Results for "Marty Ehrlich"

Vision Festival 2023

by Luciano Rossetti
August 3, 2023

Tobia Bondesan: Frenesia Creativa

by Libero Farnè
June 26, 2023

Lo devo all'amico Vladimiro Pelliciardi se anni orsono ho conosciuto l'esistenza del collettivo BlueRing Improvisers e se, nel primo anno del Covid, ho avuto l'occasione di incontrare a Bologna i giovani Tobia Bondesan e Giuseppe Sardina. Pelliciardi è un personaggio poliedrico, vulcanico, dalle iniziative imprevedibili: nell'arco di oltre un quarantennio ingegnere, sassofonista, insegnante, trakker su percorsi ...

George Russell Remembered

by Duncan Heining
June 21, 2023

How is it that one of the most significant figures in modern jazz is so often overlooked when histories of the music are written? And how come one of its most important composers is not immediately acknowledged when jazz is discussed? Therein hang a number of tangled tales. The centenary of composer, musician, bandleader, ...

Michael Formanek Elusion Quartet: As Things Do

by Troy Dostert
May 25, 2023

The Elusion Quartet has become one of bassist Michael Formanek's more formidable ensembles, even if it is a more recent project than his long- standing work with Tomas Fujiwara and Mary Halvorson in Thumbscrew, or the many recordings he has made with prominent saxophonists ranging from Tim Berne to Marty Ehrlich and Ellery Eskelin. Although As ...

2022: The Year in Jazz

by Ken Franckling
December 29, 2022

Current events impacted the jazz world in significant ways throughout 2022. In its third year, the coronavirus pandemic continued to lurk in some settings, while others recovered in robust fashion. Russia's war on Ukraine was felt by musicians and triggered an outpouring of support for its victims. Initiatives to ensure greater equity in jazz advanced. The ...

Robin Holcomb: One Way or Another - Volume 1

by Vic Albani
October 17, 2022

"Ascoltate attentamente. Abbiamo bisogno di cose come questa." (Bill Frisell) In poco più di trentotto minuti Robin Holcomb distribuisce ancora una volta sapienza e bellezza. Conosco poche persone che comprendono sino in fondo la grandezza di Robin. Alcuni profondi amanti del movimento jazzistico che ha scolpito quello che si potrebbe chiamare il “new ...

David Bindman/Stefan Bauer/Michael Sarin: Relative Motion

by Karl Ackermann
April 23, 2022

Reed player and composer David Bindman is most recognized for his decades in Royal Hartigan's Blood Drum Spirit group. Bindman has led a namesake sextet and ensemble and was a member of the Brooklyn Saxophone Quartet along with the late Fred Ho. The Relative Motion trio is a new collaboration with Stefan Bauer on marimba, and ...

The Boyé Multi-National Crusade For Harmony

By Julius Hemphill

Label: New World Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: CD 1—The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony I: Dear Friend; Zuli; Band Introduction; At Harmony; Air Rings; Dimples: The Fat Lady on Parade.
CD 2—The Julius Hemphill/Abdul Wadud Duo: Syntax; Tightenin’; Slang; Unknown Title; Rhapsody; Downstairs.
CD 3—The Janus Company: Opener; #4; #3; Collective Improvisation; Dogon A.D.
CD 4—Chamber Music: Parchment (1988); Mingus Gold (1988); Nostalgia in Times Square; Alice’s Wonderland; Better Get Hit in Your Soul; Daedalus String Quartet: Unknown Title No. 1 (1981); Unknown Title No. 2 (1981).
CD 5—Roi Boyé Solo and Text: Trills; Unfiltered Dreams; Wade in the Water; Change My Clothes.
CD 6—The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony II: K.C. Line; Testament #5; Song Suite: At Harmony; Sixty/Sixty; Astrid; Mailika; Pull It; Rites; Pigskin; For Billie (for Billie Holiday); One/Waltz/Time.
CD 7—Live at Joyous Lake: Mirrors; Dung; Band Introduction; Would Boogie.

Shipp/Parker/Dickey, Florian Arbenz, Matthieu Mazué & Ghasem Batamuntu

by Maurice Hogue
November 17, 2021

A mixed bag this time around on One Man's Jazz, highlighted by new releases from the excellent trio of Matthew Shipp (piano), William Parker (bass) and Whit Dickey (drums), trios from Switzerland led by pianist Matthieu Mazué and drummer Florian Arbenz, the Belgian trio of guitarist Manu Codjia, bassist Giuseppe Millaci & and drummer Lieven Venken, ...

When Jazz Pops, Part 1

by Ludovico Granvassu
October 19, 2021

This week's playlist focuses on the contribution of jazz musicians to pop, hip-hop, and rock projects, from the Art Ensemble of Chicago playing with French singer Brigitte Fontaine, to John Zorn featured on the debut album by the Brazilian queen Marisa Monte and The Thing's mighty alliance with Neneh Cherry. And a tribute to the late ...