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Dave Storrs

In 1969 Dave Storrs came up from a rehearsal in the basement to watch man walk on the moon. He participated in, and absorbed, the music of the time—Hendrix, Coltrane, The Beatles, Miles Davis, Mingus and James Brown. Between music, some school, some hitchhiking, and playing all kinds of styles in all kinds of places, an approach emerged. Seeing Sun Ra in 1979 inspired Storrs in new directions and in the '80s he began leading and composing for various ensembles—Freezer Burn, Multnomah Rhythm Ensemble and The Tone Sharks—as well as doing film and video scores. Storrs first albums, Ross Island (1984) and Jumper Cables (1987), received national air play and critical acclaim

Rich Halley: Terra Incognita

by Troy Dostert
July 26, 2019

In a musical career that stretches back to the 1980s, tenor saxophonist Rich Halley has stoutly maintained his independent path in creating jazz that is inspired by the freedom of the '60s avant-garde but which also draws liberally from the language of bop. You can hear both Albert Ayler and Sonny Rollins in his playing. But ...

Rich Halley: Terra Incognita

by Dan McClenaghan
July 19, 2019

Saxophonist Rich Halley usually sticks with his steady crowd. Indeed, when tallying Halley's collaborative compadres over the past couple of decades, his list of “recorded with" players comes down to a handful of names: drummer Carson Halley, trombonist Michael Vlatkovich and bassist Clyde Reed. Add cornetist Bobby Bradford on a couple of outings. The same for ...

Rich Halley 3: The Literature

by Dan McClenaghan
July 22, 2018

After spending a few formative musical years in Chicago--where the winds blow the blues around--saxophonist Rich Halley made his way back to Portland, Oregon. Halley's recording career made its leap to the top shelf when he joined forces with drummer/record label honcho Dave Storrs at Louie Records. Four excellent recordings under Halley's name saw release on ...

An Hour of Now

By Dave Storrs

Label: Louie Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Under It, First Now, Got, distorted.org, Morphed Out of my Mind, Hora Hey, Swungd, It Already Has, Yah Yah, In Spite of Self, Forward Going, Twa Wa (Tuna Awe), Second Now.

Klobas/Storrs/Hundemer: An Hour of Now

by Dan McClenaghan
July 25, 2003

When a jazz fan hears “trio outing," he might think bass and drums teamed up with a lead instrument: a piano, guitar or sax. But An Hour of Now, the third outing by Mike Klobas, Dave Storrs, and Page Hundemer, continues in a drums/drums/bass format. Two drummers and a bassist? A hard sell, isn't it? Who ...

Waxing the Slide

By Dave Storrs

Label: Louie Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: waxing the slide, absorbtion, down @ the third stop, momentarily 13, hunderbass, closer in, red sherbert, quite quickly, hippo cross, i'll get it, nice tooth, remain seated, done

In the Room

By Dave Storrs

Label: Louie Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Who's Doing What to Whom, Moving Away, Where to, The Whip, Fast Number Seven, Lincoln Logs, Breathe, Warped and Reggaed, In the Room, Chasing Something, They Returned Home Safely, Slow Dry, Quiet Burn

Another Thing

By Dave Storrs

Label: Louie Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Another Thing; On the Malec

Dave Storrs: Waxing the Slide

by Dan McClenaghan
December 14, 2002

If Dave Storrs had chosen writing instead of music as his art, Waxing the Slide would take the form of an offbeat novel, the story told from the shifting perspectives of a series of first person narrators. Something along the lines of Louise Erdrich's The Beet Queen or Love Medicine, disparate perpsectives held together by the ...