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Eyal Hareuveni's Best Releases of 2011
by Eyal Hareuveni
A list that represent only the tip of many excellent releases that I have listened to in 2011. In no particular order... New Releases: Amir ElSaffarInanaPi Another great release by the excellent trumpet player and composer who weaves modal music of the Iraqi ...
BassDrumBone: The Other Parade
by AAJ Italy Staff
A trentatre anni dalla prima incisione (Oahspe - Auricle Records), esce il nuovo lavoro di BassDrumBone, super trio composto da tre maestri dei rispettivi strumenti che rispondono al nome di Ray Anderson (trombone), Mark Helias (contrabbasso) e Gerry Hemingway (batteria). Tre composizioni a testa, a sottolineare la natura assolutamente paritaria del combo, commissionate dalla prestigiosa Chamber ...
Vision Festival: Days 2-3, June 6-7, 2011
by John Sharpe
Day 1 | Days 2-3 | Day 4 | Days 5-6 | Day 7 Vision FestivalAbrons Arts CenterNew York, NYJune 6-7, 2011 Having two stage areas allowed the Vision Festival organizers to minimize changeover times by programming consecutive performances alternately, between the main hall and the downstairs theater. Breathless ...
Ted Daniel and Tomasz Stanko: Vision Festival 16, June 7, 2011
by Warren Allen
Ted Daniel's International Brass Membrane Society Salute to King OliverAbrons Art Center Main StageNew York, NYJune 7, 2011 Tuesday night at lower Manhattan's Abrons Art Center saw the Festival of New Trumpet team up with the hosting Vision Fest for a night of great music from musicians of all ages, ...
It's Trumpet Time with the Festival of New Trumpet at Vision Festival 16
Festival of New Trumpet makes its contribution to Vision Festival 16 and offers a detailed interview with Ted Daniel including this summary below. FONT: What is your relationship to King Oliver's playing? TD: King Oliver's improvisations were blues based, rhythmically intricate and his sound, which he constantly worked on, was highly personal and original. He was ...
Phase 2 of Brian Adler's Helium Project Lifts Off July 12
DRUMMER/COMPOSER SPEARHEADS DIGITAL-ONLY COLLABORATION FEATURING THE MUSICAL TALENT OF ARGENTINE MUSICIANS RODRIGO DOMINGUEZ, JUAN PABLO ARREDONDO, JERONIMO CARMONA. Drummer and composer Brian Adler releases the second in a series of digital recordings from The Helium Music Project, his ongoing creative collaboration with jazz musicians that transcends time, space and international borders. Entitled Phase 2, the digital ...
June 5-6: First Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute Readings presented by The Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University and American Composers Orchestra
American Composers Orchestra (ACO) and The Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University will present the first-ever Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute (JCOI) Readings at Columbia University's Miller Theatre (Broadway at 116th St.) on June 5 at 2pm (working rehearsal) and June 6 at 7:30pm (run-through). Both events are free and open to the public, giving audiences ...
Take Five with Max Johnson
by AAJ Staff
Meet Max Johnson:Max Johnson is a New York-born bassist, composer, and bandleader best known for his work in New York's free jazz and bluegrass scenes. He has played with numerous artists including Anthony Braxton, Candido Camero, Henry Grimes, Perry Robinson, Vernon Reid, William Parker, and countless others.Instrument(s):Bass.Teachers and/or ...
"Phase 1" Of Brian Adler's Helium Project Lifts Off
Drummer/composer spearheads digital-only collaboration featuring the musical talent of Kate McGarry, Dave Eggar, Peter Ehwald, Mark Lau, and others. “Adler is an amazing instrumentalist who has seemingly mastered all aspects of percussion... his bubbling, percolating rhythms carry the music forward in the most graceful possible ways."—Dave Wayne, Jazzreview.com. Drummer and composer Brian Adler will release the ...
Terrence McManus / Mark Helias / Gerry Hemingway: Transcendental Numbers
by John Sharpe
Guitarist Terrence McManus helms a stellar trio on Transcendental Numbers, through six collective concoctions recorded in New York City's The Stone, straddling and blurring the line between textural improvisation and the more traditional sound of guitar and rhythm section. Brooklyn-born McManus is carving a niche for himself on the scene. Having worked with drummer/composer Tyshawn Sorey, ...
