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Jason Moran
by Martin Longley
Pianist Jason Moran usually plays well within the jazz tradition, but often adopts a sideways slant, open to electronic interference or maybe an askew cover version of a pop or rap tune. Growing up in Houston, he went on to study at the Manhattan School Of Music, becoming firmly entrenched on the New York scene.
Trevor Dunn: Four Films
by Martin Longley
Trevor Dunn is chiefly known as a bassist, but this collection of soundtrack work displays his skills as composer and multi-instrumentalist, either working totally solo or by inviting out a small posse of guest players. Over the years, he's been involved with Mr. Bungle, Fantomas and John Zorn's Electric Masada, among many more, so it's gratifying ...
Jazz Weekend In Old York: Eric Dolphy, Benny Goodman, and Wayne Shorter Revisited
by Martin Longley
Jazz Weekend In Old YorkThe National Centre For Early MusicYork, England November 21-23, 2008England's deeply historical city of York is far from being a jazz nexus, but its main alternative music venue does have an ongoing policy of presenting one--off gigs in an atmospheric converted church space. The National Centre For ...
Kirk Knuffke Quartet: Bigwig
by Martin Longley
Trumpeter Kirk Knuffke has been living in Brooklyn for three years, originally hailing from Denver. Once arriving, he set about forming a trio, but then met up with trombonist Brian Drye and wisely decided to expand into quartet form. The combo's lineup is completed by bassist Reuben Radding and drummer Jeff Davis. As a debut disc ...
Paolo Angeli / Evan Parker / Ned Rothenberg: Free Zone Appleby 2007
by Martin Longley
Free Zone is a festival within a festival, holding a regular spot at the more mainstream-inclined Appleby weekender in England. Due to the dreaded specter of funding difficulties there was no 2008 event and the festival's future may well be doomed. Customarily, the Free Zone program features a large roster of players, improvising in many permutations, ...
FONT Music, The Paradox Trio/Bojan Z, Clean Feed Festival & The Fringe
by Martin Longley
Live From New York: FONT Music, The Paradox Trio/Bojan Z, Clean Feed Festival; The FringeFONT (Festival Of New Trumpet) Music(le) Poisson Rouge/The Cornelia Street CafeSeptember 17-18, 2008This year's FONT suffered from a clash with the Clean Feed festival, which was planted right in its middle stretch. ...
Live Guitars From New York: Lou Reed, Marc Ribot, Larry Coryell, Kenny Burrell, Elliott Sharp, James Blood Ulmer & Nels Cline
by Martin Longley
Lou Reed/John ZornLe Poisson Rouge September 2, 2008 John Zorn/Milford Graves/Marc Ribot Le Poisson Rouge September 4, 2008 One of these two John Zorn gigs cost more to enter than the other. One of them possibly featured a portion of its customers who might just ...
Wayne Horvitz & Sweeter Than The Day: A Walk In The Dark
by Martin Longley
This cumbersomely-named combo have been together for nearly a decade, just one of keyboardist Wayne Horvitz's many band projects. The concept appears to revolve around a desire to embrace an almost-acoustic modern traditionalism, while retaining a slightly skewed stance that recalls some of Horvitz's earlier forays into electro-groove. Lately, he appears to have forsaken ...
Oliver Lake Organ Trio: Makin' It
by Martin Longley
This album finds alto saxophonist Oliver Lake in a groovesome incarnation, less disposed than usual towards avant exploration. He's utilizing the classic Hammond organ construction, though without any guitarist in sight. It's just Lake, B3 man Jared Gold and drummer Johnathan Blake, getting pretty close to the expectations of a '60s formula, though still surprising with ...
John Zorn/George Lewis/Bill Frisell: News For Lulu
by Martin Longley
This is another reissue of the 1987 album that found this avant super-trio in what was (and still is) unlikely territory, not only playing bebop, but also pouncing on a less than obvious repertoire. Four composers were selected, their hardboppin’ tunes more or less equally divided, with around four numbers each from trumpeter Kenny ...
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