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RIDD Quartet: Fiction Avalanche
by John Sharpe
What makes a great free jazz record? Spirited interplay, unpredictability, extended technique, energy, variety, spontaneous arrangements that defy notation and a sense of structure and purpose are some of the ingredients evoked by the debut disc from the RIDD Quartet. Monikered after their initials, the collective of upcoming New York-based musicians is jointly ...
New Jazz Composers Octet: The Turning Gate
by J Hunter
Good support players can add color and depth to the vision of almost any artist; the right supporting cast can help a leader move in innumerable creative directions--witness the many phases of Dave Douglas. But what if a support player has a vision to share with the world? That was trumpeter David Weiss' motivation for founding ...
The Tribeca Performing Arts Center Presents: Jazz in Progress/Monk in Motion – the Next Face of Jazz
The Tribeca Performing Arts Center Borough of Manhattan Community College Presents: Jazz In Progress/Monk In Motion – The Next Face Of Jazz Presenting, In Concert, The Top Three Finalists In The 2008 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition: Jon Irabagon – December 1 Tim Green – December 8 Quamon Fowler ...
Avishai Cohen's Flood CD Release Celebration - December 2nd and 3rd at The Jazz Standard
On October 21, 2008 Anzic Records released trumpeter/composer Avishai Cohen's new CD, Flood, the 2nd recording in The Big Rain Trilogy and the follow up to the critically acclaimed After The Big Rain (July, 2007 on Anzic). On Flood, Cohen, a distinct and innovative figure in the global-jazz movement, continues to successfully weave his Israeli cultural ...
Michael Bates: Lessons From The Road
by AAJ Staff
By Michael Bates Touring can be both exhausting and exhilarating, especially as a bandleader. The last few months have brought reminders of this as I was planning, booking and finally, actually touring with my quartet in support of my recent CD Clockwise on Dave Douglas' Greenleaf Music label. As part of this tour, ...
Donny McCaslin: Recommended Tools
by Tom Greenland
Recommended Tools, saxophonist Donny McCaslin's seventh session as a leader and his first for Dave Douglas' Greenleaf Music, follows in the tenor trio tradition of Sonny Rollins' A Night at the Village Vanguard and Joe Henderson's The State of the Tenor. Going chordless, without the safety-net of a comping instrument, gives the frontline instrumentalist more latitude ...
Feel the Vibes: Neon, Trio Viriditas and The Wee Trio
by Robert Iannapollo
A recently-spotted chat group thread queried, “Is the trombone dead?" A large number of responses set the questioner straight but one response was something like, “No. But the vibes and tuba are." This answer would surprise such active veterans as Gary Burton, Khan Jamal, Bobby Hutcherson and Karl Berger, all of whom are still producing vital ...
The Wee Trio: Capitol Diner Vol. 1
by Troy Collins
Jazz has a long history of up and coming musicians attempting to incorporate the popular music of their time into the standard repertoire. Some acts have made such ideology their calling card. For example, both the Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey and Sex Mob regularly include contemporary pop songs in their set lists. As such, the cover ...
Michael Bates: Clockwise
by Wilbur MacKenzie
On Sep. 17, 2008, bassist Michael Bates’ band Outside Sources took the stage for two sets at Cornelia Street Café to celebrate the release of Clockwise, proving itself to be a tight unit that reveled in richness, unpredictability, astounding technical ability and near-telepathic interaction. The press material surrounding the CD directly referz to pianoless ...
Nick Vayenas: First Steps
by Franz A. Matzner
Soft spoken, straightforward, and possessed of a pleasantly down to earth sense of humor, trombonist Nick Vayenas' speech reflects well his musical approach--deliberate, unassuming, mellow, and deceptively layered.Candid about his stature as a young composer and player still just starting out, Vayenas discusses the genesis of his musical approach; what he learned putting together ...
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