Results for "Mauger"

Mauger

Mark Dresser Quintet: Nourishments

by Eyal Hareuveni
August 25, 2013

Master double bassist Mark Dresser's first quintet recording since Force Green (Soul Note, 1995) works in several courses. Its compositions are centered around Dresser's personal approach to the jazz tradition and the song form, emphasizing the charismatic playing of all the quintet members, the importance of the beauty of the melody, and cyclical forms. At the ...

The Beautiful Enabler

By Mauger

Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Acuppa; Bearings; Flac; Intone; The Beautiful Enabler; I'll See You When I Get There; Meddle Music.

Mauger: The Beautiful Enabler

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 24, 2008

Che stimolante idea fare triangolare il sax contralto di Rudresh Mahanthappa, il contrabbasso di Mark Dresser e la batteria di Gerry Hemingway! Confronto tra generazioni, innanzitutto: Mahanthappa si è fatto conoscere negli ultimi anni, in particolare per le frequenti collaborazioni con il pianista Vijay Iyer, con cui condivide l'origine indiana [Mahanthappa è cresciuto comunque nel Colorado ...

Mauger: The Beautiful Enabler

by Mark Corroto
August 20, 2008

Mauger, which is a word defined simply as “in spite of or in opposition to, notwithstanding," begs the questions as to what this marvelous trio opposes. It's definitely not creativity or cooperation. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Mark Dresser and Gerry Hemingway make music in spite of the dumbing down of the popular music culture, notwithstanding the current trends ...

Mauger: The Beautiful Enabler

by Troy Collins
August 14, 2008

The Beautiful Enabler is the debut recording of the collective trio Mauger, which features the enviable talents of alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa, bassist Mark Dresser and drummer Gerry Hemingway. According to Hemingway, “the group gets its name from a letter scramble of the first two letters of each of our names and is a preposition defined, ...