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Rob Brown: No More "Mr. Avant Garde"
by John Sharpe
Alto saxophonist Rob Brown would feature highly on most people's lists of modern purveyors of reed magic. Leading New York avant-garde bassist William Parker has featured Brown for the last fifteen years, and Brown has been associated, both as sideman and leader, with other well-known modern jazz musicians including Matthew Shipp, Joe Morris and Whit Dickey.
Inside Out in the Open
by John Sharpe
Alan Roth Inside Out In The Open ESP-Disk 2008 First shown in 2001, Inside Out in the Open is taking on the air of an historic document, and it is all the more valuable for that. Now widely distributed for the first time on DVD, and deservedly so, ...
William Parker: Double Sunrise Over Neptune
by John Sharpe
William Parker's Double Sunrise Over Neptune is the third and final commission by Arts For Arts from the 2007 Vision Festival to appear on AUM Fidelity following releases by Roy Campbell and Bill Dixon. Although recorded live, the premiere suffered from technical difficulties in the sound mix, which meant that the musicians reconvened the following afternoon ...
Bill Dixon: 17 Musicians in Search of a Sound: Darfur
by John Sharpe
Trumpeter Bill Dixon works with an orchestral conception, even when playing solo, so it is fascinating to hear what happens when he has 17 musicians at his disposal. Dixon first came to prominence as the organizer of the 1964 October Revolution in Jazz, and later taught at the prestigious Bennington College in a near 30 year ...
Vision Festival 2008: Day 6 - Finale
by John Sharpe
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 Lewis Barnes' Hampton Roads Roy Nathanson's Sotto Voce Abdoulaye Alhassane Toure's Deep Sahara William Parker's Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield Vision Festival 2008Clemente Soto Velez Cultural CenterNew York ...
Vision Festival 2008: Day 5
by John Sharpe
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 Patricia Nicholson's Celestial Moonbeams Funk Matthew Shipp Trio Paul Dunmall, Henry Grimes and Andrew Cyrille George Lewis and Joelle Leandre Braida/ Borghini/ Spera/ Maraffa Quartet 13th Annual Vision Festival
Eri Yamamoto: Duologue
by John Sharpe
For her first disc as a leader away from her trio, Japanese pianist Eri Yamamoto has chosen to work in duo with four different partners: master bassist William Parker, veteran downtown New York saxophonist Daniel Carter and percussionists Hamid Drake and Federico Ughi. Classically trained, Yamamoto dedicated her life to jazz after a revelatory experience hearing ...
Vision Festival 2008: Day 4
by John Sharpe
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 Steve Swell-Gebhard Ullmann Quartet; Bobby Few and Sonny Simmons; Henry Grimes with Sabir Mateen Quartet; Connie Crother; Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quintet 13th Annual Vision Festival Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center New ...
Vision Festival 2008: Day 3
by John Sharpe
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 Oliver Lake New Quintet Project James Spaulding Swing Expressions Bluiett's Bio-ElectricEnsemble of Possibilities 13th Annual Vision Festival Clemente Soto Velez, New York City June 12, 2008 ...
Vision Festival 2008: Day 2
by John Sharpe
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 Kidd Jordan, Dave Burrell, Hamiet Bluiett, Maynard Chatters, Billy Bang, William Parker, Hamid Drake, Joel Futterman, Clyde Kerr, Gerald Cleaver, Fred Anderson 13th Annual Vision Festival Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, New York City ...
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