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John McNeil: Sleep Won't Come
by Clifford Allen
In this varied set led by trumpeter John McNeil, ostensibly an homage to his own difficulties with insomnia, the term “chamber jazz" is given a slightly different twist--far from the light counterpoint of the MJQ, passages of intense freedom and effortless propulsion mark the improvisations of McNeil, pianist Jeff Jenkins and bassist Kent McLagan.
Kent Carter String Trio: The Willisau Suites
by Clifford Allen
To hear bassist Kent Carter on this '84 recording (augmented with two '97 tracks) is to hear the bassist in an entirely different context than anything his work with Steve Lacy and Paul Bley would belie. Always an artist with a penchant for strengthening an ensemble and its collective voice, Carter has comprised his ostensibly “solo" ...
Larry Ochs/Jean Jeanrenaud/Miya Masaoka: Fly Fly Fly
by Clifford Allen
Culled from the ranks of the Rova Saxophone Quartet, the Kronos Quartet and the ever-increasing pool of improvising koto players, the trio of tenor saxophonist Larry Ochs, cellist Joan Jeanrenaud and kotoist Miya Masaoka is a formidable ensemble in the annals of creative “chamber" music. The group's formation was, in fact, a natural progression of Maybe ...
Peter Br
by Clifford Allen
History is a process, a cyclical movement through time that, rather than an abstract concept, one experiences on an innate, firsthand level. For someone growing up and coming up artistically in a shattered postwar Europe, and especially postwar Germany, the complex nature of this experience and the desire to rid oneself of excess baggage while simultaneously ...
Kent Carter and the Continental Continuum
by Clifford Allen
Best known for his work as principal bassist in the ensembles of Steve Lacy between 1965 and 1982, Kent Carter has worked squarely within the annals of the 'new thing' almost since its inception. However, most of his career has been as an expatriate - and it is something rare to have a foothold in both ...
Kent Carter
by Clifford Allen
There are those improvisers who find Europe both a financially more stable climate as well as an aesthetic challenge. Steve Lacy and his regular bassist for almost 20 years, Kent Carter, are a prime example. Carter, while certainly his own musician with a unique conception, is in some ways inextricably tied to Lacy, for the path ...
Dave Burrell Full Blown Trio: Expansion
by Clifford Allen
It is interesting and somewhat surprising that, for Dave Burrell's second recording for a U.S. label (in almost 40 years) that he returns to the piano trio format. High , recorded in 1966 for Douglas Records (and reissued by Arista) featured Burrell, bassist Sirone and either Bobby Kapp or Sunny Murray in the percussion chair. To ...
Sonny Simmons
by Clifford Allen
Alto saxophonist Sonny Simmons was born on Sicily Island, Louisiana. At a young age, he moved to Oakland, California with his family, bringing the budding musician into contact with touring musicians like Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker as well as local modernists. By the early '60s, Sonny had moved to LA to record and work with ...
Whit Dickey: Coalescence
by Clifford Allen
Whether journeymen or singular voices on their instrument, drummer-leaders are often afforded a unique opportunity for “stepping out." Sunny Murray was the percussionist who one thought might just disappear behind Ayler and Cecil in the '60s, yet as a leader he exemplified a relentless sonic force both instrumentally and compositionally. Ronnie Scott gave Tony Oxley his ...
Mario Delgado/Sergio Carolino/Alexandre Frazao: TGB
by Clifford Allen
The title TGB is not necessarily a Portuguese translation of “Taking Care of Business," though it certainly could be. In this case, the acronym only refers to the instrumentation: Tuba, Guitarra y Bateria (tuba, guitar and drums), certainly one of the more original instrumental combinations to occur in the history of improvised music. Joe Daley and ...
