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Violin & Piano: Distich & Minamo
by Matthew Miller
Mat Maneri/Denman Maroney Distich Nuscope 2007 Carla Kihlstedt/Satoko Fujii Minamo Henceforth 2007 As a reviewer, it's vitally important to resist the urge to compare two albums that, ...
Evan Parker / Ned Rothenberg: Live at Roulette
by Matthew Miller
Multi-reedists Evan Parker and Ned Rothenberg have spent their careers challenging the accepted notions of jazz and music in general. It isn't a crusade or rebellion, but rather a personal search manifested in their vast and varied discographies, a relentless probing that characterizes much of Live at Roulette. Recorded in October of 2006--and ...
Jimmy Bennington / Julian Priester: Portraits and Silhouettes
by Matthew Miller
Onstage at Spike Hill in August, 2007, a bar-cum- performance space in the bougie heart of Williamsburg, Julian Priester addressed his fans with unadorned deliberateness, the spoken equivalent of his trombone playing. “Music is magical...[a]willingness to expose your most vulnerable self...to discover that it's OK to expose your most vulnerable self. The 72 year-old trombonist has ...
Marty Ehrlich / Myra Melford: Spark!
by Matthew Miller
Multi-reedist Marty Ehrlich and pianist Myra Melford share more than a virtuosic touch and rugged lyricism. Their work embodies a single-minded approach to duo playing that lends an air of cohesion to the most abstract improvisation, allowing their ideas to blend to the point where Ehrlich's tone becomes a growling, vibrato-laden extension of Melford's sensitive voicings ...
Nels Cline: Downpour, Draw Breath, Smoke Inside and Duo Milano
by Matthew Miller
Nels Cline/Andrea Parkins/Tom Rainey Downpour Victo 2007 Nels Cline Singers Draw Breath Cryptogramophone 2007 Daniele Cavallanti Electric Unit Smoke Inside Long Song 2007 Nels ...
Joe Hunt
by Matthew Miller
It's been a long time since drummer Joe Hunt called New York home, but you wouldn't know that to talk with him. “I want to spend more time in New York," intoned the veteran drummer over the phone during a recent interview between reminiscences of Ornette, The Five Spot, Bill Evans and the whirlwind pace of ...
Jimmy Giuffre: The Life of a Trio: Saturday & Sunday
by Matthew Miller
Jimmy Giuffre made waves in 1961-62 with the release of Fusion (Verve, 1961), Thesis (Verve, 1961) and Free Fall (Columbia, 1962). With pianist Paul Bley and a 20-year-old Steve Swallow on upright bass, the Third Stream innovator created the best music of his career--telepathic performances that continue to astound and inspire more than four decades later. ...
Bennie Maupin: Penumbra
by Matthew Miller
One of the true challenges faced by the creative artist is the need to evolve over the course of a career, to respect the past while staring unflinchingly toward the future. This is especially true of improvising musicians, who do this while inextricably in the moment, creating structure from chaos, revealing the future in the blinding ...
Tony Williams: Tony Williams: Mosaic Select 24
by Matthew Miller
Blue Note president Alfred Lion knew talent when he saw it and in the early 1960s--a time of unparalleled success for his once fledgling label--he signed an astonishingly virtuosic drummer who had recently emerged with Jackie McLean. We all know the story: a mere eighteen years old and Williams was an unstoppable force at the kit. ...
Ron Miles: Stone/Blossom
by Matthew Miller
It's no secret why Ron Miles is one of the most highly regarded trumpeters of his generation. His rich, burnished tone and supple lyricism have won over Bill Frisell and Wayne Horvitz--two of jazz's leading aesthetic visionaries--along with fans who appreciate understatement, whispered dissonance, wry humor. All of these attributes can be found on Stone/Blossom, the ...
