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Dave Sewelson
Dave was born in Oakland, California, in 1952. There was a half-size violin kept in the closet in case he wanted to be a concert violinist. He played trumpet at the age of nine, moving to baritone horn at the age of eleven, followed by a stint on drums until settling on electric bass at thirteen, adding upright bass to the mix until the switch to saxophone at the age of twenty-one. He has specialized in the baritone saxophone since the early seventies.
Sewelson arrived in New York City in the summer of 1977, settled in the East Village, played in many bands in the area including the 25 O'Clock Band, Jemeel Moondoc’s Jus Grew Orchestra, Noise R Us, Mofungo, Freedomland and Fast 'n Bulbous
Murmuration
By Murmuration
Label: Mahakala Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: Thieving Magpies; Blackout; Mississippi Flyway; Out Of Here; Oceanic Blues;
Dream State; Murmuration; Warbling Universes; Peripheral Wonder.
Dave Sewelson, Aruan Ortiz, Neil Charles & Rich Brown
by Maurice Hogue
Check out the final track and you'll hear why Toronto's Rich Brown is hailed as one of the finest electric bassists on the planet. His new solo album, Nyaeba, is filled with over-the-moon technique and electronic wizardry. English bassist Neil Charles' debut, Dark Days , is fueled by the words of James Baldwin, while guitarist Gregg ...
Myra Melford Splash, Thomas Heberer's Remedy & Ra Bishop
by Maurice Hogue
It's early in the year to be thinking “best-of" albums, but I'm definitely noting these for December: pianist Myra Melford's Splash Trio with bassist Michael Formanek and drummer Ches Smith and Remedy, the trio of Thomas Heberer trumpet, Joe Fonda bass & Joe Hertenstein drums. These are two recordings that present the kind of free expression ...
Mahakala Music: Murmuration
by Fran Kursztejn
"Birds from the east coast meet birds from the midwest," reads Mahakala Music's description for saxophonist Dave Sewelson's newest release. Sewelson himself is a bicoastal phenomenon: born in Oakland, then traipsing into the New York scene circa 1977. Like his frequent bandleader collaborator William Parker, he acts as a magnetic center to attract a variety of ...
Steve Lehman, Nels Cline, Satoko Fujii & Hobbs/Shanko
by Maurice Hogue
It's not easy to find a more accomplished figure in creative music than Anthony Braxton. Alto saxophonist Steve Lehman knows that, and he honours his one-time mentor with a bristling new live album, The Music Of Anthony Braxton, destined for 2025 best-of lists. This recording is a reminder of Lehman's fearlessness. There are other excellent new ...
Exotic Materials In Development
By David Haney
Label: Cadence Jazz Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Warning - Exotic Materials In Development In the Desert - with Cheryl Pyle, Kirk Knuffke, Dave Storrs; Warning - Exotic Materials In Development Track Five Folk Blues; Warning - Exotic Materials In Development - No. 11 with Dave Sewelson and Dave Storrs; Warning - Exotic Materials In Development - Musicians Wren with Cheryl Pyle, Dave Sewelson and Dave Storrs; Warning - Exotic Materials In Development with Dave Sewelson and Bernard Purdie; Warning - Exotic Materials In Development - The Creation with Dave Sewelson and Dave Storrs; Warning - Exotic Materials In Development - with Kirk Knuffke; Warning - Exotic Materials In Development Track 20 Trio; Warning - Exotic Materials In Development - Pretty Prancing Hangup with Cheryl Pyle; Warning - Exotic Materials In Development - with Cheryl Pyle; Warning - Exotic Materials In Development - with Kirk Knuffke; Warning - Exotic Materials In Development - with Dave Sewelson.
Cereal Music
Label: AUM Fidelity
Released: 2024
Track listing: Ode to Kidd Jordan; Baseball; Birth; Death; Do Dreams Sleep; Ellen and Leaves Floating; Plea; Into My Heart; Touring; Sonny; Uninvited Guest; We Were Very Civilized; Batala; Windshield Wipers; Prayer.
Louis Sclavis, David León, Roby Glod & Joy Guidry
by Maurice Hogue
Reed players have taken over the house this week. The eminent clarinetist Louis Sclavis stars in an excellent quartet using music, text and spoken word to create a moody sonic landscape out of short stories, poems and aphorisms by French and African authors. Other European saxophonists heard are Luxembourg's Roby Glod in a familiar setting with ...
Lesley Mok, M.E.B., Gebhard Ullmann & Andre Carvalho
by Maurice Hogue
This edition could be compared to a tasting menu at some hip London restaurant--a taste of this, a taste of that. Sampled this time around are new releases from Portuguese label Clean Feed guitarist Andre Carvalho and the Space Quartet), Italian band Mr. Noe, new English ensemble Uroboro, saxophonist Kevin Sun's The Depths Of Memory, German ...
