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An Unlikely Pairing? Think Again... the Rudresh and Bunky Show
One of the most potent new recordings released this fall, and one bound to receive top ten critic's considerations at year's end, is Apex, a partnership between kindred alto saxophone spirits Rudresh Mahanthappa and Bunky Green on the PI Recordings label. In addition to the cross-generational pairing of these two penetratingly original alto saxophonists, they are ...
Interview: Michael Formanek
Bassist and composer Michael Formanek has worked with many leading North American and European jazz musicians over the span of his 35 year career, including Stan Getz, Marty Ehrlich, Evan Parker, Dave Burrell, and several ensembles with Tim Berne. His new quartet with altoist Berne, pianist Craig Taborn and drummer Gerald Cleaver premiered at The Stone ...
Rudresh Mahanthappa and Bunky Green Lock Horns at the Jazz Standard
One of the great jazz stories of 2009 and 2010 has been the partnership between alto saxophonists Rudresh Mahanthappa and Bunky Green. The career of Mahanthappa, a Guggenheim Fellow and Downbeat Rising Star, has taken off, thanks to some strong post-Coltrane style playing of his own and his association with Vijay Iyer and other new bright ...
Bassist Linda Oh Interviewed at All About Jazz
In an arena that is overwhelmingly dominated by her male counterparts, bassist Linda May-Han Oh is going to be a force with which to be reckoned. Her auspicious self-produced debut, Entry (2009), was lauded by critics, and was one of pianist Vijay Iyer's top picks for 2009. Her technical know-how is solidified by visceral, emotive and ...
Interview: Louis Hayes (Part 3)
In 1960, when drummer Philly Joe Jones was asked by jazz writer and critic Ralph J. Gleason for the name of his favorite drummer, Jones answered “Louis Hayes." Just 21 years old at the time, Louis had just ended a three-year stay with the Horace Silver Quintet to join the Cannonball Adderley Quintet. The parting was ...
Running Down Miles' Voodoo
By Ron Hart 2010 marks the 40th anniversary of the release of Bitches Brew, an album long considered to be one of the pivotal turning points in the history of jazz. Change was indeed in the air when Miles Davis initially incorporated electronic elements into 1968's Miles in the Sky and 1969's Filles De Kilimanjaro. However, ...
Other Places: Kenny Wheeler
Trumpeter, flugelhornist and composer Kenny Wheeler, now in his 80s, is a man of so few words that he is nearly silent, but John Fordham of The Guardian managed to persuade Wheeler to talk about himself for an article. Anyone interested in the unceasingly searching trumpeter, flugelhornist and composer will want to read Fordham's piece. Here's ...
Interview: Louis Hayes (Part 2)
The more you listen to recordings by the Horace Silver Quintet in the 1950s, the more you realize that the group had two drummers: Silver's funky, rhythmic left hand on piano and Louis Hayes' sticks. As they played together, Silver and Hayes tended to feed off each other. Both kept time, but each tried to throw ...
The String Cheese Incident: Halloween Thoughts
By : Dennis Cook Tickets for SCI's October 29th are available here. Tickets for the October 30th show can be purchased here. The String Cheese Incident hasn't played a Halloween run since 2006 in Las Vegas. Hunger for a fresh All Hallows' Eve Incident amongst their faithful, ever-colorful flock has been strong for years, and the ...
Interview: Louis Hayes (Part 1)
During the hard bop era of the 1950s and early 1960s, the Horace Silver Quintet was the most sublime expression of the movement. While Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers and the Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet certainly were spectacular ensembles, what both groups lacked was Silver's spirited writing, arranging and verve. From the summer of 1956 ...
