Results for "Henry Threadgill"

The Jazz Session #79: Myra Melford

September 5, 2009

Listen Pianist Myra Melford. Melford is active with many groups and on many recordings, including this years Under The Water (Libra, 2009) with pianist Satoko Fujii. In this interview, Melford talks about her early contact with Leroy Jenkins, Henry Threadgill and other AACM musicians; her pursuit of an individual voice; and the role that her meditation ...

Samuel Blaser: Pieces of Old Sky

by Dan McClenaghan
September 4, 2009

Pieces of Old Sky could be called furtive jazz. The quartet--trombone, bass, guitar and drums--sneaks around the perimeter of the room, leaving big swaths of space. It sounds as if there are mysteries in this music, secrets in Samuel Blaser's sonic world. Swiss-born trombonist Blaser treads a free jazz territory that is similar in ...

Ottawa Jazz Festival 2009: Days 4-6, June 28-30, 2009

by John Kelman
July 2, 2009

Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 Amina Claudine Myers / Gary Burton Quartet Revisited John Roney Silverbirch Project / Julian Lage / Enrico Rava-Stefano Bollani DuoAndy Milne/Benoît Delbecq Crystal Magnets / Sylvain Kassap QuartetTD Canada Trust Ottawa International Jazz Festival Ottawa, Ontario, Canada June 25-27, 2009 ...

Chico Freeman, Air, Walt Dickerson, George Cables: Buried Treasures Now On CD

by Chris May
July 1, 2009

Not to be confused with the Swedish trance and electronica label of the same name, the original Why Not label was an adventurous affair run by the Japanese businessman and jazz fan Masahiko Yuh for a brief but productive spell in the 1970s. With few contacts, but armed with an outstanding pair of ears, a cheque ...

Steve Lehman Octet: Travail, Transformation, and Flow

by Troy Collins
June 9, 2009

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
April 30, 2009

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
February 14, 2005

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

By Henry Threadgill

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
May 13, 2002

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
April 1, 2002

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 ...