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Michael Formanek
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One marker of bassist Michael Formanek's creativity and versatility is the range of distinguished musicians of several generations he's worked with. While still a teenager in the 1970s he toured with drummer Tony Williams and saxophonist Joe Henderson; starting in the '80s he played long stints with Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, Fred Hersch and Freddie Hubbard. (As a callback to those days, Formanek recorded with hardbop pianist Freddie Redd in 2013). The bassist has played a pivotal role on New York's creative jazz scene going back to the '90s when he notably led his own quintet and played in Tim Berne's barnstorming quartet Bloodcount
Splash
By Myra Melford
Label: Intakt
Released: 2025
Track listing: Drift; The Wayward Line; Interlude I; Freewheeler; Interlude II; Streaming; A Line With A Mind Of
Its Own; Interlude III; Dryprint; Chalk.
Server Farm
By Jon Irabagon
Label: Irrabagast
Released: 2025
Track listing: Colocation; Routers; Singularities; Graceful Exit; Spy.
The 7th Dinner LIVE
Label: Fundacja Sluchaj
Released: 2025
Track listing: The 7th Dinner; Alles Jutta (for Jutta Hipp); Ballad for Paul & Poo; Bottle Opener;
Fourdance; Providence
Presenting Great Music: Adam Hopkins and Scott Clark of Out of Your Head Records
by Don Ball
It is difficult to make a living as a musician, especially as a jazz musician, and even more so as an avant-garde/free jazz musician. Venues are hard to come by, especially outside of major cities. The COVID pandemic made things worse, closing many of the few places that were available for live jazz. Even putting out ...
Joe Hertenstein, Mikko Pettinen, Igor Lumpert & Abbey Rader
by Maurice Hogue
If you like quartets, there's some great music from these foursomes: German & NYC drummer Joe Hertenstein with trombonist Ray Anderson, saxophonist Michael Moore & bassist Michael Formanek documented a European tour last year and set a high bar on The 7th Dinner Live. Also recorded live, French drummer Raphael Pannier fulfilled a dream of playing ...
Myra Melford: Splash
by John Sharpe
Pianist Myra Melford returns to the classic piano trio format for the first time since The Guest House (Enja, 2011), her acclaimed outing with Trio M with Mark Dresser and Matt Wilson. This time, the lineup is no less formidable: bassist Michael Formanek and drummer/vibraphonist Ches Smith--both commanding improvisers and bandleaders--join her for a set that ...
Jazz em Agosto 2025
by Stefano Merighi
Jazz em Agosto Gulbenkian Foundation Lisbon, Portugal August 1-10, 2025 Despite the “onda de calor" which hit it, Lisbon remains as peaceful as ever in its saturnine routine--even though invasive tourism in the Baixa neighborhood has already changed its appearance, and not for the better. August, however, is also ...
Jazz em Agosto 2025
by Stefano Merighi
Jazz em Agosto Fondazione Gulbenkian Lisbona, Portogallo 1-10 agosto 2025 Malgrado la “onda de calor" portoghese stia sfiorando la capitale, Lisbona è al solito pacifica nel suo tran tran saturnino, anche se il turismo invadente della Baixa ha già trasformato certo non in meglio la sua fisionomia. Ma ...
