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Junk Magic
By Craig Taborn
Label: Thirsty Ear Recordings
Released: 2004
Track listing: Junk Magic; Mystero; Shining Through; Prismatica; Bodies At Rest And In Motion; Stalagmite; The
Golden Age.
Craig Taborn: Junk Magic
by AAJ Staff
Pianist Craig Taborn doesn't like to make his music too easy to appreciate, an attitude that seems to have only grown in importance. But don't confuse that with the all-too-common desire to be difficult, which tends to manifest itself in out jazz settings, perhaps as an effort to emphasize that such music is art and not ...
Craig Taborn: Junk Magic
by John Kelman
Following his 2001 recording Light Made Lighter , keyboardist Craig Taborn returns with Junk Magic, a new recording that places him squarely in the 21st century, maybe even the 22nd. With a combination of sounds that incorporates techno, laptop electronics, shifting drum programming, ambient music and free jazz, Taborn creates a sound that is difficult to ...
Craig Taborn: Junk Magic
by Phil DiPietro
Craig Taborn Junk Magic Thirsty Ear 2004 Craig Taborn has consistently tugged thirsty ears his way in the ensembles of high profile leaders Dave Douglas, Tim Berne and James Carter. His work has been so remarkable that some very big expectations have ensued. Here, Taborn pulls off the ...
Craig Taborn: Junk Magic
by Mark Corroto
Craig Taborn inhabits the territories in between the gestures we recognize as music. His sources are revealed to be “found sound" and the psychology of loops. As fans of the innovative '70s band Weather Report know, Wayne Shorter and Joe Zawinul’s genius was the sounds they created in between the hooks of their popular music.
Craig Taborn: Suggesting Textural Dimension
by Phil DiPietro
Craig Taborn has distinguished himself through his work, some of it nothing short of groundbreaking, with some of the most important musicians in New York's “Downtown" scene. His contributions during parallel careers with Mat Maneri, Drew Gress, Marty Ehrlich, Gerald Cleaver, Dave Douglas' Witness project, and Tim Berne's Hard Cell and Science Friction Units, has been ...
Light Made Lighter
By Craig Taborn
Label: Thirsty Ear Recordings
Released: 2002
Track listing: bodies we came out of (part 1); st. ride; I cover the waterfront; crocodile; light made lighter; whisky warm; morning creatures; st. rangelhold; american landscape; light made lighter (piano); bodies we came out of (part 2).
Craig Taborn: Light Made Lighter
by Matt Rand
The decision to form an acoustic piano trio for his latest release, Light Made Lighter, offered an interesting challenge for Craig Taborn. Although he has years of experience with the instrument, he's also spent every one of those years fiddling with the dials on his Moog. Whether on synthesizer, sequencer, Fender Rhodes or Hammond B-3, he’s ...
Dave Douglas: Brave New World
by AAJ Staff
Trumpeter / composer Dave Douglas has been creating new worlds for listeners for the past decade. His ethereal writing style for unconventional configurations transports audiences into unfamiliar territory. These distinctive compositions combined with his astonishing technique and expressionist improvisations have brought him critical and public acclaim as a visionary of his generation. The diversity of his ...
