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Gerald Cleaver / William Parker / Craig Taborn: Farmers By Nature
by Mark Corroto
The aptly named Farmers By Nature is a completely improvised live date that whispers “wait for it, wait... now, there it is." Just like farming, the seeds of improvised sound are scattered; some lay fallow and others bear delicious fruit. Bassist William Parker, drummer Gerald Cleaver and pianist Craig Taborn have worked together in ...
John Butcher / Gerry Hemingway: Buffalo Pearl
by Mark Corroto
There are some combinations in jazz that are simply magic, including the duos of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli; Stan Getz and Kenny Barron; and Peter Brotzmann and Han Bennink. Add to that list the teaming of John Butcher and Gerry Hemingway. Though not a new pairing--the saxophonist and drummer became acquainted in 1993 and released ...
Jon Hassell 2009 Tour
by Mark Corroto
Jon Hassell The Wexner Center for the Arts Columbus, OH February 5, 2009 Jon Hassell and his band Maarifa Street entered the stage of The Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio a few minutes before their scheduled 8pm start. The house lights were still up, and the ...
Anthony Braxton Quartet: Standards (Brussels) 2006
by Mark Corroto
The jazz canon and Anthony Braxton have been companions throughout his entire career. His admiration for innovators like Thelonious Monk, Lennie Tristano, Warne Marsh, and Paul Desmond has been documented in interviews and music. Beginning with What's New In The Tradition (SteepleChase, 1974) to his “piano" recordings at New York's Knitting Factory in the '90s, Braxton ...
Marco Benevento: Me Not Me
by Mark Corroto
It comes as no surprise that pop and jazz performers would attempt to reconcile their relationship. After the honeymoon period that was Tin Pan Alley, marriage wrecker hard bop, followed by the extra-marital affair with free jazz, ended things quite poorly. The children survived and played fusion, but the marriage was over. Certainly the reunion, perhaps ...
Brad Shepik: Human Activity Suite
by Mark Corroto
Social issues are not new to jazz composers. Sonny Rollins and Charles Mingus wrote music in the heyday of the civil right movement and more recently Charlie Haden produced his antiwar Not In Our Name (Verve, 2005) for his Liberation Music Orchestra. Guitarist Brad Shepik, like many of us, is thinking globally. He speaks to the ...
John O'Gallagher: Dirty Hands
by Mark Corroto
Saxophonist John O'Gallagher, a veteran New York player, has been heard in Joe Henderson and Bob Belden's big bands as well as with the much under appreciated players Pete McCann and Ron Horton. He has made some ambitious recordings, including Abacus (Arabesque, 2003), with Ben Monder, and Line of Sight (FSNT, 2005), with Tony Malaby, as ...
Darren Johnston: The Edge Of The Forest
by Mark Corroto
Thoroughly modern doesn't always equate to thoroughly enjoyable and exceedingly complex rarely yields delight. But if the composer is Darren Johnston and the musicianship is of these high standards, the outcome is instantly satisfying. The Edge Of The Forest is the trumpeter's first Clean Feed disc as leader, but he has been heard on ...
Dave Douglas' Fetish Busting Greenleaf Digital Music Experience
by Mark Corroto
The assignment was simple enough. I was to listen online to trumpet and cornet player Dave Douglas' recordings Quintet: Live at the Jazz Standard and Keystone Live at the Jazz Standard at GreenleafMusic.com, and write about them. So why hadn't I touched the play button nearly three weeks after receiving the music? Sure, sometimes ...
Rich Johnson: Up The Turret Mil
by Mark Corroto
If something exists in the netherworld, it is said to be “living in hereafter," or the “afterworld." This ethereal theme, with its delicate, vaporous connotations is the subject matter of trumpeter Rich Johnson's Up The Turret Mil.While not a native of the Netherlands in either possible connotation, this New York artist produces sounds from ...
