Results for "MICHAEL RABINOWITZ"

Michael Rabinowitz

Born: November 27, 1955

Reunion

By Michael Rabinowitz

Label: ARC - Artists Recording Collective
Released: 2026
Track listing: Burst; For Herbie; Sir Barry; Autumn; Covid Blues; Alone Together; Tommy's Groove.

Michael Rabinowitz Jazz Quartet South: Reunion

by Jack Bowers
September 9, 2026

Although the words “jazz" and “bassoon" rarely appear in the same sentence, that is something North Carolina-based jazz bassoonist Michael Rabinowitz would like to help change. Yes, Rabinowitz is a jazz musician, and the bassoon is his instrument of choice, which must have led to some interesting conversations: “Hey, would you like to join ...

Joe Fonda & Bass Of Operation

By Joe Fonda

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Deja Vu for DC; Soon To Know; Magic; MGJ; Fast; What Do You Think; Mosaic.

Joe Fonda: Joe Fonda & Bass Of Operation

by Jerome Wilson
June 7, 2025

The bassoon is rarely heard in a jazz context, but bassist Joe Fonda got the idea to use the instrument in a free-swinging small group format. He incorporated Michael Rabinowitz, one of the few improvising bassoonists around, into a quartet with two of his long-time collaborators, drummer Harvey Sorgen and reed player Jeff Lederer. Fonda's original ...

Joe Fonda: Joe Fonda & Bass Of Operation

by Mike Jurkovic
May 25, 2025

Only bassist /composer Joe Fonda--who cut his teeth and honed his humor in the company and camaraderie of such global visionaries as Wadada Leo Smith, Anthony Braxton, Barry Altschul, Paul Bley, and Annette Peacock-- can stand defiantly at the  epicenter of a free jazz and classical quartet and ease the ensemble through either door with the deceptively ...

Joe Fonda & Bass Of Operation

By Joe Fonda

Label: Fundacja Sluchaj
Released: 2024
Track listing: Deja Vu for DC; Soon To Know; Magic; MGJ; Fast; What Do You Think; Mosaic.

Next Chapter

By Michael Rabinowitz

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: Lydian Dream; Minor Blues Experiment; Next Chapter; MRab; Twelve Note Samba; Emily Alt Line; One Four All; Tuesday Blues.

Michael Rabinowitz: Next Chapter

by Jack Bowers
April 27, 2023

The title “world's best jazz bassoonist" is akin to “world's best tap dancer on hot coals," meaning there simply is not much competition for the honor. Even if there were, however, Michael Rabinowitz would no doubt outdistance any challengers and handily earn the blue ribbon for bassoon excellence. One reason is that, unlike others who have ...

We Sick, Soojung Lee, Jane Ira Bloom & Novembre

by Maurice Hogue
April 3, 2023

The release of We Sick is not until the end of April, but definitely watch for this fiery work of improvisation and passion. Not long after George Floyd's murder, pianist deVon Russell Gray, saxophonist Nathan Hanson & drummer Davu Seru recorded We Sick in an abandoned church across from the Minnesota state capitol which was surrounded ...