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Greg Burk: Ivy Trio
by Jerry D'Souza
Pianist Greg Burk found the perfect ambience in a study lounge of a Harvard University dormitory to record this album. He says that the environment was as close to his childhood living room as a studio could be. Burk also reveals that he was contemplating the direction the music would take while swimming in Walden Pond. ...
Firehouse 12 to Present the Andrew Rathbun Quartet November 16th
On Friday, November 16th, New Haven's Firehouse 12 will present a two set performance by the Andrew Rathbun Quartet. The group augments New York-based saxophonist/composer Andrew Rathbun's trio, featuring longtime collaborators bassist Scott Lee and drummer Jeff Hirschfield, with noted tenor saxophonist George Garzone. This configuration will be touring the Northeast in mid- November performing selections ...
Tyshawn Sorey: That/Not
by Mark F. Turner
The enigma that is Tyshawn Sorey: while most young drummers are walking in the footsteps of the elders and the influences of the mainstream, Sorey thrives on the outside, composing and performing free improvised music, leading experimental groups such as Oblique, or doing stints with progressives like Fieldwork (pianist Vijay Iyer, saxophonist Steve Lehman) and M-Base ...
Peter Evans Quartet: The Peter Evans Quartet
by Troy Collins
Occasionally, a debut album from a new artist arrives that so perfectly encapsulates the prevailing zeitgeist, it sounds like the visionary work of a seasoned veteran. The Peter Evans Quartet is such an album. While Peter Evans' solo trumpet album, More is More (Psi, 2006) is technically the Oberlin University grad's debut recording, this ...
Firehouse 12 to Present the Billy Bang Quartet November 9th
Firehouse 12's third annual 2007 Fall Jazz Series continues on Friday, November 9th with a two-set performance by the Billy Bang Quartet. Known as “one of the most expressive voices in jazz today" (Thomas Conrad, JazzTimes), Bang, who turned 60 in September, is touring in support of his two latest releases, A Prayer For Peace (Tum ...
Greg Burk: Ivy Trio
by John Kelman
Time can be a funny thing. Recorded prior to his last trio disc, Nothing, Knowing (482 Music, 2005), Greg Burk's Ivy Trio shares more in common than just format. Ivy Trio provides alternate views of three Burk originals--"Look to the Neutrino, “Blink to Be and “Operetta --but with a trio featuring bassist Jonathan Robinson and drummer ...
Rob Reddy's Small Town: The Book of the Storm
by Donald Elfman
This “Small Town --Reddy's large ensemble--has created a massive statement that shows just where jazz composition, new music, collective improvisation and individual expression meet. The leader, though a vital and engaging instrumentalist, envisioned this four-part suite as a situation where he would not play his saxophones. What took shape, instead, was a huge structure that revolved ...
Peter Evans: Quartet & This Is Your Message
by Marc Medwin
Peter Evans Quartet The Peter Evans Quartet Firehouse 12 2007 The Right Moves This Is Your Message Tiger Asylum 2007 Trumpeter Peter Evans sports an astonishing technique ...
Firehouse 12 to Present the Rob Brown Trio November 2nd
The Rob Brown Trio will return to New Haven's Firehouse 12 on Friday, November 2nd to perform new music commissioned by Chamber Music America as well as selections from its latest CD, Sounds (Clean Feed Records). Led by New York alto saxophonist/ composer Rob Brown, this unusual working ensemble features New Haven-based cellist Daniel Levin (who ...
Marty Ehrlich/Myra Melford Duo Coming to Firehouse 12 October 26th
On Friday, October 26th, the long-standing duo of reed player/composer Marty Ehrlich and pianist/composer Myra Melford will perform at New Haven's Firehouse 12 in support of its new CD, Spark! (Palmetto Records). This is the second release by this pairing of acclaimed veteran talents, who have been performed together as a duo since 2000. Critics called ...
