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Ivo Perelman/Jay Rosen: The Hammer
by Mark Corroto
In examining the lineage of saxophonist/drum energy-jazz duos, consider John Coltrane/Rashied Ali’s Interstellar Space (1967), followed by Frank Lowe/Rashied Ali Duo Exchange (1972), Andrew Cyrille Meets Peter Brotzmann in Berlin (1982), Brotzmann’s duos with Hamid Drake called Dried Rat Dog (1994) and David Murray’s exchanges with Milford Graves, The Read Deal (1994). All these musicians stripped ...
Medeski Martin & Wood: The Dropper
by Mark Corroto
I picked up the latest disc by the trio Medeski Martin & Wood and trying to categorize it, I didn’t expect the Spanish Inquisition. (Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! Their chief weapon is surprise and fear... their two weapons are surprise, fear, and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope...among...their...weapons are surprise, fear, an almost fanatical ...
Dave Douglas: A Thousand Evenings
by Mark Corroto
Last night I had the strangest dream. I dreamed Dave Douglas’ Charms Of The Night Sky band took the place of the original band The Monkees on their TV comedy show (stay with me and we might make some sense of this). Remember The Monkees were actors chosen to play musicians (not unlike today’s Backstreet Bunch), ...
Butch Thompson/Laure Sewell: Bethlehem After Dark
by Mark Corroto
A master at the soon-to-be lost art of Ragtime piano, Butch Thompson takes a relaxed view of holiday music. The Minnesota-born pianist was a regular on Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion radio show for many years. He lasted quite a lot longer than my tolerance for Keillor's good clean fun. He went on to tour ...
The Tone Sharks: Chunks Of Zen
by Mark Corroto
Space is the place. Space, not as in Sonny Blount’s dissonant rockets, but space as part of improvisation. The Tone Sharks’ fifth release has plenty of space. The quintet addresses spontaneous composition not as an exercise in who can play the loudest (or longest) but sometimes who can contribute the most in the fewest notes. The ...
Evan Parker/Keith Rowe: Dark Rags
by Mark Corroto
Headlines: The two giants, Evan Parker and Keith Rowe, of British improvisation over the past 35 years, finally get together for this historic duo recording. Rowe, a founding member of AMM along with Eddie Prevost in 1965, has taken the concept of the guitar as an instrument to the most abstract degree. He plays with the ...
Fred Van Hove: Flux
by Mark Corroto
Consider the physicality of a Fred Van Hove solo performance. Perhaps the word “physicality” as defined by Merriam-Webster’s “intensely physical orientation: with the predominance of the physical usually at the expense of the mental, spiritual, or social,” doesn’t quite fit. While his solo effort may seem like a 15 round heavyweight fight, it doesn’t neglect the ...
Susan Chen: Harris' Nights
by Mark Corroto
Susan Chen’s name is new to my eyes, but her piano stylings are comfortably seasoned to my ears. She is a pianist with a delicate graceful touch and plenty of vibrant swing. Her prior association with saxophonist Warne Marsh yielded one record Posthumous (Interplay), but her approach is nothing like Marsh’s former employer Lennie Tristano. She ...
Luc Houtkamp: In Chicago
by Mark Corroto
It’s interesting how one’s path of jazz listening arrives at a particular artist. My personal discovery of Netherlands-born saxophonist Luc Houtkamp came via Chicago. Well, actually Germany and Peter Brötzmann. The 1960s free-jazz flame-thrower was travelling to the windy city to play a series of concerts and mentioned the thriving scene that grew up around Ken ...
Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble: Jo'burg Jump
by Mark Corroto
The focus of creative music is shifting ever so slowly away from New York. The pioneers for the Downtown scene Bill Frisell and Wayne Horvitz moved to the Northwest, Sam Rivers, champion of the 1960 and 70's loft scene is based in Orlando, Jackie McLean is in Hartford, Vinny Golia hails from LA, and Sonny Rollins ...
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