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Chicago Bass Clarinetist Jason Stein's Locksmith Isidore Releases Third CD "Three Kinds of Happiness," on Not Two Records - November 30, 2010
Featuring Jason Roebke (bass) and Michael Pride (drums) There are many who embrace tradition, and jazz's recent history is replete with acolytes of a certain era or style. Bass clarinetist Jason Stein is cut from a very different cloth however, and Three Kinds of Happiness, the new album by his trio, Locksmith Isidore, demonstrates just how ...
Linda Oh: Persevering Against the Odds
by Mark F. Turner
In an arena that is overwhelmingly dominated by her male counterparts, bassist Linda May-Han Oh is going to be a force with which to be reckoned. Her auspicious, self-produced debut, Entry (2009), was lauded by critics, and was one of pianist Vijay Iyer's top picks for 2009. Born in Malaysia and living in New York, Oh ...
Bassist Linda Oh Interviewed at All About Jazz
In an arena that is overwhelmingly dominated by her male counterparts, bassist Linda May-Han Oh is going to be a force with which to be reckoned. Her auspicious self-produced debut, Entry (2009), was lauded by critics, and was one of pianist Vijay Iyer's top picks for 2009. Her technical know-how is solidified by visceral, emotive and ...
Pianist/Composer Dan Tepfer Releases Trio Album "Five Pedals Deep" on Sunnyside Records - October 26, 2010
Album features Dan Tepfer (piano), Thomas Morgan (bass) and Ted Poor (drums) CD RELEASE PERFORMANCE @ Jazz Standard October 26, 2010 (7:30 & 9:30pm) In his forthcoming trio release, Five Pedals Deep on Sunnyside Records, wildly inventive pianist Dan Tepfer plumbs the depths of conventional harmony, engaging pop modalities, minimalism, ...
Scott Amendola Trio: Lift
by Troy Collins
A virtuosic salvo of dynamic trap set flourishes introduces “Tudo De Bom," the Brazilian-influenced number that opens Lift, the debut of the Scott Amendola Trio, reinforcing the fact that this drummer-led session has no intention of forgoing percussive invention in favor of austere compositional strategies.A stalwart sideman to such notable West Coast improvisers as ...
David Weiss & Point Of Departure: Snuck In
by Dan Bilawsky
Trumpeter David Weiss was way ahead of his time when he brought together a group of forward-thinking musician-composers to form the New Jazz Composers Octet in 1996. This group--and the writing that was born from within its ranks--received positive critical response from the get-go, and foreshadowed the rise in collective-type situations throughout the jazz community. While ...
Rudresh Mahanthappa / Bunky Green: Apex
by Mark F. Turner
Apex is an alto sax summit of huge proportions--a prodigious work of collaboration and stirring performances--boasting Rudresh Mahanthappa, one of today's rising stars, and Bunky Green, a lesser known master who has influenced innovators such as Greg Osby and Steve Coleman. Like another memorable 2010 release, Dual Identity (Clean Feed), which featured Mahanthappa and alto conceptualist ...
Scott Amendola Trio: Lift
by Nick Millevoi
Scott Amendola is probably best known as the drummer with the Nels Cline Singers, a guitar trio with detailed compositions, high-energy improvisations, and an oft-exhibited ability to shift gears at a moment's notice. On Lift, his first album since 2005's Believe (Cryptogramophone), Amendola debuts his own take on the guitar trio format, with guitarist Jeff Parker ...
Billy Bang: Prayer for Peace
by Troy Collins
Protesting the inhumanity of war through creative endeavors takes on far greater significance when the artist in question has been personally involved. A veteran of the Vietnam War, violinist Billy Bang confronted his own personal demons on such albums as Vietnam: The Aftermath (Justin Time, 2001) and Vietnam: Reflections (Justin Time, 2004). Prayer for Peace is ...
Pete Robbins: siLENT Z Live
by Mark F. Turner
Since his 2002 debut, Centric (Telepathy Records), saxophonist Pete Robbins has charted a centrifugal trajectory, moving outward from traditional boundaries. His previous releases--Waits & Measures (Playscape, 2006) and Do The Laugh Hate Shimmy (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2008)--incorporated elements of jazz, rock and electronics with thought-provoking writing and improvisation. Incessantly stirring the creative juices in any ...
