Home » Search Center » Results: David Ake
Results for "David Ake"
Results for pages tagged "David Ake"...
David Ake
Pianist and composer David Ake has worked alongside some of the world's most creative musicians. Among his recordings are the solo-piano CD In Between; The Dark, from the trio EEA; Bridges (w/ Ralph Alessi, Scott Colley, Ravi Coltrane, Peter Epstein, Mark Ferber), Humanities (w/ Alessi, Ferber, Drew Gress, Ben Monder), and, most recently, Slingshot, a collection of solo-piano tracks and duets with bassist Boris Kozlov.
In addition to his extensive performance credits, Ake is an award-winning musicologist and educator. He authored the books Jazz Cultures and Jazz Matters, and co-edited the essay collection Jazz/Not Jazz with Daniel Goldmark and Charles Hiroshi Garrett
Green Thumb
By David Ake
Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Good Afternoon; Green Thumb; John Prine; Stu's News; Walker Evans; Slingshot; Kendee; All The Things You Are; Street Food; But Beautiful.
New Music From Miller, McCaslin, Lovano And More
by Bob Osborne
On this show we present an eclectic mix of new releases from Dominic Miller, Arooj Aftab with Vijay Iyer and Shahzad Ismaily, Donny McCaslin, Leib, David Ake, Joe Lovano Trio Tapestry, and Aron Namenwirth. Playlist Show Intro 00:00 Dominic Miller All Change" from Vagabond (ECM) 00:54 Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily To Remain ...
Slingshot
By David Ake
Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Expired Handshake; John Prine; Slingshot; Shelter In Place; Walker Evans; Whoever Lived Here; Tenderly; Woodman, Spare That Tree.
The Routledge Companion To Jazz Studies
by Ian Patterson
The Routledge Companion To Jazz Studies Edited by Nicholas Gebhardt, Nicole Rustin-Paschal and Tony Whyton 481 Pages ISBN: 978-1-138-23116-0 Routledge 2019 Spoiler alert: this book may permanently alter many fixed notions of jazz history previously held by the reader. In fact, it would be a surprise if it ...
Humanities
By David Ake
Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: Humanities; Hoofer; Groundwork; Ripple; You May Have Already Won; Drinking Song; The North; Stream; Resource Center; Narration; Rabble Rouser; Walter Cronkite.
David Ake: Humanities
by David A. Orthmann
The group that pianist/composer David Ake assembles for Humanities thrives on change and doesn't care all that much for boundaries, familiar stylistic references, or decorum. Distinctions between written material and improvisation, soloists and accompaniment, are subject to transformation, collapse, consolidation and mutation. Nothing stays on exactly the same course for very long. Featuring Ake, Ralph Alessi's ...
Erik Friedlander throws a glass of absinthe, and more new releases
by Ludovico Granvassu
This week Mondo Jazz chats with cellist Erik Friedlander about his latest project inspired by Pablo Picasso's bronze sculpture Glass of Absinthe." Artemisia--a visually stunning vinyl box set containing musically stunning work--features Uri Caine on piano, Mark Helias on bass and Ches Smith on drums. And, of course, more new releases! Playlist ...
David Ake: Humanities
by Dan Bilawsky
Pianist David Ake is a tough man to pin down. With Bridges (Posi-Tone, 2013) he took on the form of label outlier and pathfinder, breaking away from Posi-Tone's radio-friendly album format with a series of outward bound excursions; on Lake Effect (Posi-Tone, 2015) he offered a cooler alternative that proved ruminative in many of its pursuits; ...
Lake Effect
By David Ake
Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: Lone Pine (For Charlie Haden); The Cubs; Tricycle; Two Stones; Hills; Bye-Ya; Silver Thaw; Palhaco; Returning; Lake Effect.