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Mili Bermejo's de Tierra Returns to Boston's Scullers Jazz Club May 10th
On Thursday, May 10th, Mili Bermejo's De Tierra will return to Scullers Jazz Club exactly one year after recording its self-titled debut, De Tierra (Ediciones Pentagrama, 2007), there in 2006. Led by Cambridge-based vocalist/composer Mili Bermejo, this eight-piece ensemble performs a unique brand of modern pan-American music, mixing her two decades of experience in the jazz ...
Firehouse 12 to Present the Kris Davis Quartet May 25th
On Friday, May 25th, New Haven's Firehouse 12 will present New York-based pianist/composer Kris Davis and her acclaimed five year-old ensemble, the Kris Davis Quartet. The group, which features saxophonist Tony Malaby, bassist Eivind Opsvik and drummer Jeff Davis, will be playing music from Ms. Davis' second and most recent CD, The Slightest Shift (Fresh Sound ...
Michael Musillami Trio with Mark Feldman: Live Dates and New CD
Guitarist Michael Musillami and his longstanding trio, featuring bassist Joe Fonda and drummer George Schuller, will perform two live dates in the Northeast in early May with special guest, violinist Mark Feldman. The quartet will perform May 2nd at Brooklyn's Barbes and May 3rd at Lakeville, Connecticut's Hotchkiss School before entering the studio on May 6th ...
Firehouse 12 to Present the Rudresh Mahanthappa Quartet May 18th
On Friday, May 18th, New Haven's Firehouse 12 will present 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship Award winner Rudresh Mahanthappa Rudresh Mahanthappa and his acclaimed flagship ensemble, the Rudresh Mahanthappa Quartet. The group, which features pianist Vijay Iyer, bassist Francois Moutin and drummer Dan Weiss, will be performing music from its third and most recent release, Codebook (Pi Recordings). ...
Dutch Guitarist Wiek Hijmans Coming to Boston in May
On Thursday, May 17th, The Improvisation Pool concert series will present the second of two spring concerts that bring together a group of Boston's most respected improvisers with a special guest from Amsterdam's world-renowned creative music scene. For this concert at The Lily Pad, made possible by a donation from the Gaudeamus Foundation, the series welcomes ...
Mike Reed's Loose Assembly: Last Year's Ghost
by Troy Collins
Drummer Mike Reed's previous album, In the Context Of (482 Music, 2006), showcased his gifts as an improviser in a series of spontaneous duets with his fellow Chicagoans. Last Year's Ghost provides more evidence of his talents, demonstrating his arranging and composing skills as well as his continuing development as a brilliant percussionist on the rise.
New Haven's Firehouse 12 to Present Step in April 13th
Friday, April 13th at 8:30 and 10:00 p.m. Step In Firehouse 12 45 Crown Street in New Haven, CT Carlo Morena, piano/composer; Joe Fonda, bass/composer; George Schuller, drums/ composer; with special guest Ilse Pfeifer, voice On Friday, April 13th, New Haven's Firehouse 12 will present a rare performance ...
Firehouse 12 to Present David Weiss and the Point of Departure Quintet May 11th
Firehouse 12's 2007 Spring Jazz Series continues on Friday, May 11th with a two-set performance by David Weiss and The Point Of Departure Quintet. Led by trumpeter/composer/arranger David Weiss, and called “a post- bop ensemble stocked with prime talent" by The New York Times' Nate Chinen, the group re-examines and re-imagines music written by some of ...
Anthony Braxton: 9 Compositions
by Marc Medwin
It is the MO of this listener/writer, or, as Anthony Braxton puts it, this “friendly experiencer, to attempt to bring the reader into individual moments of a performance. The present set does not allow such an approach, or, rather, it renders the approach superfluous. Here, we are presented with almost ten hours of music in which, ...
Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet: The Middle Picture
by Troy Collins
Tying together conceptual threads from his previous releases, The Middle Picture is cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum's most fully realized album to date. Making good on the promise of prior efforts, Bynum incorporates the relaxed spontaneity of his duet with drummer Tomas Fujiwara, True Events (482 Music, 2007), and the studied intricacy of his formal composing skills ...
