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Burton Greene and Laurence Cook Duo at Studio 234
by Lyn Horton
Burton Greene and Laurence Cook Studio 234 Cambridge, MA April 26, 2008 It was chilly for late April in New England. It had not rained for a while. And in a salon-type event, a small room filled with a motley grouping of chairs awaited an audience for a ...
Hamid Drake and Bindu: Blissful
by Lyn Horton
For every musician, music is a serious endeavor and one that has no equal. Yet, music also means something different for each musician and it is this difference that generates vitality of the art. For drummer Hamid Drake, music links him to an explicitly spiritual world. The name of his group, Bindu, finds its source in ...
Joe McPhee: Voices: 10 Improvisations
by Lyn Horton
Being able to speak a language well implies a command of its syntactical dimensions. A fearless approach to maximizing the expression of ideas within language signifies creativity. Common to both a command of language and creativity is the principle of voice, which distinguishes itself from all similar practice. In music, voice simply, unquestionably, identifies how the ...
Roy Campbell: Akhenaten Suite
by Lyn Horton
Any relationship to ethnicity or artistry that an individual advocates predisposes how that individual might be viewed from the outside, yet strength of self-perception cancels out the superficiality of any invisibly barbed labeling. Music becomes a means to translate self-perception into a language which not only transcends social divides but also can relate the story of ...
Shot x Shot: Let Nature Square
by Lyn Horton
A group of voices does not have to sound like a choir. In fact, a contemporary take on choral work might be one where each voice takes its own liberties, possibly in improvisation. Inherent in that process is joint collaboration and framing of an idea, in a perhaps unspoken agreement that permits a reasonable flow. Voices ...
Inside Out In the Open: A Film by Alan Roth
by Lyn Horton
Inside Out In the Open: A Film by Alan Roth ESP Disk 2001/2008 Spontaneous improvisation in music has long been relegated to the shadows of public recognition. However much the improvisers themselves have felt estranged from the general culture, they will not be thwarted in their efforts to continue expanding the improvisatory ...
Russ Nolan: With You In Mind
by Lyn Horton
It's a feat for a musician to integrate seamlessly into playing within a well-known musical group that is accustomed to playing on its own. This is the tale of saxophonist Russ Nolan, whose release with pianist Kenny Werner's trio, With You In Mind, is a dream come true. All the compositions on the recording were written ...
Paul Bley: Closer
by Lyn Horton
Piano music has various personalities. It can be extroverted, jamming and far-reaching. It can be self-referential and have form that evolves only as it is played. It can be rigorously confined to form and fit well within conventional or traditional labels that have been assigned to it. Or it can be introverted and mindful, and beg ...
Burton Greene: Bloom in the Commune
by Lyn Horton
How cultural history impacts present practice is a part of a recurring cycle of reminders. Because those who have lived that history continually refresh it, its renewed view in coincidence with our exposure to it collapses time. And then we all become one, moving through now as we moved then but in, perhaps, different global circumstances. ...
Rob Brown: Crown Trunk Root Funk
by Lyn Horton
The function of liner notes is to bring the listener closer to the music. They need not be very broad in scope. Some of the most straightforward liner notes are often the most useful. For they do not impose layers of unnecessary skin to peel away in order to reach their point. After all, the music ...
