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TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival 2009
by Alain Londes
TD Canada Trust Toronto International Jazz Festival Toronto, Ontario, Canada June 26-July 5, 2009 The TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival enjoyed its 23rd edition this year with a structure similar to that of recent years. The Mainstage concerts in front of City Hall were a nightly focal point as well ...
Chris Potter Underground: Ultrahang
by Mark F. Turner
After simultaneous releases in 2007--The Red Line: Live at the Village Vanguard and Song For Anyone (both on Sunnyside Records)--saxophonist Chris Potter's alter-ego band, Underground, delivers Ultrahang, some of the funkiest, rawest and in- your-face jazz released in 2009. An in-demand session player with artists including Patricia Barber, Dave Douglas, Paul Motian, Potter ...
Chris Potter: Ultrahang
by David Miller
Now unquestionably one of the better long-running groups on the jazz scene, Chris Potter's Underground puts forth its most consistent effort yet with its sophomore studio album, Ultrahang. Judging by how often the group tours, it's strange that this is only the Underground's third release. But taking into account the quality of Underground (Sunnyside, 2006), Follow ...
Saxophonist Chris Potter Interviewed at AAJ...And More
Saxophonist Chris Potter, at age 38, has long been fast-tracked to the head of his class to become regarded as one of the strongest players on the scene. It doesn't seem that long ago that he was first making waves on recordings, and then became part of the superb Dave Holland quintet, where his strengths were ...
Chris Potter: Way Above Ground with Underground
by R.J. DeLuke
Saxophonist Chris Potter, at age 38, has long been fast-tracked to the head of his class to become regarded as one of the strongest players on the scene. It doesn't seem that long ago that he was first making waves on recordings, and then became part of the superb Dave Holland quintet, where his strengths were ...
Mystero
Album: Junk Magic
By Craig Taborn
Label: Thirsty Ear Recordings
Released: 2004
Duration: 6:54
Light Made Lighter
Album: Light Made Lighter
By Craig Taborn
Label: Thirsty Ear
Released: 0
Duration: 5:24
Keyboardist Craig Taborn Interviewed at AAJ
There is no place for fear or doubt in pianist Craig Taborn's playing--such states are banished from a mind that seeks to explore the musical possibilities of each moment with maximum freedom. Taborn's improvisational playing is a continual creation where the journey is the thing, and words like beautiful, ugly and mistake have virtually no meaning. ...
Gerald Cleaver / William Parker / Craig Taborn: Farmers by Nature
by Ian Patterson
Truly improvised music is, like the depths of the great oceans, a place where few have really ventured, and it remains a largely unexplored world. On Farmers by Nature pianist Craig Taborn, drummer Gerald Cleaver and bassist William Parker are like cartographers of the unknown, diving deep into the world of improvised music. Guided by each ...
Craig Taborn: Rooted
by Ian Patterson
There is no place for fear or doubt in pianist Craig Taborn's playing--such states are banished from a mind that seeks to explore the musical possibilities of each moment with maximum freedom. Taborn's improvisational playing is a continual creation where the journey is the thing, and words like beautiful, ugly and mistake have virtually no meaning. ...
