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Welcome to Life

Label: Mythology Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1. Soldifolier, 2. Welcome to Life, 3. Lisliel, 4. Frez, 5. Our Time Together, 6. Sintra, 7. Enchantress, 8. Ici, 9. California

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Saxophonist David Binney's latest release, Welcome to Life, features Chris Potter (tenor saxophone), Craig Taborn (piano), Adam Rogers (guitar), Scott Colley (bass) and Brian Blade (drums). The opening “Soldifolier" is a crisp, open piece where Blade deserves special accolades for his masterful display of unobtrusive styling. “Frez" features Binney, robust, clear, and lyrical. And the supporting ...

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David Binney: Welcome to Life

Read "Welcome to Life" reviewed by Sean Patrick Fitzell

by Sean Patrick Fitzell
July 2, 2004

After making fusion fun again with Lost Tribe, alto saxophonist David Binney continues to expand his compositional language, organically infusing jazz with notions of rock and funk without sounding kitschy or forced. On his latest effort, Welcome to Life, the nine original compositions are well attended by the assembled like-minded musicians: tenor saxophonist Chris Potter, keyboardist ...

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David Binney: Welcome to Life

Read "Welcome to Life" reviewed by Phil DiPietro

by Phil DiPietro
June 1, 2004

Chris Potter, Brian Blade, Scott Colley, Craig Taborn, Adam Rogers, David Binney--ultra-contemporary modern jazz composers, the latest winners in the Downbeat players poll, or jazzers deserving of a modicum of the hype swirling around the plus band of the moment? All of these, but also the list of participants on Binney's outstanding new Welcome to Life, ...

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David Binney: South

by Julian Derry
January 9, 2004

South is a hauntingly beautiful album of outstanding compositional innovation. The sheer angularity of the opening horn phrase is like tiptoeing across an exposed arete, the cymbals nervously fluttering wisp-like at your heels, the thinnest melodic bridge that leads you to the relative safety of the song's harmonic center. Here you hunker down, comforted by the ...

Album

post-Polka

By Headless Household

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2003
Track listing: Days of the Week; A World Without Polka; Wyatt's Burp; Puck's Polka; Moderate Moderation; Of Waltzes; We're on Another Level; Turnip of the Year; Spencer the Polka Dispenser; Picture of Health; Divertimental; Splinkety Polka; Here's to the Heimlich Maneuver; Bolka.

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South

By David Binney

Label: ACT Music
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Out Beyond Ideas - 5:25 2. Moment in Memory - 9:01 3. The Global Soul - 5:16 4. Leaving the Sea - 12:11 5. Von Joshua - 5:22 6. Traveler - 5:55 7. New York Nature - 8:32 8. Southpaw - 6:29 9. The Global Soul (Reprise) - 1:57 10. Tangles Outcome - 3:44 11. South - 6:54

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David Binney: South

Read "South" reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes

by Terrell Kent Holmes
July 25, 2003

If a musical work aspires to the adventurous, it is essential to have musicians who can confidently navigate the terrain. Saxophonist David Binney has assembled such a crew on South : tenorist Chris Potter, guitarist Adam Rogers, pianist Uri Caine, and bassist Scott Colley, plus Brian Blade or Jim Black on drums. The ...

Album

Balance

By David Binney

Label: Cristal Records
Released: 2002

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Article: Interview

Ben Monder: Le Monde du Monder

by Phil DiPietro
January 1, 2002

With a fittingly well-documented career, boasting a range of stunning appearances on over 50 recordings, including 14 since the year 2000, Ben Monder has solidified his position as one of the finest players of his generation. A chordal and textural master, unafraid to thoroughly explore advanced harmonic concepts, Ben's appearance on a sideman date ...