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Steve Lehman Octet: Travail, Transformation, and Flow
by Troy Collins
On Travail, Transformation, and Flow saxophonist Steve Lehman continues down the creative path blazed on his previous release, On Meaning (Pi Recordings, 2007). In addition to updating the earlier session's rhythmic energy with even more audaciously contemporary beats, he presents the first jazz-oriented exploration of the musical concept known as spectral harmony. In spectral ...
Alexandre Pierrepont / Mike Ladd: Maison Hantee
by John Sharpe
There's a recurring argument about whether the marriage of jazz and poetry can ever be properly consummated, with strong opinions on either side, but the majority of adherents in the naysayers camp. Partly it's to do with the inflexibility of the words, which can't respond in the moment to the musician's whim, forcing the music to ...
Henry Threadgill Makes A Move
by Kurt Gottschalk
Henry Threadgill isn't hesitant to state his place in music. He has, he said quite plainly, “changed music both horizontally and vertically." His work isn't “strident," he said. “It doesn't strike you. You might think you know what's going on, but try to analyze it." And he states it, perhaps, ...
Up Popped The Two Lips & Everybody's Mouth's A Book
Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2002
Track listing: Up Popped The Two Lips - Track listing: 1.Tickled Pink 2.Dark Black 3.Look 4.Around My Goose 5.Calm Down 6.Did You See That 7.Do The Needful
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Henry Threadgill: Up Popped The Two Lips & Everybody's Mouth's A Book
by Glenn Astarita
This Chicago, IL born modernist worked his way through the ranks of the AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians), while eventually forming the highly regarded trio Air, back in the early 70's. Nevertheless, saxophonist/composer Henry Threadgill's prominence sharply increased with the advent of his acoustic/electric Very Very Circus and Make A Move bands. Consequently, ...
Dave Douglas: Brave New World
by AAJ Staff
Trumpeter / composer Dave Douglas has been creating new worlds for listeners for the past decade. His ethereal writing style for unconventional configurations transports audiences into unfamiliar territory. These distinctive compositions combined with his astonishing technique and expressionist improvisations have brought him critical and public acclaim as a visionary of his generation. The diversity of his ...
A Thousand Nights And A Night - (Shadow Night 1)
By Kip Hanrahan
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Released: 1998
Track listing: Shahrazade And The Opening Of The First Shadow Night; Blue Shalimah's Tale, Opening; Blue Shalimah's Tale, Continuing; Shahrazade's First Shadow Night Lover; The Blonde Woman Escapes; The Hasheater At The Gates Of The Summer City; The Hasheater In Judgement / And The Revival Of The Thousand Pound Elephant; A Woman's Trick; Ghanim Ibn Ayyub's Tale And Kut Al-Kulub; The Jewish Doctor's Tale Continues; Shahrazade Adrift; The Sleeper Awakened; Zummarud's Tale Continues With The Thieves; The Brown Eyed Woman Escapes; The Red Headed Woman Remains With The Merchant; Shahrazade And The Closing Of The First Shadow Night;
Henry Threadgill & Make A Move: Where's Your Cup?
by AAJ Staff
Avant-garde jazzmen who record for major labels are the exception instead of the rule. At Columbia, the main exception is Henry Threadgill--a risk-taker who incorporated elements of circus music on his last album, Carry The Day. The alto saxman and Chicago native continues to be influenced by circus music on Where's Your Cup, which has its ...
Where's Your Cup?
Label: Columbia
Released: 1997
Track listing: 100 Year Old Game; Laughing Club; Where's Your Cup?; And This; Feels Like It; The Flew; Go To Far;
Carry The Day
Label: Columbia
Released: 1995
Track listing: Come Carry The Day; Growing A Big Banana; Vivjanrondirkski; Between Orchids Lilies Blind Eyes And Cricket; Hyla Crucifer ... Silence Of; Jenkins Boys Again, Wish Somebody Die, It's Hot;
