Results for "Lou Grassi"

The Joy of Being

By Lou Grassi

Label: CIMP Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: 1. Rhythm Rules 2. Airplay 3. Po Jar 4. Zephyr 5. Making Points 6. A Quiet Little Bop Piece

Neo Neo

By Lou Grassi

Label: Creative Improvised Music Proj
Released: 2001
Track listing:

1. Carla Blake 2. Hemoglobin 3. For Thomas Chapin 4. Genius Envy 5. Neo Neo 6. Mini for Tomas 7. Spit It Out 8. Northern Lights 9. Space Ballad 10. Meditation Sketch 11. Louless 12. Lopey Pt. 1 13. Lopey Pt. 2 14. Lopey Pt. 3 15. Unbearable Being of Lightness

Lou Grassi's PoBand + Joseph Jarman: The Joy of Being

by Glenn Astarita
November 1, 2001

Venerable modern jazz drummer/group leader, Lou Grassi’s improvising “PoBand” aggregation, join forces with famed “Art Ensemble of Chicago” saxophonist, Joseph Jarman on this effervescent release titled, Joy of Being. The drummer’s compelling polyrhythmic attack provides the often steamy undercurrents for a production that is chock full of round robin type exchanges, and the soloists’ verbose proclamations. ...

Lou Grassi, Tom Varner, Ron Horton, Tomas Ulrich: Neo Neo

by David Adler
January 1, 2001

Neo Neo is a collaborative project conceived by drummer Lou Grassi, with Tom Varner on French horn, Ron Horton on trumpet, and Tomas Ulrich on cello. The recording is extremely dry and acoustic in texture, with an unusually quiet recording level — all in keeping with the philosophy of Creative Improvised Music Projects, a label that ...

Neo Neo

By Lou Grassi

Label: CIMP Records
Released: 2000

Mo' Po

By Lou Grassi

Label: CIMP Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: Mo

PoZest

By Lou Grassi

Label: CIMP Records
Released: 2000

Marshall Allen with Lou Grassi's PoBand: PoZest

by Glenn Astarita
July 1, 2000

Seventy-six year old alto saxophonist, flutist Marshall Allen is well known for his lengthy association with the late bandleader Sun Ra; yet his recorded legacy as a session musician/journeyman is rather sparse. However, on PoZest, Allen and New York area drummer Lou Grassi along with artists who represent multiple generations of technical acumen and jazz wisdom ...

Lou Grassi - Tom Varner - Ron Horton - Tomas Ulrich: Neo Neo

by Glenn Astarita
June 1, 2000

On Neo Neo, we are presented with an East Coast-based modern jazz power quartet featuring musicians who are equally proficient at skirting the edges of jazz theory or weaving mainstream ideologies into the “new” jazz approach, which unto itself elicits broad connotations. With this recent release, drummer Lou Grassi combines the talents of trumpeter Ron Horton, ...

Grassi/ Varner/ Horton/ Ulrich: Neo Neo

by Derek Taylor
May 1, 2000

With a pair of notable recent releases the CIMP team has returned their attentions to improvising groups who are experimenting in chamber jazz structures and instrumentation. Several earlier releases in the label’s catalog have explored this musical terrain with great success and it’s wonderful to see more music in this vein being brought to light. The ...