Results for "Ear Up Records"

ARTICLE: JAZZ JOURNAL February 4, 2020

Winter 2020

Jazz Journal is a regular column consisting of pithy takes on recent jazz releases of note as well as spotlights on those titles in the genre that might otherwise go unnoticed under the cultural radar. Michael Blicher, Dan Hemmer, Steve Gadd Get That Motor Runnin' Proper Music 2019

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On the Corner Live!

By DAVE LIEBMAN

Label: Ear Up Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Lieb Talks About Miles; In a Silent Way; On the Corner; Wili (for Dave); Bass Interlude; Black Satin; Selim; Guitar Interlude; Ife; Drum Interlude; Mojo; Jean Pierre.

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEWS April 9, 2019

Dave Liebman: On the Corner Live!

By MIKE JURKOVIC

Saxophonist/flautist and 2011 NEA Jazz Master David Liebman knows of what he speaks when he speaks of Miles Davis. He was part of the pack stirring the rock/jazz/electronic/funk fusion cauldron, first working with Elvin Jones and then running with Davis in the studio--first appearing on the original On The Corner, (Columbia, 1972)--and on tour from 1972 ...

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEWS March 11, 2019

Dave Liebman: On the Corner Live!

By GENO THACKARA

The idea is easy to dismiss at first glance. This is roughly the 127th Miles Davis homage to come along since tribute recordings became a widespread thing. It took a long time for the original On the Corner (Columbia, 1972) to gain acceptance with its thick relentless jungle-funk and lack of conventional melody, but it gradually ...

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEWS March 5, 2019

Dave Liebman: On the Corner Live!

By VICTOR L. SCHERMER

When the Miles Davis album On the Corner (Columbia, 1972) was released, Davis had already begun to engage in electronic instrumentation and jazz fusion with soon to be revered recordings: In A Silent Way (Columbia, 1969), Bitch's Brew (Columbia, 1970) and Jack Johnson (Columbia, 1971). On the Corner, however, was so experimental and funky that it ...

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEWS February 4, 2019

In Orbit: in Orbit

By ANYA WASSENBERG

In Orbit--the group, the song and the album--have a groovy 70s retro kind of feel, crashing chords, melody and dissonance, all to a disco beat. High on energy, with an emphasis on danceable grooves, In Orbit is a cross-border group with a core of Canadian guitarist Michael Occhipinti and American saxophonist Jeff Coffin, who ...

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in Orbit

By MICHAEL OCCHIPINTI

Label: Ear Up Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: Big Belly; Hat on Hat; Go Fly A Kite; The Mad Hatter Rides Again; Unity; In Orbit; One Eyed Bandit

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#Office for the Day

By TYLER MIRE

Label: Ear Up Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Spice of Life; The Arch; Elephant in the Room; #Office for the Day; The Lonely Crouton's Big Day in NYC; Magma Sanctum; Green and Blues; Domo Meets the Bruch King.

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEWS December 1, 2017

Tyler Mire Big Band: #Office for the Day

By NICHOLAS F. MONDELLO

Social Media has spewed forth a cornucopia of emoticons, symbols, and catchphrases that have Twittered their way into Webster's. The title of trumpeter/composer/arranger Tyler Mire's (pronounced “Meer") latest effort -"#Office for the Day" -is one example of a phrase that's particularly loved by musicians. However, there's nothing common or over-washed out about this latest fine effort ...

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Southern Lights

By DOUG MOSHER

Label: Ear Up Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Southern Lights; Icicles; Ballerina; Afternoon; Local Wonders; Nebraska; Bag in the Wind; Pacheco Pass; Ives; Transcontinental; The Vacuum; Dharma; Abel Magwitch; Snowed In; #15.