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Jason Robinson Janus Ensemble: San Diego, CA, June 2, 2011
by Robert Bush
Jason Robinson Janus EnsembleDizzy'sSan Diego, CA June 2, 2011 Saxophonist/composer Jason Robinson--whose dual release of The Two Faces Of Janus (Cuneiform, 2010), and Cerulean Landscape (Clean Feed, 2010), put him on the map of wider recognition--finally made his impending departure from San Diego official with this farewell concert, held at ...
Michael Dessen Trio : Irvine CA, May 7, 2011
by Robert Bush
Michael Dessen TrioUC Irvine, Winifred Smith HallIrvine, CaliforniaMay 7, 2011 Michael Dessen is, according to a frequent employer, the contrabass virtuoso Mark Dresser, “a black-belt trombonist." He is, in fact such a consummate sideman in so many contexts that the opportunity to hear him as a leader is a rare ...
Mark Dresser / Myra Melford / Michael Dessen: San Diego: April 17, 2011
by Robert Bush
Mark Dresser / Myra Melford / Michael DessenUC San Diego, UC IrvineSan Diego, CAApril 17, 2011 The University of California has been heavily involved in the advancement of “telematic" performances now for over 10 years. Utilizing the Internet2 (a not-for-profit advanced networking consortium) and super high-speed bandwidth networks, as well ...
Anthony Davis Ensemble Live at Dizzy's San Diego, February 20, 2011
by Robert Bush
Anthony Davis EnsembleDizzy's, San DiegoSan Diego, CAFebruary 20, 2011 Composer and pianist Anthony Davis is a modern day renaissance man. Not only is he a master of multiple jazz disciplines, he also has composed several critically acclaimed operas. His classical works have often dealt with controversial subjects, such as Tania, ...
Kristin Korb / Cosmologic with Anthony Davis at Conrad Prebys Recital Hall in San Diego
by Robert Bush
Kristin Korb / Cosmologic with special guest Anthony DavisConrad Prebys Recital Hall, UCSDSan Diego, CAJanuary 22, 2011 UCSD's internationally heralded music department hosted concerts by returning alumni and faculty in a weeklong celebration of the program's many successes. Saturday night's affair featured singer/double-bassist Kristin Korb playing solo and the wonderful, ...
Mark Dresser Quintet Live at Dizzy's, San Diego
by Robert Bush
Mark Dresser QuintetDizzy'sSan Diego, CAOctober 10, 2010 Double bass virtuoso Mark Dresser is a player whose expertise in multiple genres defies categorization. His is the story of the student becoming the maestro. Growing up, he was inspired by rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix, and bassist/composer Charles Mingus, and he began his ...
October 2009
by AAJ Staff
Gordon GrdinaBar 4Brooklyn, NY September 7, 2009There were other things in the music Gordon Grdina played at Bar 4, bits of McLaughlin, Santana, Sharrock, but for the first few minutes of his trio's Sep. 7th set it was hard to hear anything other than how together they were. From the ...
Between Shadow and Space
Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Between Shadow and Space; Chocolate Geometry (for MSD); Restless Years; Duo Improvisation; Anthesis; Granulorum; Water Seeks (for AC).
Michael Dessen Trio: Between Shadow and Space
by Greg Camphire
Between Shadow and Space is an aptly named release from trombonist and computer manipulator Michael Dessen’s trio, which creates oblique and evasive soundscapes that can’t be easily categorized. As Dessen writes in the album’s liner notes, “the past half century has produced a staggering array of improvisational music…my music draws energy from overlapping musical communities ...
Michael Dessen: Between Shadow and Space
by AAJ Italy Staff
Ecco un Cd attuale, piuttosto vario, senza dubbio interessante, anche se non convincente dall'inizio alla fine. In quasi tutti i brani Dessen affianca al trombone l’utilizzo del computer, deformando ed integrando con sonorità filamentose la pronuncia classica dell'ottone. Fra i trombonisti dell'avanguardia storica Grachan Moncur III è quello il cui insegnamento traspare maggiormente nel linguaggio di ...
