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Oles Brothers with Rob Brown: Live At SJC
by Mark Corroto
It's funny how certain jazz players find other kindred spirits to play with. Where would Ornette Coleman have been if he hadn't found Charlie Haden? Or McCoy Tyner without John Coltrane? Like minds always seem to find and sometimes track down each other. Such is the case with the Polish brothers Marcin Oles (bass) and Bartlomiej ...
William Parker: At Somewhere There
by Mark Corroto
Bassist William Parker's music reveals the ever presence of two things: energy and color. Sure, a band's timekeeper is also its dynamo, but Parker's music has always radiated more than pulse. His playing gives off a spiritual vibration that translates easily into color fields. He is a human mood ring. This live recording, from July 2008 ...
Matthew Shipp - 4d (Thirsty Ear)
Slings and arrows are something of a Matthew Shipp specialty. Whether he's artfully lobbing them at others or absorbing the brunt of them himself, he's never been one to shrink from candid expression or the lumps that often come with it. That kind of confidence also his informs his language on the piano. Stasis is his ...
Take Five With Glenn White
by AAJ Staff
Meet Glenn White:Described as “a brilliant gem," Glenn's modern jazz compositions and skilled, interactive playing have been called “a thoughtful, remarkable style," which “stems from a deeper understanding." A graduate of New England Conservatory, Glenn has performed alongside many notable musicians including Cuneiform artist Jamie Baum, Impulse! artist Greg Tardy, ECM Records artist Art ...
Take Five With Samir Fejzic
by AAJ Staff
Meet Samir Fejzic:Samir Fejzic, composer and pianist, born in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), studied composition at Music Academy in Sarajevo, where he graduated in 1998. Currently he teaches renaissance and baroque counterpoint at Secondary Music School in Sarajevo. His work is characterized by different influences, a variety of styles and the constant ...
Matthew Shipp at Cafe Oto, London
by John Sharpe
Matthew Shipp/Paul Dunmall/John Edwards/Mark Sanders Cafe Oto London February 12, 2010 At first glance the opening night of New York City-based pianist Matthew Shipp's three-day residency at north London's Cafe Oto promised a fire music spectacular. Lined up to appear alongside him were three of the UK's leading improvisors ...
Peter Brotzmann Trio at Cafe Oto, London
by John Sharpe
Peter Brotzmann, John Edwards, Steve Noble Cafe Oto London January 30, 2010 As the crowd gathered outside north London's Cafe Oto waiting for the doors to open, a solitary figure stood spotlit under a streetlamp just up the road. German saxophone iconoclast Peter Brotzmann was savoring a moment of ...
Matthew Shipp: Nu Bop Live
by AAJ Italy Staff
Come suggerisce lo stesso titolo, questo disco (nuova uscita per la collana Tracce di Rai Trade) ci riporta al CD Nu Bop uscito per Thirsty Ear nel 2002, un lavoro che segnò l'inizio di una fase particolare nella carriera di Shipp, ma anche un peculiare incontro tra improvvisazione collettiva ed elettronica di cui si ritrovano tracce ...
Matthew Shipp: 4D
by Robert Iannapollo
Since his emergence at the start of the 1990s, pianist Matthew Shipp seems to have fostered an infinite number of options available to him. From his free jazz alliances to his electronic beat explorations (also taking into account memberships in the groups of David S. Ware and Roscoe Mitchell), Shipp seems to like to mix it ...
The Jazz Session #137: Matthew Shipp
To me, music is an occult alphabet of frequencies and vibrations that are transmitted on an instrument. So says pianist Matthew Shipp, whose new solo piano recording, 4D (Thirsty Ear, 2010) comes out on January 26. In this interview, Shipp talks about the joy of solo piano; the lessons he learned from David S. Ware and ...
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