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Daniel Humair / Joachim Kuhn / Tony Malaby: Full Contact
by Martin Longley
This transatlantic collaboration features the long-established partnership of Swiss sticksman Daniel Humair and German pianist Joachim K ühn, but the presence of saxophonist Tony Malaby further establishes the latter's fast-ascending status outside of the US. The reedman isn't blowing as belligerently as usual, tempted into exposing his softer side, his warm tone denuded of its lime-scale ...
Gent Jazz Festival 2008: Days 5-8
by Martin Longley
Days 1-4 | Days 5-8 Gent Jazz Festival 2008Gent, Belgium July 17-20, 2008 Day 5 The second half of the Gent Jazz Festival is traditionally devoted to peripheral jazz zones, from hip-hop groove to Cuban nostalgia, New Orleans R&B to avant-rock weirdness. All of the seats are cleared out of ...
Gent Jazz Festival 2008: Days 1-4
by Martin Longley
Days 1-4 | Days 5-8 The Gent Jazz Festival 2008 Gent, Belgium July 10-13, 2008 Gent Jazz might not enjoy the high profile of certain other European festivals, but its line-up can easily compete with most and surpass many. Divided into two four-day chunks, the opening assault of 'pure' ...
Oluyemi Thomas: Positive Knowledge
by Martin Longley
Oluyemi Thomas, the sage-like reedman from Oakland, California, is heading to town this month and will be playing in a duo setting with New York drummer and percussionist Michael Wimberley, whom he describes as both “creative-minded and creative-spirited." It's the spiritual sphere--however this is defined, impossible to nail down--that appears to guide much of Thomas' journey. ...
Effendi: Francois Richard & Alain Bedard
by Martin Longley
Francois Richard Nouvel Orchestra Effendi 2008 Alain Bedard Sphere Reflexion Effendi 2008 The Montreal label Effendi has been operating for nearly a decade, founded by the bassist ...
Charlie Hunter, Marc Ribot, Eddie Palmieri / Brian Lynch, Dafnis Prieto, Billy Martin, Randy Sandke, Billy Bang, Bennie Maupin and Arturo Sandoval
by Martin Longley
Charlie Hunter/Marc Ribot's Ceramic DogSullivan HallApril 17 & 23, 2008Before beginning his solo career, Charlie Hunter used to play guitar for The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy, an early vehicle for Michael Franti's uncompromising rap outpourings. But Hunter's ultimate destiny was to re-invent himself as a jazz artist, neatly coinciding with ...
Dafnis Prieto: Taking the Soul for a Walk
by Martin Longley
Cuban drummer/percussionist Dafnis Prieto has been living in New York since 1999, making a significant mark on both the Latin and jazz scenes. Sometimes both spheres are tackled at the same time, as when Prieto appeared with Eddie Palmieri and Brian Lynch's quintet at Iridium in April, 2008. In his own work, such stylistic divisions are ...
Marilyn Crispell: Vignettes
by Martin Longley
Pianist Marilyn Crispell was always primarily known as a stylistic descendant of Cecil Taylor, never resting for a moment as she spewed out endless runs of high invention, cascades of pointillistically constructed density. But everyone becomes calmer eventually and this solo piano set finds Crispell in an extremely introverted state, examining the relationship between carefully enunciated ...
Anthony Braxton/Joe Morris: Four Improvisations (Duo) 2007
by Martin Longley
Braxton band members Mary Halvorson and Taylor Ho Bynum urged their leader to collaborate with guitarist Joe Morris and, following a booking at the Crowe Auditorium, Wesleyan University, the twosome proceeded to immerse themselves completely. Braxton was impressed by the results and decided that only a four-disc box set would suffice. Fortunately, Clean Feed is a ...
Chris Potter: Follow The Red Line & Song For Anyone
by Martin Longley
Chris PotterFollow the Red Line: Live at the Village VanguardSunnyside2007 Chris PotterSong for AnyoneSunnyside2007 These two albums were released simultaneously, thereby making a deliberate feature of the contrast in their ...
