Home » Search Center » Results: Frank Carlberg

Results for "Frank Carlberg"

Advanced search options

1

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz At NEC: November & December Highlights

Jazz At NEC: November & December Highlights

November 29 NEC Jazz Orchestra in Rebirth of the Third Stream November 16 Jason Moran Piano Seminar and December 4 Jason Moran Master Class Nov. 13 - Dec. 13 In the Mix, concerts by Jazz Stars of Tomorrow Jazz Composers Workshop Orchestra NEC Youth Jazz Orchestra November 13 - December 13 In the Mix Discover the ...

Article: Album Review

Frank Carlberg: Uncivilized Ruminations

Read "Uncivilized Ruminations" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Finlandese di nascita e americano d'adozione, Carlberg attinge per questo stimolante lavoro (che giunge a quasi vent'anni dal suo album d'esordio, Blind Drive, del 1992) al bacino dell'orchestra di Nicholas Urie (nel suo recente, notevole My Garden figurano tutti i musicisti del sestetto tranne i due sax), replicandone, su scala più ridotta e per la stessa ...

Album

Uncivilized Ruminations

By Frank Carlberg

Label: Red Piano Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Lunatics; "It Was All About..."; Old Age; Posthumous Success; Misanthrope; Don't Ruse Me; Perfect; Prairie Dogs; Pygmy Hut.

233

Article: Interview

Jeremy Udden: Far From Plain

Read "Jeremy Udden: Far From Plain" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke

by R.J. DeLuke

Jeremy Udden is one of those outstanding working musicians on the scene in Brooklyn. A saxophonist, composer, and bandleader, he is--like so many musicians of his generation--influenced by a variety of things outside what is known as jazz, and his music reflects that. He's developed a band called Plainville that offers a different sound and feel. ...

64

News: Recording

Frank Carlberg's Piano and Compositions Come to the Forefront in "Uncivilized Ruminations"

Frank Carlberg's Piano and Compositions Come to the Forefront in "Uncivilized Ruminations"

Frank Carlberg is not just a new jazz sort of fellow. He's doing something actually rather new. If you start with the sort of angular abstractions Steve Lacy and Irene Aebi used to do, you get a stepping off point for where the music on Uncivilized Ruminations (RPR Red Piano Records) begins. Unfortunately the graphic design ...

234

Article: Album Review

Frank Carlberg: Uncivilized Ruminations

Read "Uncivilized Ruminations" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni

Pianist/composer Frank Carlberg continues to perfect his distinctive blend of poetry and left-of-center jazz. Carlberg does it together with a stellar cast of close collaborators; most important of them is vocalist Christine Correra, with whom he has been collaborating for two decades. Both have performed poetry by Wallace Stevens on Variations on a Summer Day (Fresh ...

24

News: Recording

Phase 2 of Brian Adler's Helium Project Lifts Off July 12

Phase 2 of Brian Adler's Helium Project Lifts Off July 12

DRUMMER/COMPOSER SPEARHEADS DIGITAL-ONLY COLLABORATION FEATURING THE MUSICAL TALENT OF ARGENTINE MUSICIANS RODRIGO DOMINGUEZ, JUAN PABLO ARREDONDO, JERONIMO CARMONA. Drummer and composer Brian Adler releases the second in a series of digital recordings from The Helium Music Project, his ongoing creative collaboration with jazz musicians that transcends time, space and international borders. Entitled Phase 2, the digital ...

95

News: Recording

"Phase 1" Of Brian Adler's Helium Project Lifts Off

"Phase 1" Of Brian Adler's Helium Project Lifts Off

Drummer/composer spearheads digital-only collaboration featuring the musical talent of Kate McGarry, Dave Eggar, Peter Ehwald, Mark Lau, and others. “Adler is an amazing instrumentalist who has seemingly mastered all aspects of percussion... his bubbling, percolating rhythms carry the music forward in the most graceful possible ways."—Dave Wayne, Jazzreview.com. Drummer and composer Brian Adler will release the ...

169

Article: Album Review

Nicholas Urie: My Garden

Read "My Garden" reviewed by Matt Marshall

by Matt Marshall

With My Garden, an album of songs for large ensemble with poetry by Charles Bukowski, composer/conductor Nicholas Urie continues his exploration into modern-day isolation and disconnect begun on 2009's Excerpts From an Online Dating Service (Red Piano Records). On Excerpts, Urie invited the listener to hear ("imagine" might be more fitting) a certain poetry in the ...

265

Article: Album Review

Andrew Rathbun: The Idea of North

Read "The Idea of North" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

What effect does solitude have on a person? How can one grow as a result of being alone? These questions provoke a musical response from saxophonist, Andrew Rathbun, though the roots of his inspiration for this music lie over forty years ago. In 1967, legendary concert pianist Glenn Gould produced a radio documentary called “The Idea ...


Engage

Publisher's Desk
A Word About Social Media and Other Platforms
Read on...
The place for jazz polls and surveys!
Reader Polls
Which jazz venues deserve to be on top?
Cast Your Vote Today
The Big Question
What Is Your Favorite Jazz Interpretation Of The Beatles?
Post Your Comment

Get more of a good thing!

Our weekly newsletters highlight our top stories, top album reviews, website news, free songs, radio & podcast shows, news, and upcoming jazz events near you.

Install All About Jazz

iOS Instructions:

To install this app, follow these steps:

All About Jazz would like to send you notifications

Notifications include timely alerts to content of interest, such as articles, reviews, new features, and more. These can be configured in Settings.