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Alexander von Schlippenbach/Carlos Bechegas: Open Speech
by John Kelman
For the third release on flautist Carlos Bechegas’ new Forward.rec label, he continues to draw on a series of duets recorded in July ’03, this time with German free pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach. Recorded at the Jazz a Luz Festival in France, Open Speech continues Bechegas’ search for interplay and interconnection. Unfortunately the results are nowhere ...
Daniel Carter/Morgan Craft/Eric Eigner: Mysterium
by John Kelman
Wind multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter may be a fixture on the downtown New York scene, but he is little known outside of that circle. And that’s a shame because he’s as deserving of the moniker “improvising musician” as many of his more well-known contemporaries. While he has an ability to expand the language of his instruments through ...
ICP Orchestra: Aan & Uit
by John Kelman
The Instant Composers Pool, or ICP Orchestra, is a Dutch collective that, after emerging in the ‘70s with a number of albums over a ten-year period only to then more or less disappear, has re-emerged over the past five years with a number of recordings for its own ICP label. Schizophrenic at the best of times, ...
Tethered Moon: Experiencing Tosca
by John Kelman
With Marilyn Crispell’s new disk, Storyteller , the implication of changing one member of a trio so deeply entrenched in group interplay was clearly evident. The same thing could be said for Tethered Moon’s new disk, Experiencing Tosca , where the rhythm section of bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Paul Motian, who were mainstays of Marilyn ...
Steve Kuhn: Promises Kept
by John Kelman
Combining jazz composition with orchestration is always a risky proposition; the outcome can often be bombastic, syrupy or melodramatic. But in the proper hands the combination can yield a result that is truly beautiful, allowing for a dramatic enhancement of the writing that, while allowing for some improvisational context, truly brings out its essence. “A life's ...
Joshua Samson & Extended Lifestream: Living the Life at the North Sea Jazz Festival
by John Kelman
Jazz, as an “in the moment” form, often benefits from live recordings. Encouraged by the energy of an attentive and enthusiastic audience, performers often reach artistic levels that are difficult to attain in the more sterile surroundings of the recording studio. However, some performances are better seen, better experienced , than committed to disk for posterity. ...
Marilyn Crispell Trio: Storyteller
by John Kelman
Improvised music is often described as a conversation. Consider album titles like Conversations with Myself , Interconnection , and Duologues. Pianist Marilyn Crispell's last two recordings for ECM, Nothing Ever Was, Anyway and the quietly dramatic Amaryllis , placed her in discussion with two artists who have proven to be brilliant communicators over lengthy careers, bassist ...
The primeTime sublime Community Orchestra: A Life in a Day of a Microorganism
by John Kelman
Some music is meant to be heard; some is meant to be experienced. Paul Minotto, with his primeTime sublime Community Orchestra, has created a work that blends elements of new music, easy listening, film music, Chinese music, altered television ads and more into a series of collages called A Life in a Day of a Microorganism ...
John Abercrombie: Extending the Tradition
by John Kelman
Guitarist John Abercrombie is arguably the guitarist of his generation who pushes the boundaries of improvised music while still relating, most directly, to the jazz tradition. While others dabble with electronica, jam band sensibilities, world music and Americana, Abercrombie, no matter how forward-reaching his music has become, is always first and foremost a jazz guitarist. Even ...
Donald Harrison: Heroes
by John Kelman
Stripping down from his quintet début on Nagel Heyer, '02's Real Life Stories , saxophonist Donald Harrison teams up with bassist Ron Carter and drummer Billy Cobham, two of his personal heroes. Having an intermittent history with both musicians, Harrison obviously felt that the combination would provide the perfect combination of groove, freedom and exploration. The ...
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