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Article: On and Off the Grid

What Is Jazz Now?

by Dom Minasi
September 10, 2012

Back in February, All About Jazz Managing Editor John Kelman asked me to develop a column based on points I made in the comment section of the article BAM or JAZZ: Why It Matters. I still feel the same way, but trumpeter Nicholas Payton's statement that jazz died in 1959 made me think, and I've been ...

Article: Profile

Evan Parker: Deciphering the Noise

by Henry Cooke
April 19, 2012

Imagine for a moment that the average jazz enthusiast is similar to a competent swimmer: safe within the confines of their local pool they're comfortable, perhaps a little brash.Individual lanes silently determine your path whilst lifeguards monitor your tempo with their special brand of overprotective nonchalance. Even the reassuring sting of chlorine serves as ...

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Article: Album Review

Boris Savoldelli: Biocosmopolitan

Read "Biocosmopolitan" reviewed by Mark Redlefsen

by Mark Redlefsen
March 11, 2011

What a contrast Boris Savoldelli's Biocosmopolitan is to the vocalist's predecessor, Protoplasmic (MoonJune Records, 2009), which featured guitarist Elliot Sharp as his chief collaborator. While Protoplasmic was a brave dive into the experimental, Biocosmopolitan is a bright, infectious and singable work. The right balance of passion, delivery, and technology come together for 16 enjoyable tracks with ...

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Article: From Far and Wide

The $100 Guitar Project: Act 1

by Pascal-Denis Lussier
November 10, 2010

An online listing for a “no name," threadbare guitar; musicians with a distinct sense of humor; an idea, and one credit card... And a few emails later we've got something that combines the honest-but-struggling underdog, the ugly duckling, Pygmalion, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Kaspar Hauser, a Cinderella rags to riches, Herbie the Love ...

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Article: Album Review

Stade: Freewheel

Read "Freewheel" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
July 28, 2009

The relationship between electronics and acoustic instruments has evolved since Miles Davis' groundbreaking Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1969), with artists continuing to manipulate technologies within their current environments. These lines are becoming increasingly blurred on recordings such as Opsvik and Jennings' A Dream I Used To Remember (Loyal Label, 2009) and Humcrush's Rest at Worlds End (Rune ...

Album

Forgery

By Elliott Sharp

Label: Intuition
Released: 2007
Track listing: Smoke and Mirrors; Tell Me Why; Katrina Blues/How The Crescent City Got Bleached; Badlands; Dance 4 Lance; Juke; Long Way To Go; War Between The States; Haditha; How Much Longer Blues; Boom Baby Boom.

Album

Feuchitfy

By Elliott Sharp

Label: Emanem
Released: 2007
Track listing: Dict; duc; gress; ject; pel; pend; por; scrib; tract; vert; sub; dis; ify.

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News: Performance / Tour

Elliott Sharp's Terraplane Wed., Nov. 28th Sets at 8:30 & 10:30PM at the Iridium Jazz Club

November 23, 2007

IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121 Sets At 8:30 & 10:30PM Les Paul Sets Remain at 8:00 & 10:00PM Effective immediately, minimums are $10/person/set for all show except Les Paul- $15 mins. ...