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Wesseltoft/Kornstad/Opsvik Live at Nublu, NYC
WHO: Bugge Wesseltoft - keyboards, electronics Hakon Kornstad - tenor sax, flutonet, sampler Eivind Opsvik - upright bass WHEN: THURSDAY JUNE 13th 10pm WHERE: NUBLU 62 Avenue C, Between 4th and 5th Street: Tel: (212)979 9965 subway: F ...
Mike Baggetta Quartet at Brooklyn Lyceum
"The up-and-coming guitarist Mike Baggetta seeks an adventurous but accessible dynamic with his quartet, which features Jason Rigby on tenor saxophone, Eivind Opsvik on bass and George Schuller on drums." - Nate Chinen, the New York Times Wednesday June 11 8pm $10 Brooklyn Lyceum 227 Fourth Avenue @ ...
Kurt Rosenwinkel: The Remedy
by Wilbur MacKenzie
This live double CD is Kurt Rosenwinkel's seventh record as a leader and the first to be released on ArtistShare, following five releases on Verve. Such high profile output is notable even without taking into consideration the other forty or fifty releases he's appeared on since his auspicious early departure from Berklee in the early 1990s ...
Marilyn Crispell: Vignettes
by Martin Longley
Pianist Marilyn Crispell was always primarily known as a stylistic descendant of Cecil Taylor, never resting for a moment as she spewed out endless runs of high invention, cascades of pointillistically constructed density. But everyone becomes calmer eventually and this solo piano set finds Crispell in an extremely introverted state, examining the relationship between carefully enunciated ...
Adam Rudolph's Go: Organic Orchestra: Thought Forms
by Matthew Miller
About a minute and a half into Mirrors," track two on Thought Forms, the distinct voices of Adam Rudolph's Go: Organic Orchestra begin to blend. Percussive tongue slaps, growling flutes and slashed cymbals collect in a glowing sonic aggregate; overtones arch up, out and over the thirty-plus member band. The effect is otherworldly and, like everything ...
Remi Bolduc: 4 + 1 with Jerry Bergonzi
by Ken Dryden
Alto saxophonist Remi Bolduc, a professional musician since the age of fifteen, is rather well known in his native Canada, where he has worked with bandleader Vic Vogel, pianists Oliver Jones and Lorraine Desmarais, the late drummer Bernard Primeau and guitarist René Lussier. He has also played gigs with Americans such as bassist Marc Johnson, guitarist ...
James Carter: Present Tense
by Joel Roberts
Detroit-born James Carter burst on the New York jazz scene in the early 1990s and quickly established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the tenor saxophone and a host of other reed instruments. A technically advanced player with more than a touch of hip hop swagger, Carter stood apart from fellow Neo-traditionalist newcomers ...
Anthony Braxton/Joe Morris: Four Improvisations (Duo) 2007
by Martin Longley
Braxton band members Mary Halvorson and Taylor Ho Bynum urged their leader to collaborate with guitarist Joe Morris and, following a booking at the Crowe Auditorium, Wesleyan University, the twosome proceeded to immerse themselves completely. Braxton was impressed by the results and decided that only a four-disc box set would suffice. Fortunately, Clean Feed is a ...
Connie Crothers Quartet: Music Is A Place
by Tom Greenland
With Music Is A Place pianist Connie Crothers has created an enduring work, a crystallization and clarification of her musical aesthetic. Featuring longtime colleagues Richard Tabnik (alto) and Roger Mancuso (drums) along with veteran bassist Ratzo Harris, the disc contains a set of originals that explore the interzone between pre- and free composition, a mix of ...
Gene Bertoncini: Concerti
by Laurel Gross
At 70, guitarist Gene Bertoncini continues to make standards and classics breathe and shimmer, inviting listeners to experience them in new ways. On Concerti, his considerable skill at navigating a nylon-stringed guitar are complemented by a group of highly capable string players and clever arrangements, all crucial to this winning endeavor. Engineer Mark Conese deserves mention ...

