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John O'Gallagher: Rules of Invisibility Volume 2
by James Taylor
Rules of Invisibility Volume 2 , the companion to last year's acclaimed Volume 1 , begins with a timid fluttering of notes from saxophonist John O'Gallagher that welcomes the listener to the nine-song session--a private invitation to sit in on O'Gallagher's Spirit Room romp with bassist Masa Kamaguchi and longtime CIMP session man drummer Jay Rosen. ...
Yo Miles! Henry Kaiser and Wadada Leo Smith: Upriver
by James Taylor
Upriver , the third double-disc offering from guitarist Henry Kaiser and electrified trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith's Yo Miles! project, features the duo and their ever-changing band taking on Miles Davis' most adventurous tunes: “Bitches Brew,"? “Yesterfunk,"? “Black Satin,"? and a medley of other on the corner jams. The tunes collected on Upriver are ...
Happy Apple: The Peace Between Our Companies
by James Taylor
Minneapolis-based Happy Apple is big in the Midwestern United States and Europe--the rest of the world, particularly other parts of America, is sadly still sleeping on the powerful jazz/rock/improv group. Featuring bassist Erik Fratzke, David King (who also handles percussion duties in Happy Apple cohorts and Columbia Records recording artists The Bad Plus) and Michael Lewis ...
Mike Ladd: Negrophilia - The Album
by James Taylor
With each new release from Thirsty Ear's Blue Series, I find myself saying, “This is it--the perfect synthesis of free jazz, hip hop and electronica (DJ Spooky's Optometry ); no, this is it--an even better aesthetic revelation (El-P's High Water )!" Not to sound redundant, but Mike Ladd's latest, a mind-blending tag team ...
Spring Heel Jack: The Sweetness of the Water
by James Taylor
After two successful group improv albums—one with American avant gardists and the other with their British counterparts—and a brilliant live album uniting the two, Spring Heel Jack offers creative music fans The Sweetness of the Water, the group's fourth on Matthew Shipp’s eclectic Blue Series imprint at Thirsty Ear. The latest release from ...
Kenny Garrett: Standard of Language
by James Taylor
On Standard of Language, alto saxophonist Kenny Garrett explores every popular trend in jazz, covering the last fifty years of the genre’s history. From free jazz to soft and all the bop in between, Garrett’s fourth Warner Bros. release shows why he is loved by jazz-heads everywhere, from the Philharmonic to Philly’s south-side.
Daniel Carter: Luminescence
by James Taylor
Daniel Carter is quickly, and quietly, becoming one of the most important players on the free jazz scene. But despite being a thirty year veteran of the NYC music community and having worked with everyone from Sun Ra to Medeski, Martin, and Wood, Carter remains largely an underground legend. Luminescence ...
Matthew Shipp: Equilibrium
by James Taylor
The buzz on Matthew Shipp's new recording was that it would be his greatest, most accessible, album to date. Accessible Equilibrium most certainly is, but greatness and accessibility for a free jazz artist should rarely be uttered in the same breath. The latest addition to Thirsty Ear Records' Blue Series, ...
Antipop Consortium: Antipop Vs. Matthew Shipp
by James Taylor
Is it hip-hop or is it jazz? A revolutionary new ideal or a sound versed in tradition? Antipop vs. Matthew Shipp is a radical union between New York City's finest avant-garde hip-hop trio and free jazz's most important young pianist--and it's better than anything those phonies from Philly have put out in a decade.Antipop ...
Nearness of You: The Ballad Book
Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2001
Track listing: 1. Chan's Song 2. Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight 3. Nascente 4. Midnight Mood 5. The Nearness of You 6. Incandescence 7. Sometimes I See 8. My Ship 9. Always 10. Seven Days 11. I Can See Your Dreams
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