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Either /Orchestra at the National Theatre in Kampala
by Philip Songa
If ever there was any doubt that music is a universal language then the combination of eight Americans, one Dominican Republican, one guy from Surinam and one Ugandan playing music from Ethiopia in Uganda in moving style ought to remove the last vestiges of such doubt. That is exactly the kind of reassurance that was given ...
Neo-Modernism
Label: Accurate Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Los Olvidados, Baby Invents Monk, The Modernist, Fast Edd, Heavily Amplified Hairpiece
Either/Orchestra Handles All Tough Turns of Jazz Road
by R.J. DeLuke
Saxophonist Russ Gershon is on the horns of a dilemma with his sparkling band, the Either/Orchestra, the rock-solid 10-piece organization that churns out all kinds of music. The surprising sounds are steeped in jazz, but like a Luis Tiant pitch, the thunder the band emits can come from just about any angle. Critics have loved them. ...
Either/Orchestra: Neo-Modernism
by Dan McClenaghan
It's puzzle why the ten man Either/Orchestra, under the leadership of saxophonist Russ Gershon, is still something of an underground outfit. They've been through fifteen years and eight albums, the spawning of careers of several first rate jazz men, including John Medeski and Charlie Kohlhase, and scores of great live performances. The groups's last ...
Either Orchestra: Afro-cubism
by David Adler
Either/Orchestra’s eighth release is a concise study in modern Afro-Cuban composition, and a sister disc to Neo-Modernism, due out later this year. The material on both albums was recorded at the same time, but saxophonist, bandleader, and Accurate label head Russ Gershon discerned two distinct themes and thus decided to issue two separate albums. Afro-Cubism contains ...
Afro-Cubism
Label: Accurate Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Harvey's Entrance, Blue Attitude, Soul Song, Look to the Lion, Yezamed Yebaed, Don't Bother Me/No Me Molesta
Either/Orchestra: Afro-Cubism
by Mark Corroto
The Either/Orchestra has always been a little big band for those of us who don’t particularly like big band jazz. Founded in 1985 by saxophonist Russ Gershon, the E/O has played nimble arrangements of everything from Duke Ellington to Bob Dylan. The orchestra draws equally from Sun Ra, Gil Evans, Frank Zappa and Dizzy Gillespie’s big ...
Either/Orchestra: Afro-Cubism
by Dan McClenaghan
Saxophonist/Composer Russ Gershon, leader of the ten piece Either/Orchestra, had a problem: Too much music in the can for one CD. His solution: Two CDs, forty some odd minutes apiece, and lower the price from the sixteen dollar range down to $10.99, to better compete with the bargain-priced reissues offered up by the major labels.
Either/Orchestra: More Beautiful Than Death
by David Adler
Either/Orchestra ends a four-year hiatus with this hip, grooving, eclectic album. An Afro-latin theme runs through the program: driving 12/8 African grooves on “Amiak Abet Abet" and “Feker Aydelmwey," a calypso/mariachi vibe on “Breaktime for Dougo," salsa claves on “Number Three" and “Slow Mambo for J.J." Yet the Afro-latin references are broken up with the Ellington-style ...
