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John Blum: In The Shade Of The Sun
by Karl Ackermann
Despite his relative anonymity, pianist John Blum has been a New York free jazz fixture for more than a decade. In the Shade of the Sun teams him with ubiquitous bassist William Parker and percussion innovator Sunny Murray. Blum and Murray work well together, having established their musical relationship in Murray's trio and on Perles Noires ...
Konnex Records
by Celeste Sunderland
One night in the early '70s, saxophonist Trevor Watts and drummer John Stevens were playing a concert in West Berlin. After the show, a tall, elegant, German man by the name of Manfred Schiek asked if he could buy one of their records. But they didn't have one. “There was an oil crisis at the time ...
Bill Dixon: In Medias Res
by Clifford Allen
Trumpeter and composer Bill Dixon is one of those rare figures in creative music who was both there as it took its initial steps and currently remains at the forefront of contemporary improvisation. In the last two years, he has directed or co-led orchestral configurations and recorded and performed with hand-picked small groups of international renown. ...
Astrogeny
By John Blum
Label: Eremite Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Simultanium; Astrogeny; Encomia; Dieci; Astrogeny Reprise.
John Blum Astrogeny Quartet: Astrogeny
by Clifford Allen
Bassist William Parker is known for his telepathic collaborations with percussionists; of late, his work with Hamid Drake has become an in-demand support system. Unfortunately not as well known or historically revered was his longtime partnership with free-percussion architect Denis Charles, which lasted from the '70s until Charles' death in 1998. Recordings such as Parker's Through ...
Naked Mirror
By John Blum
Label: Drimala Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: 1. Ethereal Plane 2. Rain Dark Rain 3. Heart Tumor 4. Consternation
5. Glowing, Pulsing 6. Dismal Cry 7. Silence Trickle
8. Naked Mirror
John Blum: Naked Mirror
by Mark F. Turner
New York pianist/composer John Blum has been on the music seen for over ten years. His list of credentials is quite extensive having worked with such notables such as William Parker, Cecil Taylor, and Jackson Krall. He is well known within the circles of “free jazz" artists. The term for the idiom free jazz should require ...
