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Firehouse 12 to Present the James Carney Group May 15th
On Friday, May 15th, New Haven's Firehouse 12 will present a two-set performance by Brooklyn-based pianist/composer James Carney and his longstanding working ensemble, the James Carney Group. Carney and the band, which features trumpeter Ralph Alessi, trombonist Josh Roseman, bassist Chris Lightcap and drummer Mark Ferber, will preview segments of his new virtual film score, Ways ...
Darcy James Argue's Infernal Machines is Now Available
Infernal Machines (New Amsterdam Records), the debut studio recording from New York's acclaimed 18-piece steampunk big band, Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, is now available. The release takes its name from a John Philip Sousa quote about the dangers of music technology, and features new definitive studio recordings of material Argue and the band have been ...
Michael Musillami Trio + 3: From Seeds
by Troy Collins
2009 marks the ten year anniversary of guitarist Michael Musillami's Playscape Recordings. Since then Musillami has issued well over a dozen recordings as a leader supported by a variety of line-ups, with the long running trio of bassist Joe Fonda and drummer George Schuller being his most versatile group. Magnanimous collaborators, the trio has ...
Michael Musillami Trio + 3: From Seeds
by Robert Iannapollo
Connecticut-based Michael Musillami is a guitarist firmly rooted in the modern post-Coltrane jazz tradition but not above applying a rock-ish tone and aggression at times to good effect, as heard on the title track to From Seeds. His early work with the late saxophonist Thomas Chapin is worth seeking out but he really came into his ...
The Making of Darcy James Argue's "Infernal Machines"
by Eric Benson
---> “It was like trying to shoot Laurence of Arabia on a Clerks budget," says the 33-year-old composer/conductor Darcy James Argue of his debut album, Infernal Machines (New Amsterdam), which will be released next Tuesday, May 12. Argue didn't have to tread such a quixotic path. Up until five years ago, he was performing as a ...
Positive Catastrophe CD Release Concerts at Jazz Gallery May 8th and 9th
On Friday, May 8th and Saturday, May 9th, Positive Catastrophe will celebrate the release of its debut recording, Garabatos Volume One (Cuneiform Records), with a two-night stand at New York's Jazz Gallery. The brainchild of cornetist/composer Taylor Ho Bynum and multi- instrumentalist/composer Abraham Gomez-Delgado, this self-described trans-idiomatic little big band connects the musical dots between intergalactic ...
Firehouse 12 to Present the Peter Brotzmann/Nasheet Waits Duo May 8th
On Friday, May 8th, New Haven's Firehouse 12 will present the duo of legendary German multi-instrumentalist Peter Brotzmann and acclaimed New York-based drummer Nasheet Waits. Part of Brotzmann's 12-stop spring tour of America, this two-set performance will feature all spontaneously improvised music blending the artists' diverse backgrounds and musical points of view. Brotzmann is a self-taught ...
Darcy James Argue's Secret Society: Infernal Machines
by Troy Collins
The reverb-drenched cajon rhythm, subtle electric guitar washes and lush horn refrains that open Infernal Machines, the studio debut of Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, introduce the sound of a big band like no other--proving that the critical acclaim lavished upon this eighteen-piece ensemble since their first gig in 2005 has been entirely justified. ...
Firehouse 12 to Present the Michael Attias Quintet May 1st
On Friday, May 1st, New York-based saxophonist/composer Michael Attias will make his Firehouse 12 debut as part of the venue's ongoing 2009 Spring Jazz Series. Fresh off a two-week stint performing his original live electronic score for the Yale Repertory Theater's production of Dostoevsky's “Notes From The Underground" in late March and early April, Attias will ...
Firehouse 12 to Present the Noah Preminger Quartet April 24th
On Friday, April 24th, Firehouse 12 will present a two-set performance by tenor saxophonist/composer Noah Preminger and his quartet. The Hartford native and widely acclaimed wunderkind is on the road building on the success of his 2008 debut, Dry Bridge Road (Nowt Records), which earned Best Debut of the Year honors in the prestigious Village Voice ...
