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Murcof, Hamiet Bluiett, Broadcast and Joshua Redman
by Martin Longley
Murcof(le) Poisson RougeOctober 14, 2009 Murcof, whose real name is Fernando Corona, hails from Tijuana. His distinctive form of minimalist electronica lately seems to be moving closer towards classical music, and simultaneously becoming even more skeletal in nature. He's been active for nearly a decade, and has evolved from ...
Corey Wilkes & Abstrakt Pulse: Cries From Tha Ghetto
by Troy Collins
Trumpet player Corey Wilkes was just 24 when saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell recruited him to join the Art Ensemble of Chicago in 2003, four years after Lester Bowie's passing. Since then he has demonstrated remarkable technical and creative ability, serving as a sideman in James Carter's Quintet, Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra ...
JJA's 13th Annual Jazz Awards - Join Us!
Mark your calendar! 13th Annual JJA Jazz Awards June 16, 2009 3:00-6:00pm at The Jazz Standard 116 E. 27th Street New York, NY Join us at the JJA's 13th Annual Jazz Awards as we... Announce our 2009 award winners (see nominees below) Honor winners and nominees ...
Sun Ra: Featuring Pharoah Sanders and Black Harold
by John Sharpe
Sun Ra Sun Ra: Featuring Pharoah Sanders and Black Harold ESP-Disk 2009 Any newly available, 1960s vintage Sun Ra would be cause for celebration, so ESP's unearthing of 45 minutes of well-recorded stereo is wonderful indeed. Five new pieces supplement the six tracks which made up the previously ...
Kahil El'Zabar/ Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: Mama's House Live
by Mark Corroto
To say that Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble (EHE), now in its 35th year, is an institution is technically correct. The sounds created, however, are anything but conservatively labeled as establishment." The EHE has had many combinations, including the original 1973 lineup of Edward Wilkerson and Light Henry Huff. Later versions included trombonist Joseph Bowie, percussionist ...
Ooh Live!
Label: Bright Moments/Katalyst
Released: 2008
Track listing: Autumn Leaves; In The Land of Ooh!; This Little Light of Mine; Ka's Blues.
Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio featuring Pharoah Sanders: Ooh Live!
by Jeff Stockton
Kahil El'Zabar, a product of Chicago's South Side African-American community, is a true musical renaissance man. By trade, a percussionist who is fluent on conventional Western drums, he has mastered the esoteric and exotic instruments of his ancestors as well. He is a member of Chicago's famed AACM, has played with Dizzy Gillespie and Stevie Wonder, ...
Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio: Ooh Live!
by John Barron
Ooh! is the artistic conception of veteran percussionist Kahil El'Zabar and an acronym for Operative Oracles for Humanity. To jumpstart his newly founded creative endeavor, the famed Chicago improviser has released Ooh! Live, a recording of his Ritual Trio from a 2000 concert at The Hot House in Chicago. El'Zabar's fellow oracles for this date were ...
Transmigration
Label: Delmark Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Soul To Groove; Speaking In Tongues; Transmigration; Nu Art Claiming Earth; Return Of The Lost Tribe.
Hot'n'Heavy - Live at the Ascension Loft [CD - DVD]
Label: Delmark Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: 01. Major To Minor - 14:18;
02. MT - 12:45;
03. Hot'n'Heavy - 10:09;
04. There Is A Place - 14:32;
05. Black As Vera Cruz - 15:00.
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