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It's The Drummer, Stupid
by Mark Corroto
If you're a jazz misanthrope you probably think first to “shoot the pianist," a saying taken from the Francois Truffaut film of the same name, Tirez sur le pianiste. Truth be told, the most effective way to pull the plug on a jazz band, a very good jazz band, is to take out the drummer. An ...
Evan Parker - Marteau Rouge: Live
by AAJ Italy Staff
Loro sono i Marteau Rouge [martello rosso], trio franco-giapponese dedito a una forma elettro-rockettara di free piuttosto delirante, con venature ambient e qualche spruzzo di noise [di là delle Alpi la chiamano “musique actuelle"]; lui è Evan Parker, e non ha certo bisogno di presentazioni. L'occasione di esibirsi insieme capita nel gennaio del 2008, sul palco ...
Joelle Leandre / George Lewis: Transatlantic Visions
by Stuart Broomer
Recorded at Vision Festival XIII in 2008, this pairing of French bassist Joelle Léandre and American trombonist George Lewis brings together two of the most gifted and committed musicians in improvised music. They've been acquainted since the '70s and distinguished themselves as duo improvisers in the best company. (Among their individual highlights are the former's duets ...
Peter Evans: Nature/Culture
by John Sharpe
Far from unprecedented, solo trumpet records are still not part of humdrum experience. Since his revelatory debut More is More (psi, 2006), Peter Evans has pitted himself against a widening swathe of improvisers in both North America and Europe, while at the same time affectionately dismantling the jazz tradition with his own Quartet and Moppa Elliott's ...
Evan Parker Solo 1975 & 1989
by Martin Longley
Evan ParkerSaxophone Solos Chronoscope-psi2009 Evan ParkerConic Sections ah um-psi2008 This pair of solo soprano saxophone releases reveals the evolution of Evan Parker's approach to the act of a lonesome recital. ...
Leo Records: Thirty Years Old and Counting
Remarkably, the latest batch of releases from Leo Records marked the labels thirtieth anniversary. In those three decades, proprietor Leo Feigin has released a prodigious amount of music on the Leo, LeoLab, Golden Years, Long Arms and Feet First labels, achieving an enviable balance between releases by established stars and those by lesser known artists that ...
Sunny Murray Trio at The Vortex in London
by John Sharpe
Sunny Murray Trio The Vortex London, England September 1, 2009 Two nights in north London with free-jazz drum pioneer Sunny Murray's European Trio was a prospect to set the pulse racing. That expectancy was widely shared, it appeared, as there was standing room only even on the second ...
Josh Berman / Aram Shelton / Weasel Walter: Last Distractions
by Mark Corroto
Last Distractions is a highly ambitious project, undertaken with just two horns and a drummer--three horns, actually, as reedist Aram Shelton plays two different ones. This trio of Shelton, cornetist Josh Berman and drummer Weasel Walter has set its sights on a determined and inspiring set of improvised music. The Chicago jazz scene is the inspiration ...
John Tchicai at Cafe Oto in London
by John Sharpe
John Tchicai / John Edwards / Tony Marsh Cafe Oto London August 24, 2009Having played with John Coltrane on his groundbreaking Ascension (Impulse, 1965), it was no surprise that Danish reedman John Tchicai attracted a large crowd on one of his infrequent London appearances at Dalston's Cafe Oto.
Ken Vandermark / Barry Guy / Mark Sanders: Fox Fire
by Mark Corroto
The audience has been removed from these live concerts, recorded in 2008 in Birmingham and Leeds, featuring American reedman Ken Vandermark alongside British drummer Mark Sanders and bassist Barry Guy. Despite the constraints of a short, five-day UK tour of only six concerts, there's much to savor in the resulting two discs, for connoisseurs of creative ...
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