Results for "John Sharpe"

Saxophone and Drum duets: rue victor masse; Control This; Common Denominator; Two in NYC.

by John Sharpe
December 19, 2009

Ray Warleigh rue victor masse psi 2008 Michael Blake / Kresten Osgood Control This Clean Feed 2009 Bonnie Kane / Federico Ughi Common Denominator W.O.O. Music ...

Tristan Honsinger and Tobias Delius at the Jazzwerkstatt in Berlin

by John Sharpe
December 16, 2009

Tristan Honsinger and Tobias Delius Jazzwerkstatt + klassik SHOP Berlin 31 October 2009 An in-store concert at Berlin's ultra smart Jazzwerkstatt café and record shop, just off the city's main shopping strip at Kurfürstendamm, provided the unlikely venue for the ongoing collaboration of cellist Tristan Honsinger and reedman Tobias ...

Henry Grimes, Paul Dunmall & Andrew Cyrille: The Profound Sound Trio at the Vortex, London

by John Sharpe
December 12, 2009

The Profound Sound Trio: Henry Grimes, Paul Dunmall & Andrew Cyrille The Vortex London, England November 23, 2009 A buzz of anticipation gripped a full house at the Vortex for the London debut of the Profound Sound Trio--a collective of British reedman Paul Dunmall and a heavyweight rhythm ...

String Theory: Dissonance Makes The Heart Grow Fonder & If You Should Go

by John Sharpe
December 12, 2009

The Dom Minasi String Quartet Dissonance Makes the Heart Grow Fonder Konnex Records 2009 Tomas Ulrich's Cargo Cult If You Should Go Cadence Jazz Records 2008 Guitarist ...

Chris Welcome / Shayna Dulberger Twofer: Refrain & The Push-Pull Quartet

by John Sharpe
December 12, 2009

Chris Welcome Refrain Empty Room Music 2009 The Push-Pull Quartet At the Stroke of Twelve Tigerasylum Records 2008 Brooklyn shows some similarities with the fertile Chicago scene ...

Darius Jones: Man'ish Boy (A Raw & Beautiful Thing)

by John Sharpe
December 9, 2009

Matthew Shipp once opined that Darius Jones arrived on the scene fully formed, and that is not far from the truth. His first appearance of note was at the 2008 Vision Festival, as part of trumpeter Lewis Barnes' Hampton Roads, confirming that Virginia native Jones was indeed the real McCoy. This debut recording with his own ...

Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille & Irene Schweizer: Trio 3 in Amsterdam

by John Sharpe
December 4, 2009

Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille & Irene Schweizer Bimhuis Amsterdam October 19, 2009 Trio 3 comprises familiar faces on the European concert circuit. The group's earliest release was a concert appearance from the 1992 Swiss Willisau festival, and it has been making regular European tours ever since. Tonight ...

Jon Irabagon: The Observer

by John Sharpe
November 13, 2009

Back in the day this might have been seen as an “In the tradition" statement for someone like saxophonist Jon Irabagon--last heard in freely improvised settings on I Don't Hear Nothin' But The Blues {Loyal, 2009), with drummer Mike Pride, and the RIDD Quartet's Fiction Avalanche (Clean Feed, 2008), or artful deconstructions of the Blue Note ...

Keith Tippett and Julie Tippetts: Couple in Spirit in Cambridge, UK

by John Sharpe
November 4, 2009

Keith Tippett and Julie Tippetts Kettle's Yard Cambridge, UK October 16, 2009 Pianist Keith Tippett and his wife Julie Tippetts ("Tippetts" was the pianist's original name, but he dropped the terminal “s" early in his career, though his wife retains it in her name) have been making music ...

Joelle Leandre / George Lewis: Transatlantic Visions

by John Sharpe
October 23, 2009