Results for "Hopscotch Records"

The Sun Spits Cherries

By Chris Jonas

Label: Hopscotch Records
Released: 2000

Rashied Ali / Peter Kowald / Assif Tsahar: Deals, Ideas & Ideals

by Derek Taylor
November 1, 2000

In the spring of 2000 German bassist Peter Kowald attempted the seemingly impossible and in the process made history. He commenced on a three-month concert tour of the United States starting in Florida, ranging up the East Coast, criss-crossing the Midwest, hitting the west coast and doubling back for a final string of dates in the ...

Cooper-Moore: Deep In the Neighborhood of History and Influence

by Derek Taylor
November 1, 2000

Cooper-Moore is one of those cats that’s been a prime mover in creative improvised music for years, but has next to nothing in terms of a discography to show for it. He’s living proof that the recorded legacy of the music, while seemingly vast, is only the tip of the iceberg in terms of what has ...

Chris Jonas: The Sun Spits Cherries

by Glenn Astarita
February 1, 2000

If you are a serious, hard working musician with a keen ear for composition and possess some technical gifts you should reap the benefits of maturation, rapid growth and the ability to expand your musical and intellectual horizons! That and performing with modern jazz luminaries such as Cecil Taylor, William Parker and Anthony Braxton will most ...

The Hollow World

By Assif Tsahar

Label: Hopscotch Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: Tapestry of Dreams/ The Edge of Infinity/ Rainbow on My Table/ The Hollow World/ The Luminous Tree.

Recorded: March 30, 1999, Roulette, NYC, New York.

Radiance

By Susie Ibarra Trio

Label: Hopscotch Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: Radiance: blessing, dreams, laughter/ A Glimpse/ Up From the Skies/ Half Moon/ Jagged Threads/ Arboles/ Magandang Araw/ Dreams- alternate/ Laughter- alternate.

Recorded: July 19, 1999, Roulette, NYC, New York.

Home Cookin'

By Susie Ibarra

Label: Hopscotch Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: Arrival/Salutations; Dream Song #1; Ambrosia; Dream Song #2; Liquid Time; Dream Song #3; At Dawn; Dream Song #4; Happy Disillusion; Dream Song #5; What Is Not; Dream Song #6; Prayer for the Unseen; Dream Song #7; The Wordless Song: Found Treasures; Dream Song #8; Muchacho Loco.

Susie Ibarra Trio: Radiance

by Derek Taylor
December 1, 1999

This disc has been a long time coming and its arrival is something to rejoice. After lending her talents to the discographies of others for many years Susie Ibarra is finally grasping the chance to record her own projects. Earlier discs with Denis Charles (“Drum Talk” on Wobbly Rail) and her husband Assif Tsahar hinted at ...

Assif Tsahar & the Brass Reeds Ensemble: The Hollow World

by Derek Taylor
December 1, 1999

Those unfamiliar with Tsahar won’t be so for long if discs such as this have anything to say about it. After a handful of releases as both sideman and leader he is now finding renewed opportunity and resources to record his own groups through a fruitful musical partnership with his wife Susie Ibarra. This disc offers ...

Susie Ibarra & Assif Tsahar: Home Cookin'

by AAJ Staff
June 1, 1999

New York drummer Susie Ibarra gained a notorious reputation for her versatility and touch while working with free jazz musicians like David S. Ware, Matthew Shipp, and William Parker. Tenor saxophonist Assif Tsahar also played with Parker, in addition to making his own records on Silkheart and Eremite. This married couple celebrates the genesis of their ...