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David S. Ware: Gravitation
by Martin Longley
It wasn't the kidney transplant that brought saxophonist David S. Ware very close to wheelchair confinement. Last September (2009), there were early signs of organ rejection, so he was placed on a course of steroids. These came with side effects that were more debilitating than last year's operation itself. Since then, Ware has been in a ...
David S. Ware and Joe Rigby: Loft Jazz Soloists
by Clifford Allen
In the void left by the deaths of saxophonists John Coltrane and Albert Ayler, among the cheap rents in Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn offering space to artists and musicians, the presence of affordable loft spaces birthed an intersection of jazz scenes in the 1970s. The music itself favored a variety of approaches, mostly built on the ...
Digitial Primitives in Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem
by Eyal Hareuveni
Digital Primitives Bezalel Academy Jerusalem, Israel March 25, 2010 There are performances that remind you what are the basic and most important essences of making and listening to music--the sheer and innocent joy of playfulness, the healing power of such an emotional communication, the communal feeling of participating ...
April 2010
by AAJ Staff
Myron Walden Jazz StandardNew York, NY March 9, 2010One of saxophonist Myron Walden's four new albums this year is called To Feel and, indeed, if a single quality stands out in Walden's music, it is deep and palpable feeling, a big emotional sweep carried off with great finesse by his ...
Alone, Again (Naturally): Peter Brotzmann, Olaf Rupp, Henry Kaiser, John Butcher, Woody Sullender and Frank Rosaly
by Clifford Allen
For this writer, solo playing and solo concerts have a special place. A few years before I began writing about jazz, and while living in New York at the beginning of the 2000s, I ran into the late violinist Leroy Jenkins in the East Village. I didn't know him personally, but he was instantly recognizable, and ...
The Jazz Session #126: Cooper-Moore
Cooper-Moore is a musical renaissance man. He's a pianist who also invents and builds his own instruments. Hes steeped in history and tradition, and refreshingly free from convention. In this interview, Cooper-Moore talks about his childhood days as the town musician; why he feels that playing music is far more than a profession; and how and ...
Darius Jones: Man'ish Boy (A Raw & Beautiful Thing)
by John Sharpe
Matthew Shipp once opined that Darius Jones arrived on the scene fully formed, and that is not far from the truth. His first appearance of note was at the 2008 Vision Festival, as part of trumpeter Lewis Barnes' Hampton Roads, confirming that Virginia native Jones was indeed the real McCoy. This debut recording with his own ...
Chad Taylor: Circle Down
by Troy Collins
In-demand indie rock session player (Sam Prekop, Iron and Wine) and co-founder of the Chicago Underground with Rob Mazurek, drummer Chad Taylor has quickly become an indispensable part of the New York scene since his relocation from Chicago in 2000. His recurrent collaborations with Cooper-Moore, Jemeel Moondoc, and Marc Ribot feature his talents in a wide ...
Darius Jones: Man'ish Boy (A Raw & Beautiful Thing)
by Andrey Henkin
Darius Jones sounds like it could be the name of an itinerant preacher or maybe a character in a Flannery O'Connor short story. Neither is actually that much of a stretch after hearing the alto saxophonist's debut as a leader, Man'ish Boy. Throughout run the concurrent threads of celebration and foreboding that exist in the rural ...
Digital Primitives: Hum Crackle & Pop
by Jeff Stockton
Cooper-Moore remains a fringe figure in contemporary jazz, even in the circles traveled by players of improvised music, by definition the fringe itself. Adding insult to the injury done to his potential for fame is the fact that he seems incapable of making an uninteresting record. Hum Crackle & Pop is the second release by Digital ...
