Results for "Harris Eisenstadt"

Harris Eisenstadt: Woodblock Prints

by John Sharpe
November 21, 2010

Canadian drummer/composer Harris Eisenstadt is making a compelling case for complete player status. His name on the CD sleeve does not necessarily predict the contents. Examples include his joyous marriage of jazz and West African rhythms on Jalolu (CIMP, 2004) and Gewel (Clean Feed, 2008), his compositions for large ensembles such as Ahisma Orchestra (Nine Winds, ...

Jason Adasiewicz: Sun Rooms

by Mark Corroto
September 28, 2010

Jason Adasiewicz is making the vibraphone a necessary ingredient for music making in this century. His mallets have been featured in recordings by Josh Berman, Jason Ajemian, Harris Eisenstadt, the Lucky 7s, and Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra.As a leader, his two recordings with Rolldown, the self-titled 2008 disc on 482 Music and Varmint ...

Vision Festival 2010: Day 4, June 26, 2010

by John Sharpe
August 17, 2010

Prologue | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7Areni Agbabian, Lorenzo Sanguedolce, Go-Zee-Lah Reggie Nicholson, Borah Bergman, Ned Rothenberg Mark Helias, Tony Malaby, Charles GayleVision FestivalAbrons Arts CenterNew York CityJune 26, 2010Saturday was a ...

Nuscope Recordings

by Marc Medwin
February 27, 2010

"At this point, I prefer space and beauty over noise and volume," says Nuscope Recordings producer and frontman Russell Summers. It's a bold statement, considering that much of what is called free improvisation is modeled on the “fire music" of the '60s. “Don't get me wrong," Russell is quick to add, “There was a time in ...

Harris Eisenstadt: Canada Day

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 26, 2010

Questo bel lavoro del batterista canadese Harris Eisenstadt sembra voler riportare l'attenzione sul jazz raffinato e pensoso di Wayne Shorter della seconda metà degli anni sessanta. Anche se le composizioni sono tutte originali e tutte scritte dal leader, la musica che questo quintetto sa esprimere lancia molti segnali che vanno in quella direzione. Il tutto è ...

The Jazz Session #145: Harris Eisenstadt

February 22, 2010

Harris Eisenstadt

by Clifford Allen
February 7, 2010

One normally thinks of the drummer-bandleader chair in this music as easily given to a mentality that embraces “more is more." Whether bombastic or just plain full, drummers' bands often focus on mass, rhythm and time. In the post-free arena, leaders like Gerry Hemingway, John Hollenbeck and Harris Eisenstadt have learned not only that every instrument ...

Alexander Hawkins Quartet at the Vortex, London

by John Sharpe
January 25, 2010

Alexander Hawkins Quartet The Vortex London, England January 5, 2010 A very respectable audience braved the cold temperatures (for London where since global warming kicked in it rarely falls below freezing for very long) and further impending snow for the debut of the Alexander Hawkins new quartet at ...

Joe McPhee at Cafe Oto, London

by John Sharpe
January 8, 2010

Joe McPhee Cafe Oto London, England December 11, 2009 When the eerie vocalized wail first manifested itself, the audience was left looking for the source. But it quickly became apparent that, even though his facial expression didn't betray the burden, saxophonist Joe McPhee was generating the noise at ...

Canada Day

By Harris Eisenstadt

Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Don't Gild the Lily; Halifax; After an Outdoor Bath; And When to Come Back; Keep Casting Rods; Kategeeper; Ups and Downs; Every Day is Canada Day.