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Nate Wooley / Paul Lytton: Creak above 33
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Just how much improvisation is possible by manipulating consoles and electronic buzz is evident in the ingenious experimentation of Nate Wooley and Paul Lytton on Creek above 33. Of course, there is also that small aspect of performance on trumpet and percussion, by Wooley and Lytton respectively, that almost goes unnoticed. It is so spare, and ...
Evan Parker: Whitstable Solo
by Raul d'Gama Rose
The music on Whitstable Solo flows like a force of nature. It reaches gale force at times, and finds saxophonist Evan Parker traversing myriad topographies with deft fingering and counterpoint so magical, despite the music's inevitable flow towards a conclusion. Parker also uses an extraordinary palette of colors that turn so vivid at times that the ...
Evan Parker / Urs Leimgruber: Twine
by Mark Corroto
Twine, from saxophonists Evan Parker and Urs Leimgruber, is perhaps named for two strands twisted together to make a much stronger thread. The subtitle, however, might just be two saxophonists separated at birth.Most people familiar with the legendary Parker know his unique sound and reign as the sovereign of freely improvised tenor and soprano ...
2010 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival: Days 1-3
by AAJ Staff
Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-10 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaJune 25th--July 4th 2010 Remnants of this year's Winter Olympics from February have seemingly been cleared right out of the city of Vancouver. For the first week of this year's 25th anniversary of the TD ...
Evan Parker - Whitstable Solo (Psi)
Nearly four decades deep into the Evan Parker solo performance precedence and despite what some critics might contend the saxophonist is still finding fresh things to say on both straight horn and curved. A confluence of new recording space (St. Peter's Church, Whitstable), trusted engineer (Adam Skeaping) and extra-disciplinary collaborators (artist Polly Read and film-maker Neil ...
Ottawa Jazz Festival 2010: Days 1-3, June 24-26, 2010
by John Kelman
Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-9 | Days 10-11 Mikko Innanen & InnkvisitioEtienne Charles and Folklore / Bill Frisell's Beautiful DreamersBill Frisell 858 Quartet TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival Ottawa, Ontario, Canada June 24-26, 2010 Back in April 2010, when the TD Ottawa International ...
Freedom of the City 2010
by Ken Waxman
"To Thine Self Be True" is lettered above the stage at Conway Hall where London's annual Freedom of the City (FOTC) festival took place May 2nd-3rd. Although related to the philosophy of the Humanist Society that built the edifice, the slogan can be applied to the 16 sets that made up the festival. Organized ...
Jazz Journalists Association Announces 2010 Jazz Award Winners
The Jazz Journalists Association announced winners of the 2010 Jazz Awards at the City Winery in New York City on Monday, June 14, honoring honoring more than 40 musicians, presenters, jazz supporters and jazz journalists for the 14th year. Recipients of the Jazz Awards receive engraved statuettes from the international organization of some 450 writers, broadcasters, ...
Howard Riley: Five Decades in Music
by Maxim Micheliov
Howard Riley gave his performance in Vilnius, Lithuania in September, 2009. It was his first visit to the country in a five-decade career, and one of just a few eastern Europe destinations made at the time, by the British free jazz pianist. The concert was recorded and released in 2010 as the double-disc set, Solo in ...
2010 JJA Jazz Awards Winners
The winners for the 2010 JJA Jazz Awards honoring excellence in music-making and music documentation, nominated by 60 professional Jazz Journalists Association members. = winner 1. Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Muhal Richard Abrams Jimmy Heath James Moody Paul Motian Wayne Shorter Randy Weston 2. Musician of the Year Dave Douglas
