a chemistry experiment. The Opium quartet is anchored by an unusually dark-timbred horn combination consisting of David Taylor on bass trombone and Michael Attias on ...
Paul Smoker Trio: Mirabile Dictu
by Glenn Astarita
Trumpeter Paul Smoker has taken a front seat in the vast wave of progressive jazz, thanks to co-led dates, numerous sessions, and his affiliation with the fine Fonda - Stevens modern jazz group. On this 2001 release, the trumpeter staffs a drummer-less trio that pursues an amalgamation of motifs based upon extended improvisational frameworks. Smoker projects ...
Eisenbeil / Attias / Taylor / Rosen: Opium
by Derek Taylor
The year 2001 was a banner annum for Bruce Eisenbeil. Increased attention through a high profile gig with living legend Milford Graves at the Vision Festival and a pivotal role in Cecil Taylor's workshop ensemble earlier in the year cocked more critical ears in his direction and this latest release on CIMP is sure to continue ...
Steve Lehman Quintet: Structural Fire
by Derek Taylor
The brashness of youth has usually yielded bountiful harvest in the fields of modern jazz. Consider the crackling work of a fresh-faced Lee Morgan in Dizzy Gillespie’s touring band of the early Fifties, or the brazen sounds of a cherub-cheeked Jackie McLean in Miles Davis’ outfit of the same time period. The list is virtually endless ...
William Gagliardi 4tet: Music is the Meditation
by Derek Taylor
CIMP artists are notorious for coming up with some of the most eclectic and esoteric composition names in creative improvised music. William Gagliardi shoots for a new standard on his first entry as a leader for the label turning with a clutch of titles that exude equal parts idiosyncrasy and mystery. As it turns out the ...
Serious Fun + One
By Nils Wogram
Label: CIMP Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: dark one/ getting started/ country ballad/ beat/ Duet K D/ Duet N D/ Interruptet Repetitions/ Thoughtful
