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John Escreet: Don't Fight The Inevitable
by Bruce Lindsay
British pianist John Escreet is a prodigiously talented young musician with a growing reputation as a player and composer. Don't Fight The Inevitable--his second solo album, following 2008's acclaimed Consequences (Posi-Tone Records)--finds Escreet in the company of top-flight New York players, creating some intense and complex music. The quintet is almost identical to ...
John Escreet: Don't Fight The Inevitable
by Dan Bilawsky
Highbrow compositions and intuitive musicianship work hand-in-hand with stellar results on pianist John Escreet's Don't Fight The Inevitable. Escreet's band of like-minded modernists, including saxophonist David Binney and trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, had the opportunity to work through this music on the bandstand during a European tour, an experience that helped them to delve deeply into these ...
John Escreet: Don't Fight the Inevitable
by John Kelman
Since moving to New York in 2006, pianist John Escreet has positioned himself as one of the scene's most significant up-and-comers. In addition to performances with artists including Chris Potter and Seamus Blake, he's a member The Story, which released its self-titled debut independently in 2009. Escreet also gigs with David Binney, appearing on Aliso (Criss ...
Third Occasion
By David Binney
Label: Mythology Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Introducao; Third Occasion; This Naked Sunday; Squares and Palaces;
Solo; Here is All The Love I Have; Explaining What's Hidden; Blood of
Cities; End.
David Binney: Third Occasion
by J Hunter
The cool thing about liner notes is they contain clues about other places to look for great music. For example, cast members of Joel Harrison's flame-throwing Urban Myths (HighNote, 2009) have their own fish to fry: keyboardist Daniel Kelly gave the piano trio format a good swift kick with Emerge (Brooklyn Jazz Underground, 2009), and now ...
David Binney: Third Occasion
by Jerry D'Souza
David Binney has established himself as an innovative saxophonist, an innovation that has been born of daring driven by a motivation that seeks the unusual. He has locked on to the highway of expressive thought playing with inspired invention to lend his music a lucid immediacy that is hard to ignore. Binney has formed ...
David Binney: Third Occasion
by John Kelman
Some artists grow in leaps and bounds, others more gradually. David Binney has largely been one to evolve slowly over time. Still, the alto saxophonist--who has almost insidiously become one of those musicians' musicians, well-known within the community, but without the more popular acclaim he deserves--has always stretched himself in a variety of contexts, from the ...
David Binney: Third Occasion
by Troy Collins
Inspiration for a work of art can be as varied and diverse as there are disciplines. Some artists embrace theoretical concepts, like form and abstraction, while others derive inspiration from tangible elements and events closely tied to their own personal experiences. Alto saxophonist David Binney has repeatedly demonstrated an interest in the later, especially ...
David Binney: Third Occasion
by C. Michael Bailey
Among the many considerable charms of alto saxophonist David Binney is his uncompromising spirit in jazz composition and performance. This spirit infuses every project he takes on, from his Xan Lang projects to his collaborations with pianist Edward Simon. Third Occasion shows Binney's stroke of arranging genius in employing a four-horn brass section (trumpeters Ambrose Akinmusire ...
Out of Airplanes
By David Binney
Label: Mythology Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: 01. Brainstorm PT 1 (Binney, Frisell, Taborn, Opsvik, Wollesen); 02. Contributors (Binney); 03. Jan Mayen (Opsvik); 04. Out of
Airplanes (Binney); 05. The Forgotten Gems (Binney/Opsvik); 06. Wild Child (Binney); 07. Home (Binney); 08. Brainstorm PT 2
(Binney, Frisell, Taborn, Opsvik, Wollesen); 09. Bring Your Dream (Binney, Frisell, Taborn, Opsvik, Wollesen); 10. Instant
Distance (Binney).
