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Michael Musillami: Beijing
by Frank Rubolino
On the highflying Beijing, Michael Musillami sets up shop with a swinging team of sprightly improvisers in bassist Joe Fonda and drummer George Schuller. Musillami gets into an adventuresome mode on this set, and the others enlist for the fun-loving trip. They play mostly original compositions by Musillami or by band members collectively. The music cooks ...
Eve Packer - Noah Howard: Cruisin w/Moxie
by Frank Rubolino
Eve Packer, the Wordsmith of Lower Manhattan, has identified a solid vehicle for presenting her down-to-earth, everyday-life poetry. On Cruisin w/Moxie she connects once again with saxophonist Noah Howard and pianist Bobby Few, two kindred spirits with whom she has worked on previous collaborations. Both musicians give strong performances in accentuating, punctuating, and elaborating on the ...
DC Improvisers Collective: Here, We Are
by Frank Rubolino
Mysticism abounds when the DC Improvisers Collective (DCIC) holds a musical séance. The performers delve into remote realms, conjuring up inventive music with sorcerous cunning. This searching association of experimental artists affords its members the opportunity for open-ended exploration in various-sized group scenarios. On this recording, the DCIC features four free spirits. Mike Sebastian awakens the ...
On Tour With The Peter Brotzmann Die Like A Dog Trio
by Frank Rubolino
With William Parker and Hamid Drake Barnevelder Movement Arts Houston Texas May 11, 2003 The power exuding from Peter Brotzmann’s Die Like a Dog Trio never seems to ebb. It flows as one continuous current of electricity, lighting and igniting everything in its path. Brotzmann, together with William Parker and ...
Michel Lambert: Out Twice
by Frank Rubolino
Michel Lambert divided his drumming leadership between two trios on Out Twice, one with pianist Milcho Leviev and bassist John Giannelli, and the other with bassist Barre Phillips and saxophonist Lionel Garcin. He also split his recording venues between American and European sites. Both ventures were unique; Lambert used his personal drawings and ...
Joel Futterman / Ike Levin Trio: Live at the Noe Valley Ministry
by Frank Rubolino
On their initial 2001 trio recording ( Lifeline, Bay Records), Joel Futterman, Ike Levin, and Kash Killion demonstrated their comprehension of the interpersonal requirements for constructing music of complexity and artistic integrity. This follow-up expands on the parameters of spontaneous communication so skillfully honed on their first joint venture. Performed in concert at a West Coast ...
The Vandermark 5: Free Jazz Classics Vols. 1 & 2
by Frank Rubolino
When Ken Vandermark released Burn the Incline a few years ago, the first thousand copies included a second disc of The Vandermark 5 playing classic compositions by noted jazz luminaries. Subsequently, the same promotional ploy was used on Acoustic Machine, with the band presenting yet another batch of music by noted performers/composers. This double recording packages ...
Andrew Barker / Matthew Shipp / Charles Waters: Apostolic Polyphony
by Frank Rubolino
In the late 1990s, New Yorkers became enamored with a brash group of freewheeling improvisers from Atlanta going under the name Gold Sparkle Band. The chemistry of their fresh and ambitious style clicked with the New York establishment, and the group members soon began integrating with the entrenched Downtown musicians in taking the music forward at ...
Fortune / Harper / Cowell / Workman / Hart: Great Friends
by Frank Rubolino
Paris in the mid-1980s was the scene for this session of power players, but the music remains as fresh and vital today as it was when drummer Billy Hart formed the band. Almost a decade earlier, the drummer had assembled a star-studded group for Enchance (Horizon, 1977) and a threesome with Walter Bishop, Jr. called The ...
Natto Quartet: Headlands
by Frank Rubolino
Sounds of the mystical Orient and the more assertive Western world clash head-on when the Natto Quartet ignites. Philip Gelb, an extremely versatile and resourceful shakuhachi player, and Shoko Hikage, an astute proponent of the ancient koto, contribute the Eastern sensibilities that flow well beyond the cultural borders of their instruments’ roots. On the Western front, ...
