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Tim Berne: Insomnia
by Charles Walker
Tim BerneInsomniaClean Feed2011 In the medical world, a blood count is a clinical tool, a method of aggregating data in order to make a diagnosis. In short, it's a way of picturing the lay of the land and from there determining the best path forward. Alto saxophonist Tim ...
Henry Threadgill Zooid: This Brings Us to Volume II
by AAJ Italy Staff
Che Henry Threadgill sia uno dei compositori più originali e significativi della musica del nostro tempo non lo si scopre adesso e non lo si scopre necessariamente con questo disco [ma qualsiasi punto di approdo al suo mondo è estremamente interessante in una carriera dal segno formale così importante]: dagli inizi degli anni Settanta, attraverso le ...
Take Five With Omar Tamez
by AAJ Staff
Meet Omar Tamez:He studied music with master in composition. He studied with the composer and teacher Nicandro Tamez. Skillful courses of composition and/or conferences with André Richard, Daniel Catán, Mario Lavista, Manuel de Elí¬as, Helmut Lachmann, Pierre Boulez and Karlheinz Stockhausen. Has made concerts in Mexico, United States, Italy, Instrument(s):Guitars, ...
Conversations with Composers: Henry Threadgill in Conversation with Brent Hayes Edwards
The Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University presents its Conversations Series, through which Brent Hayes Edwards will engage leading composer Henry Threadgill in a reflection on the role of improvisation in his creative life. Threadgill's compositions are strikingly original, always surprising, and far-reaching. Though his ensembles—Air, the Sextett, Very Very Circus, the Society Situation Dance ...
Sarah Wilson: Trapeze Project
by Eyal Hareuveni
San Francisco-based trumpeter/vocalist Sarah Wilson is gifted with idiosyncratic and fresh composing skills that are so rare in jazz musicians who have gone through the formal avenues of jazz education. Her career began when she composed and played music for the Bread and Puppet Theater troupe; continued by studying with esteemed trumpeters John McNeil and Laurie ...
Henry Threadgill's "This Brings Us To, vol. 2" Out Now
October 26th Henry Threadgill's This Brings Us To, vol. 2 comes out. 2009's This Brings Us To, vol. 1 received across-the-board accolades as one of the best releases of 2009, coming in at #4 in the Down Beat Critics Poll, #4 in the Jazz Times Poll, and #2 in the Village Voice Jazz Poll, as well ...
Henry Threadgill - This Brings Us To, Volume II (2010)
By Pico About this time last year Henry Threadgill ended a eight year hiatus from the recording studio and released This Brings Us To, Vol. 1. It was very well received, and made almost everyone's year-end “best of" jazz albums for 2009, including ours. On one day short of a year since that release, Threadgill and ...
Henry Threadgill: Complete Novus/Columbia Recording
A First-Ever Opportunity To Experience Two Decades of Exceptional Artistry Henry Threadgill & Air Available at shop.allaboutjazz.com Talk to Henry Threadgill about the influences in his music, and he is drawn to talk about food. Or patterns of light in the sky. Or a building across the street from a rehearsal studio. Talking about an instrument's ...
Bobby Zankel: Peaceful Jazz Warrior
by Victor L. Schermer
For many decades, Philadelphia has been home to a cadre of multi-generational jazz musicians who go on year-after-year composing, arranging and performing some of the best, highest level music to be heard anywhere. This tradition is exemplified in no better way than by alto saxophonist, composer and bandleader Bobby Zankel. Zankel apprenticed with legendary ...
