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Matana Roberts: The Chicago Project

Read "The Chicago Project" reviewed by Matthew Miller

by Matthew Miller
January 13, 2008

Anyone who has ever seen Matana Roberts live knows the intensity and devotion that go into her music. The saxophonist rarely speaks before a Performance; the crowd enters and, from the moment the first note is sounded, a focused intensity pervades the room. This devotional quality carries over into her diverse catalogue as a leader, imbuing ...

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The Chicago Project

By Matana Roberts

Label: Constellation
Released: 2007
Track listing: Exchange; Thrills; Birdhouse 1; Nomra; Love Call; Birdhouse 2; South By West; For Razi; Birdhouse 3.

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Matana Roberts: Lines For Lacy and The Calling

by Tom Greenland
June 4, 2006

Matana Roberts Lines for Lacy Self-Published 2006 Matana Roberts The Calling Utech 2006 The sound of Matana Roberts' alto sax spans jazz her-story, from its roots in ...

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Ran Blake: From Music to Film and Back

by AAJ Staff
January 9, 2004

By Matana Roberts More than a four-decade career as a recording artist, a winner of numerous iconic awards (including being named a Mac Arthur fellow in 1988) with more than 30 recordings to his credit collaborating with artists creatively diverse as saxophonist/composer Anthony Braxton, pianist Jaki Byard, and saxophonist Ricky Ford, pianist Ran ...

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Sticks And Stones

By Matana Roberts

Label: 482 Music
Released: 2002
Track listing: Turning The Mark; Equally Strong; Lose My Number; Suhassani; End Of The Game; Usetosay; Sons Of Slaves; Hannibul; Spaces; Salvador; Spicer.

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Matana Roberts/Josh Abrams/Chad Taylor: Sticks And Stones

Read "Sticks And Stones" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
December 2, 2002

I had the disc Sticks And Stones spinning in my CD walkman for entire week before I researched the musicians that recorded this approachable session. Listeners may be familiar with the drummer Chad Taylor, a principal in all the various machinations of the Chicago Underground bands, and problably also attuned to basssit Josh Abrams work with ...