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Gerald Cleaver / William Parker / Craig Taborn: Farmers By Nature
by Lyn Horton
The seeds for improvised music were sown long ago in an age that can only be imagined, but are reflected in the improvised music of today. The sound of musical instruments, both contemporary and from times gone by, can symbolize the voices of those people who made up songs while they worked, practiced rituals, or congregated ...
Drori Mondlak: Point In Time
by Lyn Horton
In musical groups, sometimes, the intention of the music is the seamless blending of the sounds of each instrument. In other instances, each band member's contribution both stands out and blends in simultaneously. With Point In Time, drummer Drori Mondlak has assembled a quartet and music, which gives the latter circumstance a chance to succeed. Mondlak ...
David S. Ware: Shakti
by Lyn Horton
In connecting composition with improvisation, players inherently manifest their awareness on levels from the technical to the spiritual. If no investment goes into the development of this consciousness, the spark and sense of direction within the music are left behind. Nowhere are these elements more evident than in Shakti, saxophonist David Spencer Ware's studio recording, long-awaited ...
Bill Frisell at the Iron Horse in Northampton, MA
by Lyn Horton
Bill Frisell Iron Horse Northampton, Massachusetts July 13, 2009 When performing alone, a musician has to work really hard, since the sound produced cannot be interwoven within the sounds other band members create. The soloist is virtually right out there in the same space as the audience. The musician's ...
Matthew Shipp Trio: Harmonic Disorder
by Lyn Horton
The pairing of the words, “harmonic" and “disorder," forms a paradox. For in harmony, there is order; in disorder, there is quite possibly confusion. The question could be asked how these words together can be assigned to music on Matthew Shipp's trio recording, Harmonic Disorder. To hear the whole music picture, both harmony and disturbance need ...
Joe McPhee: Tomorrow Came Today
by Lyn Horton
Music and talking are two modes of expression rooted in human communication. Most of the time, the audible distinction is clear. Sounds are sounds and words are words: the medium makes no difference in how one hears the instrumentality of either. In the context of improvisation, reed player Joe McPhee and drummer Paal Nilssen-Love challenge the ...
Jim Hall / Bill Frisell: Hemispheres
by Lyn Horton
Supported by the fan-funded alternative ArtistShare label, the two-disc release Hemispheres is collaboration between guitarists Jim Hall and Bill Frisell, joined by bassist Scott Colley and drummer Joey Barron on disc two. The recording documents how projects evolve when artists pull together without a plan necessarily to create unique product: a perfect recipe for invention. It ...
Paul Bley: Barrage
by Lyn Horton
Recorded a year earlier than the previous ESP re-released Paul Bley Trio session, Closer (ESP Disk, 2008), Barrage takes an approach that tends toward the frenetic. In fact, judging from the very beginning of the record when the trumpet and sax synchronize in a group of short phrase spurts ("Batterie"), the music seems to deconstruct bebop, ...
Magic: Joe McPhee with Trio X and Mikolaj Trzaska at Firehouse 12 in New Haven
by Lyn Horton
MagicFirehouse 12New Haven, ConnecticutOctober 31, 2008 The wonder of magic is captured in transformation: witnessing how seemingly disparate elements merge and evolve into something greater than its parts with an impact that is unexpected and glistens with beauty. That Joe McPhee so aptly named the combination of Trio X ...
Pete M. Wyer: Stories From The City At Night
by Lyn Horton
A record is judged a success when it creates its own context, which it upholds with content. If the content stretches only to the parameters of context and not beyond, there is a sense of limitation to the album. But in Stories From The City At Night, the mixture of music, prose and sound transforms the ...
