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Bass Icon Eddie Gomez Interviewed at AAJ
Eddie Gomez is known throughout the world as a consummate bassist, sterling educator and a musician active in a wide variety of musical settings. He has been on the music scene for more than 40 years and has worked with everyone from Bobby Darin to Giuseppi Logan. Gomez moved from Puerto Rico as a child and ...
Paul Motian / Chris Potter / Jason Moran: Lost in a Dream
by Ted Gordon
Consider this album a blind date of sorts: Drummer Paul Motian-meets-pianist-Jason Moran, introduced by the matchmaker, saxophonist Chris Potter. Though Motian had worked once with Moran in 2006, this collaboration is a stunning example of the versatility and mastery of Motian's veteran technique. Recorded over a week of concerts at New York City's Village Vanguard, Motian's ...
Paul Motian: Lost in a Dream
by AAJ Italy Staff
Paul Motian torna a registrare al Village Vanguard. E lo fa con un trio, formazione che esalta al massimo grado la sua poetica asciutta, spigolosa, immersa nei silenzi. Il gioco trigonometrico che scolpisce e attraversa lo spazio è sempre stato un motivo di stimolo, di riflessione, di approfondimento per il lavoro del batterista. Un'attrazione iniziata con ...
Geri Allen: Flying Toward The Sound
by Mark F. Turner
One of modern jazz's foremost pianists, Geri Allen exhibits a musical profundity that is coupled by lyricism and soul. Whether leading a trio of esteemed peers--Charlie Haden and Paul Motian--at that landmark venue, Live at the Village Vanguard (DIW, 2000), or giving homage to the obscure jazz matriarch, pianist Mary Lou Williams, with Zodiac Suite: Revisited ...
John Geggie / Frank Kimbrough / Jean Martin: Ottawa, Canada April 17, 2010
by John Kelman
John Geggie/Frank Kimbrough/Jean Martin Geggie Concert Series NAC Fourth Stage, Ottawa, Canada April 17, 2010 Over the past several years, amidst a variety of oddly-configured groups, Ottawa, Canada-based bassist John Geggie has brought a wealth of outstanding pianists to his annual Geggie Concert Series at the National Arts Centre's Fourth ...
Andre Matos: Fantasies Realized
by William Carey
There is no doubt that André Matos has chops to burn. Placed firmly in the tradition of John Abercrombie and Pat Martino, with a bit of Sonny Sharrock at moments, a lot of Berklee (College of Music) influence is readily apparent, but with a bit of headiness that also reflects the guitarist's time at the New ...
Paul Motian / Chris Potter / Jason Moran: Lost in a Dream
by Dan McClenaghan
Drummer Paul Motian seems to fit very comfortably into any musical situation, and elevate it. With a career that spans more than five decades--and seeming to begin at an early pinnacle with pianist Bill Evans' trio on the legendary Sunday at the Village Vanguard (Riverside Records, 1961)--Motian has, as a sideman, augmented musical visions galore. A ...
Tomasz Stanko At Birdland: A Subtext Of Sadness And Suspended Sounds
by Dan Bilawsky
Tomasz Stanko Quintet Birdland New York, NY April 13, 2010 A mixture of eager anticipation and horrible sadness surrounded trumpeter Tomasz Stanko's early April arrival at Birdland. After creating a string of critically acclaimed albums in an acoustic quartet format, Stanko went in a different direction for 2010's Dark ...
Paul Motian Trio - Lost in a Dream (ECM)
Few partnerships between label and musician remain as felicitous as that shared by Paul Motian and ECM. Described in certain circles as an anti-drummer, a back-handed reduction also ascribed to Shelly Manne back in the day, Motian's language at the kit is commonly the epitome of economy and nuance. Bombast and obviousness are his adversaries. Spaciousness, ...
Daniel Kelly, Gary Peacock & Marc Copland, Allison Miller: Solo, Duo, Trio
by J Hunter
It can be argued that a quartet offers jazz listeners maximum effect with minimal personnel. It allows for two solo voices without compromising the rhythm section, and gives a composer access to a wider range of colors than could be provided by a smaller group. Then again, there are players doing much more with much less. ...
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