Results for "Club d'Elf"

Club d'Elf

Active since: 1998

Club d'Elf has been helping audiences lose track of time for almost twenty seven years with its mesmerizing synthesis of Moroccan traditional music and electronic, dubbed-out funk. Circling about bassist/composer Mike Rivard, each Club d'Elf performance features a different line-up, drawn from a constellation of some of the most creative improvisers from the jazz, DJ, rock & world music scenes of Boston, NYC and beyond. Named Jazz Act of 2023 in the Boston Music Awards, the bands music draws from a startlingly wide spectrum of styles that go beyond a single category, including  hip hop, electronica, avant garde, prog-rock and dub

Loon & Thrush

By Club d'Elf

Label: Face Pelt Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Bird Song; Loon and Thrush; Left Hand of Clyde; Softly; New Speedway Boogie; Second Line; Dux Lux; Atlas Mountain Hop; Like a Silence; Level Up Your Soul.

Phoenix Trio, Ragini Trio, Weave4, Club d'Elf, Tito Mangialajo Rantzer & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
September 12, 2026

From Indian classical music and Mediterranean roots to European improvisation, deep grooves, live vibes, electronic experimentation, and beyond. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Club d'Elf “Loon and Thrush" Loon & Thrush (Face Pelt / Royal Potato Family) 0:16 Host talks 6:49 ...

Phoenix Trio, Ragini Trio, Weave4, Club d'Elf, Tito Mangialajo Rantzer & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
September 1, 2026

From Indian classical music and Mediterranean roots to European improvisation, deep grooves, live vibes, electronic experimentation, and beyond.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Club d'Elf “Loon and Thrush" Loon & Thrush (Face Pelt / Royal Potato Family) 0:16 Host talks 6:49 Ragini Trio “Part. ...

Pierre Favre, Micah Thomas & Columbia Icefield

by Maurice Hogue
May 18, 2026

This episode of One Man's Jazz is loaded with music from new releases. Highly regarded pianist Micah Thomas drops a teaser of his upcoming Lucid , while trumpeter Nate Wooley & Columbia Icefield may have released their last album. A Silence Opens pays tribute to steel guitar virtuoso Susan Alcorn, a key member of the band, ...

Atlas Mountain Hop

Featuring the music of Club d'Elf
Duration: 4:48
May 8, 2026

Club D'Elf: Loon & Thrush

by Doug Collette
April 10, 2026

In overseeing Club D'Elf since its inception over 25 years ago, founder-leader-bassist Mike Rivard has maintained a core lineup around which has revolved a colorful cast of collaborators as eclectic as the music they have played.  Loon & Thrush is no exception, yet its creation took place in the shadow of the passing of ...

Psychedelic Dub-Jazz Collective Club d'Elf Announces New Album 'Loon & Thrush' Out April 10

March 29, 2026

Today, world-class instrumental ensemble Club d'Elf announces that their upcoming album Loon & Thrush will be released on April 10 via Royal Potato Family. Recorded entirely live in the studio with minimal overdubs, the LP captures the raw, ecstatic, Moroccan-influenced energy that defines the band’s signature sound since their inception in 1998. Today, they’re also releasing ...

Mark Turner, Perelman/Wooley, O.N.E. & Herb Robertson

by Maurice Hogue
October 21, 2025

Acclaimed saxophonist Mark Turner's new recording, Reflections on: The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, will attract attention not only for the brilliant playing, but also for the very forthright topic of a bi-racial man able to “pass" as white. Turner used as his motivation the semi-fictional account written by James Weldon Johnson, a central figure of ...

Club d'Elf At Foam Brewers

by Doug Collette
June 13, 2023

Club d'Elf Foam Brewers Burlington, Vermont June 3, 2023 Less than a week before the formal commencement of Burlington Vermont's Discover Jazz Festival, Club d'Elf set the bar high for the fortieth anniversary celebration of that annual event. Currently in the ongoing process of recognizing a significant milestone of its own--a ...