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Article: Multiple Reviews

David S. Ware and Joe Rigby: Loft Jazz Soloists

by Clifford Allen
May 23, 2010

In the void left by the deaths of saxophonists John Coltrane and Albert Ayler, among the cheap rents in Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn offering space to artists and musicians, the presence of affordable loft spaces birthed an intersection of jazz scenes in the 1970s. The music itself favored a variety of approaches, mostly built on the ...

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Article: Album Review

Marilyn Lerner / Ken FIliano / Lou Grassi: Arms Spread Wide

Read "Arms Spread Wide" reviewed by Robert Iannapollo

by Robert Iannapollo
March 19, 2010

Canadian pianist Marilyn Lerner has garnered a name for herself as one of the most diverse and exciting pianists to emerge in the last ten years. Best known among her releases is a series of albums with the co-op Queen Mab Trio, with violist Ig Henneman and clarinetist Lori Friedman. But also included in her discography ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Marilyn Lerner: Arms Spread Wide & Ugly Beauties

by A. Henkin
February 28, 2010

Marilyn Lerner/Ken Filiano/Lou GrassiArms Spread WideNo Business2009 Marilyn Lerner/Matt Brubeck/Nick FraserUgly BeautiesActuelle2009 A quick perusal of Canadian pianist Marilyn Lerner's website presents a musician whose projects are both typically and ...

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Article: Album Review

Nu Band: Lower East Side Blues

Read "Lower East Side Blues" reviewed by Robert Iannapollo

by Robert Iannapollo
May 28, 2009

To those who thought The Nu Band was a one-shot group, witness Lower East Side Blues, its fourth album since 2003 and first recorded in a studio. With such busy schedules it seemed as if four musicians of this caliber--trumpeter Roy Campbell, alto saxophonist/ clarinetist Mark Whitecage, bassist Joe Fonda and drummer Lou Grassi--couldn't stay together ...

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Article: Profile

Herb Robertson: Abandon in the Moment

by Sean Patrick Fitzell
March 25, 2009

Amid a whorl of scraped cello, tenor sax squawks, and bass clarinet blats, trumpeter Herb Robertson paused, his eyes closed in concentration. With NSA-like hearing ability, he pierced the action with a bracing note that crystallized the unfurling improvisation. The intent listening and bold responses displayed during saxophonist Lotte Anker's January show at The Stone typify ...

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News: Interview

Saxophonist Jessica Jones Interviewed at AAJ

March 24, 2009

Tenor saxophonist Jessica Jones has worked with the likes of Joseph Jarman, Cecil Taylor, Don Cherry, Steve Coleman and Peter Apfelbaum. A current resident of Brooklyn, NY, she lives with her saxophonist/husband Tony and is a long time jazz educator focusing on children to develop their talent for improvising, composition and oral tradition. She has previously ...

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Article: Interview

Jessica Jones: More "Word"

by Mark Corroto
March 24, 2009

News: Performance / Tour

Lane / Grassi / Whitecage at the Living Theatre, NYC, Mar. 7, 2008

February 27, 2008

WHO: LANE / GRASSI / WHITECAGE at VISION / RUCMA Series 2008 MARK WHITECAGE - Alto saxophone, clarinet ADAM LANE - Bass LOU GRASSI - Drums, percussion WHEN: Friday, March 7, 2008 at 10:30PM WHERE: The Living Theatre 21 Clinton Street New York, NY ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Lou Grassi: Live at The Guelph Festival, The Dope and The Ghost (Live in Vienna) & Shapes and Shadows

by Marc Medwin
January 6, 2008

Marshall Allen/Lou Grassi Live at The Guelph Festival Cadence Jazz 2007 The Nu Band The Dope and The Ghost (Live in Vienna) Not Two 2007 Martin Speicher/Georg Wolf/Lou Grassi Shapes ...

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Article: Album Review

Marshall Allen / Lou Grassi: Live At The Guelph Festival

Read "Live At The Guelph Festival" reviewed by Budd Kopman

by Budd Kopman
January 4, 2008

Marshall Allen and Lou Grassi make quite a duo. On Live At The Guelph Festival, they play unprepared and unrehearsed music which, due to their skill, has a remarkable degree of coherence. Admittedly, this is free or avant-garde jazz, requiring coherence to be understood within that framework. Allen is currently leading the Sun ...