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Duval / Rosen / Whitecage: No Respect
by Frank Rubolino
The trio of Dominic Duval, Jay Rosen, and Mark Whitecage convey a strong sense of intimacy on No Respect. Recorded during a club date in Austria, the set reflects three musicians picking up a spark of current and transforming it into brilliant light. Their music has rushing absorbability, rolling mightily along and gathering momentum as the ...
Peter Madsen: Sphere Essence - Another Side of Monk
by Frank Rubolino
Peter Madsen pays tribute to Thelonious Monk and his music on the solo piano recording Sphere Essence ' Another Side of Monk. Madsen spreads the canvas with rich textures, bringing the well-known compositions to life through his expansive resolution of their complexities. Monk's music has had more exposure since his death than I would imagine he ...
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 ...
Jessica Pavone: 27 Epigrams
by Frank Rubolino
Epigrams are short, concise written works expressing a single thought or observation. Jessica Pavone adapted this concept to music by composing 27 short pieces for quartet (bassoon, English horn, cello, and viola); trio (marimba, Bb clarinet, and viola); and solo viola. The project spanned most of 2002 and reflected her changing moods and the textures of ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
