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Guitars In NYC: Fred Frith, Frank Zappa, Jonathan Richman, Robert Cray, Lenny Kaye, Bob Mould, Frank Marino, Jim Hall & Roky Erickson
by Martin Longley
Fred Frith The Stone October 30, 2010 In the old days, when English guitarist Fred Frith lived in New York, locals could bask in his constant presence on the scene. Following this 14 year period, from 1979, Frith moved to Stuttgart in Germany, and has now been teaching at ...
Big Bands: Wayne Horvitz, Satoko Fujii, Steve Lehman, Kenny Werner & Andrew D'Angelo
by Martin Longley
The New York Composers OrchestraUniversity Of The StreetsOctober 23, 2010 Even for local residents, an appearance by the New York Composers Orchestra has become a rarity. Its guiding forces, the pianists Wayne Horvitz and Robin Holcomb, have long been living in Seattle (they moved in 1989), so get-togethers have ...
Louis, Christian Marclay, Ryoji Ikeda & Laurie Anderson
by Martin Longley
Music, films, strobing, gauzy screens and sofa-projections in New York City... Louis: with music by Wynton MarsalisThe Apollo TheaterAugust 30, 2010 It could be argued that certain problems are encountered when a live band plays musical accompaniment to a silent movie. In the old days, a ...
Jazz Middelheim 2010
by Martin Longley
Jazz MiddelheimPark Den BrandtAntwerpen, BelgiumAugust 12-15, 2010 The Jazz Middelheim festival is a weekender that hasn't relinquished its fondness for adventure over the last four decades. Nuzzling up against stellar bookings are acts, Belgian and otherwise, who seek to jolt the expectations of many audience members. The entertaining middle way ...
Gent Jazz Festival 2010: Days 6-9
by Martin Longley
Days 1-5 | Days 6-9 The Gent Jazz FestivalBijlokeGent, BelgiumJuly 15-18, 2010 It's now customary to expect the biggest players in the jazz universe to alight each night at the Gent Jazzfest. This massively historic Belgian city provides a beautiful setting for the music, with its Bijloke ...
Gent Jazz Festival 2010: Days 1-5
by Martin Longley
Days 1-5 | Days 6-9 The Gent Jazz FestivalBijlokeGent, BelgiumJuly 7-11, 2010 It's now customary to expect the biggest players in the jazz universe to alight each night at the Gent Jazzfest. This massively historic Belgian city provides a beautiful setting for the music, with its Bijloke ...
Joe Louis Walker, Jimmie Vaughan, The Holmes Brothers & Leo Kottke
by Martin Longley
Joe Louis Walker/Watermelon Slim/Janiva MagnessB.B. King Blues ClubMay 18, 2010 B.B. King's Blues Club might not exactly devote itself exclusively to the 12-bar business of its name, but it's certainly the joint to head for when the big-name players hit town. The club also specializes in double or triple-bill ...
Mike Reed's People, Places & Things: Stories And Negotiations
by Martin Longley
This third album by Mike Reed's People, Places & Things (PP&T) takes its position as the most direct manifestation of the combo's agreed purpose. The Chicago drummer has begun a journey of rediscovery, or even introduction, to the old jazz sounds of that city's late '50s period. Reed's concept is not to reproduce, but to respond ...
David S. Ware: Gravitation
by Martin Longley
It wasn't the kidney transplant that brought saxophonist David S. Ware very close to wheelchair confinement. Last September (2009), there were early signs of organ rejection, so he was placed on a course of steroids. These came with side effects that were more debilitating than last year's operation itself. Since then, Ware has been in a ...
Fight The Big Bull: All Is Gladness In The Kingdom
by Martin Longley
Such an unwieldy band name and album title is almost perversely suitable for the ambitious music contained herein. Fight The Big Bull (FTBB) is, doubtless, dominant on the Richmond, Virginia alternative jazz scene, but possesses the powers to be equally noticeable on the much larger stage of, let's say, New York City. From this very place, ...
