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Assif Tsahar & the Brass Reeds Ensemble: The Hollow World
by Derek Taylor
Those unfamiliar with Tsahar won’t be so for long if discs such as this have anything to say about it. After a handful of releases as both sideman and leader he is now finding renewed opportunity and resources to record his own groups through a fruitful musical partnership with his wife Susie Ibarra. This disc offers ...
Various: Living Country Blues- An Anthology
by Derek Taylor
Distilled from a 14 record anthology originally issued only in Germany during the early 80’s the story behind this reissue is almost as intriguing as the music contained on its three silver platters. On a fall day in 1980, two Germans hopped into an old battered station wagon crammed full of portable recording equipment and a ...
Thomas Borgmann/Wilbur Morris/Reggie Nicholson: BMN...You See What We
by Derek Taylor
The passing of Denis Charles left many rifts on the landscape of creative improvised music one of which was the necessary demise of the trio he shared with Borgmann and Morris. Recouping the loss as best a possible the two surviving musicians enlisted the aid of Reggie Nicholson and embarked on an exhaustive but edifying 8000 ...
Joe McPhee/Dominic Duval/Jay Rosen: Trio X: The Watermelon Suite
by Derek Taylor
This magnificent session is perhaps most unusual for McPhee’s decision to stick to only one the reeds in his bulging bag of instruments throughout its entire duration. Though he limits solely to soprano his creative muse isn’t compromised in the least thanks both to his own inventive genius and that of his able associates. “Points” is ...
Mark Whitecage: Research On the Edge
by Derek Taylor
Mark Whitecage is inching ever closer to the status of most recorded CIMP session-man. With a total of eleven dates for the label under his belt the only other musicians who usurp him in terms of prolificacy for the label are bassist Dominic Duval and percussionist Jay Rosen (who also turns up on this date!). Musically ...
Steve Swell Trio: Atmospheels
by Derek Taylor
Don’t let the stripped down instrumentation of this trio fool you. These three players make music of such breadth and scope that it often sounds as if there were twice their number. Their playing is both visceral and vigorous and they communicate an urgent energy barely controlled by the confines of the tunes. Grassi is a ...
Ahmed Abdullah: Actual Proof
by Derek Taylor
The lasting influence of Sun Ra is infinite and its always a pleasure to hear testimony from the relatively small number of his regular sidemen who are now leading their own groups. The joy is particularly palatable in the case of Abdullah whose bright brassy trumpet powered the Arkestra brass-section on their cosmic flights of fancy ...
Ahmed Abdullah: Actual Proof
by Derek Taylor
The lasting influence of Sun Ra is infinite and its always a pleasure to hear testimony from the relatively small number of his regular sidemen who are now leading their own groups. The joy is particularly palatable in the case of Abdullah whose bright brassy trumpet powered the Arkestra brass-section on their cosmic flights of fancy ...
Joe McPhee/Dominic Duval/ Jay Rosen: Trio X: Rapture
by Derek Taylor
Back in the early days of free jazz improvisation many musicians who chose to play multiple instruments were singled out as scapegoats by critics interested in discrediting the music. The logic (or illogic) behind these naysayers’ arguments posited that a division of energy and focus between instruments would necessarily result in decreased proficiency. Many of the ...
Joe McPhee & Dominic Duval: The Dream Book
by Derek Taylor
Unlike Ellington celebrations, tributes to Ornette Coleman are a relative rarity. The disparity is interesting considering that many in creative improvised music circles regard Coleman’s radical innovations as of parallel importance to those of the Duke. McPhee and Duval go a long way towards rectifying this gap on this disc. Recorded live at the Knitting Factory ...
