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Fred Frith: From Metal Head To Space Cowboy
by Mark Corroto
It is impossible to pigeonhole the music of guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Fred Frith. His early work with Henry Cow and Art Bears asked to be collected in the prog-rock bin, yet its improvising nature signaled the avant-garde. Later he was to be a member of Skeleton Crew with Tom Cora and Zeena Parkins, Curlew, Bill Laswell's Material and ...
Carl Ludwig Hubsch: Carl Ludwig Hubsch's Primordial Soup
by Mark Corroto
Composer and tubist Carl Ludwig Hübsch once released a CD of 119 solo tuba pieces. Actually only 99 could fit on the single disc! Try to imagine the record producer having the conversation with the artist, “Sorry Carl, we are going to have to either edit some of this material that runs nearly two minutes or ...
Jacques Chanier / Jeff Galindo: Access Renewed
by Mark Corroto
A ridiculous thing happens when a person is diagnosed with cancer. At first panic occurs as you sprint to doctor appointments, and that hurriedness intrudes on your daily life. Later as you live with the disease, your slow down to a jog or maybe even stop to smell the flowers. When brain cancer strikes an artist ...
Theo Bleckmann/Ben Monder: At Night
by Mark Corroto
Experiencing the music of vocalist Theo Bleckmann and guitarist Ben Monder isn't so much listening as it is swimming. Take, for instance, their cover of John Lennon and Paul McCartney's “Norwegian Wood." The Beatles' guiltless romp through sexuality opens with a tidal wave of fuzzy, over-amped guitar and vocal feedback. Bleckman begins, “I once ...
Erik Lawrence: Erik Lawrence & Hipmotism
by Mark Corroto
Somehow, somewhere jazz fans (maybe fanatics) changed the way one could appreciate this music. Theory has it that once the music migrated up the Mississippi from New Orleans (via Louis Armstrong) to Chicago and then spread to New York that it was no longer joyful, but serious business. Who could argue? Charlie Parker had his heroin ...
The Many Faces Of Mike Pride
by Mark Corroto
When you hear a new artist, naturally you tell others and spread the word. When the discovery is someone like percussionist and multi- instrumentalist Mike Pride--with his huge discography--you ask yourself, where have I been? Born in Maine in 1979, Pride now makes his home in NYC. Like saxophonist and fellow New Yorker John Zorn, pinning ...
Joseph Jarman: As If It Were The Seasons
by Mark Corroto
If you walk into a grove of redwood trees in Northern California you will come upon a cathedral of trees. These living/breathing beings, some nearly 300 feet tall, may have been standing there together for the last thousand or two thousand years. They have been very quietly affecting the ecology of the west since before Europeans ...
John Hicks/Buster Williams/Louis Hayes: On The Wings Of An Eagle
by Mark Corroto
The passing of pianist John Hicks in 2006 marks the loss of one of the quintessential New York pianists. And this, perhaps his last recording, is a stunning example of a fully developed bebop piano trio in flight. Hicks gained the spotlight working with Art Blakey, Betty Carter and Woody Herman in the 1960s ...
Clean Feed Records: Radical Revelations Continue
by Mark Corroto
It was a revelation when Portugal's Clean Feed label began producing new and exciting music at the turn of this century. There seems to be no let up to their activities and recent additions to the catalog are to be celebrated. Ethan Winogrand Tangled Tango Clean Feed ...
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: Hot 'N' Heavy: Live At The Ascension Loft
by Mark Corroto
For more than thirty years, the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble has carried the American tradition of percussive jazz onward from a distinctly African-Chicago-American perspective. This live session, recorded in percussionist Kahil El'Zabar's loft, continues the long line of stellar recordings, but with a new and seemingly ever changing lineup. The EHE has included, among others, ...
