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Michael Bates: Northern Spy

Read "Northern Spy" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
June 24, 2015

Did you ever get a bit envious listening to a recording and thinking the band is having way too much fun making music? I'm not saying Northern Spy stirs up jealousy, but damn the trio of bassist Michael Bates, saxophonist Michael Blake and drummer Jeremy “Bean" Clemons are up to some serious jollification here.This, ...

Article: Interview

Secondo capitolo per il trio di Giovanni Guidi

by Angelo Leonardi
March 23, 2015

A distanza di un anno da City of Broken Dreams, l'ECM pubblica in questi giorni il nuovo capitolo del trio di Giovanni Guidi con Thomas Morgan e João Lobo, This Is the Day. Un lavoro particolarmente raffinato e maturo, con nuove splendide composizioni e una ricca empatia. Il pianista umbro ce ne parla in quest'intervista.

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Tiddy Boom

By Michael Blake

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: 1. Skinny Dip; 2. Tiddy Boom; 3. Hawk's Last Rhumba; 4. Boogaloop; 5. Coastline; 6. Letters in Disguise; 7. A Good Day for Pres; 8. The Ambassadors.

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Michael Blake: Tiddy Boom

Read "Tiddy Boom" reviewed by Maurizio Comandini

by Maurizio Comandini
November 3, 2014

Michael Blake cita espressamente tre sassofonisti nelle rarefatte note di copertina di questo album: Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young e Ross Taggart. I primi due sono la fonte di ispirazione di questo eccellente Tiddy Boom, mentre Taggart viene menzionato soprattutto per ricordarne la figura, di recente scomparsa. Ma non sarebbe sbagliato tirare fuori dall'armadio anche ...

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Michael Blake: Tiddy Boom

Read "Tiddy Boom" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
October 6, 2014

Tenor saxophonist Michael Blake has played a prominent factor within the backbone of New York's progressive jazz scene, having performed with big bands, small ensembles and on Tiddy Boom, re-aligning with New York Jazz Collective comrades, pianist Frank Kimbrough and bassist Ben Allison. In-demand session drummer Rudy Royston complements a group that proffers sympathetic support to ...

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Scott Neumann Neu3 Trio: Blessed

Read "Blessed" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero
June 25, 2014

Questo disco nasce dal desiderio del batterista Scott Neumann di incidere in trio con Michael Blake, sassofonista conosciuto nel lontano 1985 e successivamente incrociato in vari progetti. La storia musicale, la personalità e la mentalità aperta di Mark Helias sono gli elementi che hanno successivamente portato il leader a scegliere senza tentennamenti il contrabbassista. Nasce così ...

Article: Catching Up With

John Lurie's Art For Art's Sake

by Mark Corroto
February 20, 2014

The release of The Invention Of Animals (Amulet, 2014) finds the return of saxophonist and visual artist John Lurie to the musical spotlight he left nearly twenty years ago. First recognized in the late 1970s for his Downtown band The Lounge Lizards, a band that introduced many listeners to artists such as Marc Ribot, Michael Blake, ...

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One from None

By Michael Blake

Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: 01. One from None (Bates); 02. Van Gogh (Bates); 03. Dogfish (Bates); 04. Recurring Dream (Blaser); 05. Balance (Bates); 06. Uncertain Salvo (Bates); 07. Rising Moon (Blaser); 08. It Began to Get Dark (Blaser).

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Ted Nash: The Goal Is Creativity

by R.J. DeLuke
October 2, 2013

A New York City morning often starts early, sometimes 6 a.m., for this musician who is trying to elongate the hours available in a day. There's a lot to get to. Practicing the saxophone or flute. Sitting down to go through the elusive and demanding task of writing music worthy of the plateau, which these days ...

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Michael Bates - Samuel Blaser Quintet: One from None

Read "One from None" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 1, 2013

L'idea di mettere in piedi una band prende corpo già nel lontano 2004 ma, a causa dei numerosi impegni dei due leader, bisogna attendere il dicembre del 2011 per veder entrare in sala di registrazione il trombonista Samuel Blaser e il bassista Michael Bates. Sono sufficienti poche ore per dare forma compiuta ai nove brani di ...