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The Gang Font feat. Interloper: The Gang Font feat. Interloper
by Lyn Horton
The repetition of certain sounds prevails in the process of reaching a trance-like mental state. Repetition in music is also crucial to the spine of rhythmic construction. The mergence of these two functions adds up to a strange mix of sound-making, not altogether punk rock nor jazz, on Thirsty Ear's The Gang Font feat. Interloper. The ...
David S. Ware Quartet: Renunciation
by Lyn Horton
The transfer of music from a musician's inner being to the outside happens as a result of a mysterious internal drive that can never really be explained. This drive motivates the expression of emotion intertwined with intellect, using musical instruments as the tools. How we hear this expression can bring us closer to our own inner ...
William Parker and Hamid Drake: Summer Snow, volume 2
by Lyn Horton
The mere juxtaposition of the words summer and snow present a paradox infiltrated with energy. To move from the idea of one word to the other in itself requires a conscious shift in imagination. To invest meaning into the metaphor requires openness and belief in its potential dynamic. The duo of William Parker and Hamid Drake ...
Vijay Iyer and Mike Ladd: Still Life with Commentator
by Lyn Horton
The oratorio that we all know is Handel's Messiah. This musical form approaches that of opera. The only difference is that there is no acting and huge performance ethic. An oratorio unfolds a chain of isolated yet interrelated parts that address the overall concept of the piece. Once again keyboardist Vijay Iyer and vocalist Mike Ladd ...
Personalizing the Piano: Matthew Shipp, Cooper-Moore, and Ran Blake in Performance
by Lyn Horton
Matthew Shipp, Cooper-Moore, and Ran Blake World of the Piano Concert Series, Northampton Center of the Arts Northampton, Massachussets February 2, February 9, and February 16, 2007 The intent and resulting achievement of piano improvisers is to make the sound of the piano their own. How this is done, ...
The C.T. String Quartet: Reqiphoenix Nexus
by Lyn Horton
The key difference between the resonance of stringed instruments and the saxophone, to pick one example, is due to the material of the respective instruments. Wood boxes vibrate as a result of the strings being attacked and muted; metal vibrates as a result of embouchure, breath and the opening and shutting of valves. That difference illuminates ...
Michael Bisio / Raymond Boni / Dominic Duval / Joe McPhee: Port of Saints
by Lyn Horton
The unvarnished truth about improvised music is that it takes us where we never expect to go. Port of Saints describes an epic journey whose main character is the saxophone. A guitar acts as the saxophone's alter ego. Two basses supply avuncular guide posts for traveling to an unknowable but certain destination. The journey is rife ...
Mike Ladd and Vijay Iyer: "In What Language?" Live
by Lyn Horton
Mike Ladd and Vijay Iyer's In What Language? (Pi Recordings, 2003) sets the gold standard for a timely, meaningful work. These composers have instituted a new paradigm for 21st century opera. This multi-dimensional piece lacked no visual, musical, or vocal elements. The setting for the work was an airport. The airport became a metaphorical hub ...
