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Taylor Ho Bynum & SpiderMonkey Strings: Other Stories (Three Suites)
by Paul Olson
This is not a “cornet with strings album.Cornetist/composer Taylor Ho Bynum does include a string quartet on Other Stories, and he certainly plays cornet on the record--but anyone hoping for an hour of standard jazz soloing over strings will be nonplussed. Anyone else will simply be astonished and delighted. As the album's title states, ...
Taylor Ho Bynum & SpiderMonkey Strings: Other Stories (Three Suites)
by John Kelman
Trumpeter/composer Taylor Ho Bynum seems committed to defying those for whom music needs to be neatly compartmentalized. No surprise really, considering his association with renegade musical thinker Anthony Braxton, first coming into focus on Braxton's Composition No. 102 For Orchestra & Puppet Theater (Braxton House, 1996) and appearing with Braxton's sextet at the Musique Actuelle Festival ...
Michael Musillami Trio: Dachau
by Elliott Simon
In the wake of its strong premiere effort, Beijing (Playscape, 2000), the Michael Musillami Trio continues its globetrotting, turning to Germany for inspiration to produce its sophomore offering, Dachau. While the opening “Dresden and the title piece itself conjure up some of the 20th century's worst horrors, the music is wonderfully uplifting and powerfully creative. Musillami's ...
November 2005
by AAJ Staff
The Steve Lacy homage at Merkin Hall (Oct. 6th) encompassed poetry, solo horns, unorthodox trios, jazz quintets, live electronics (from David Wessel and Richard Teitelbaum) and even a solo guitar romp from Gary Lucas. It was a brilliant stroke to seat all the performers onstage, effectively making them part of the audience. We were thus afforded ...
Deborah Weisz Quintet: Grace (for Will)
by Elliott Simon
From its reverent yet fun-loving title cut, Grace (for Will) is a delight. Trombonist Deborah Weisz has assembled a wonderfully eclectic, intermeshing group of musicians to interpret newly composed music motivated by significant events and people in her life. Along with her communicative t-bone, two of New York City's most expressive and versatile musicians, guitarist Sheryl ...
Aram Shelton: Arrive
by John Kelman
When Document Chicago was released in 2003, it re-affirmed Chicago's unique place in contemporary improvised music. In the 1960s the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) brought attention to forward-thinking artists like Henry Threadgill, Muhal Richard Abrams, and the Art Ensemble of Chicago. But recent years have seen a new wave of creative musicians ...
George Russell & The Living Time Orchestra: The 80th Birthday Concert
by Jerry D'Souza
George Russell celebrated his 80th birthday in 2003, touring Europe with the Living Time Orchestra, and being well and truly appreciated, as indeed he should. Apart from his Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization, Russell has made several important recordings that are part of jazz history. In doing so he has translated theory into the vivid ...
Michael Attias: Renku
by Celeste Sunderland
Individual strengths can sometimes be overlooked in a musical group. The eternal quest for that momentous sound that occurs when the right guys play the right stuff at the right time can often overshadow the importance of the unique parts within the greater structure. Renku, saxophonist Michael Attias' two-year-old trio with bassist John Hebert and drummer ...
Jabbo Ware and The Me We & Them Orchestra: Vignettes in the Spirit of Ellington
by Jerry D'Souza
28 years into their existence, James Jabbo Ware and The Me We & Them Orchestra recorded their first live album, which has just been released. What is time to the muse that was inspired by Duke Ellington? Days, months, and years flit by, but the music stays timeless. The ten tunes here make up the context. ...
Gebhard Ullman: The Big Band Project / Desert Songs and Other Landscapes / Spirals
by Kurt Gottschalk
Gebhard Ullmann The Big Band Project Soul Note 2005 In 2001, German saxophonist Gebhard Ullmann had the opportunity to record with the 20-piece NDR (North German Radio) Big Band, a project which he - a confessed non-fan of big band music - was hesitant to take on. It turns out ...
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