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Social Skills
by AAJ Staff
We, as a society, are rapidly losing all of our important social skills. I'm not talking about etiquette things, like which one is the salad fork. I'm talking about the skills needed to have any type of meaningful interaction with our fellow human beings. Things seem to be conspiring to keep us more and more isolated. ...
Holiday For Strings
By Paul Motian
Label: Winter & Winter Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Arabesque; 5 Miles to Wrentham; Morpion; Luteous Pangolin; Look to the
Black Wall; Holiday for Strings; Endgame; It Never Entered My Mind;
Roundup; Oh, What a Beautiful Morning
Paul Motian: Holiday for Strings
by Tony Rogers
Since his halcyon days as drummer for the legendary Bill Evans trio, Paul Motian has consistently pushed the boundaries of jazz. Working mostly in small groups with the likes of Keith Jarrett, Joe Lovano, Bill Frisell and Charlie Haden, Motian has helped liberate percussionists from their role as simple timekeepers by employing a style and phrasing ...
Ben Monder: Le Monde du Monder
by Phil DiPietro
With a fittingly well-documented career, boasting a range of stunning appearances on over 50 recordings, including 14 since the year 2000, Ben Monder has solidified his position as one of the finest players of his generation. A chordal and textural master, unafraid to thoroughly explore advanced harmonic concepts, Ben's appearance on a sideman date ...
Amaryllis
Label: ECM Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Voice From The Past; Amaryllis; Requiem; Conceptio Vessel/Circle Dance; Voices; December Greenwings; Silence; M.E.; Rounds; Avatar; Morpion; Prayer.
Europe
By Paul Motian
Label: Winter & Winter Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Oska; Birdfeathers; Blue Midnight; Introspection; New Moon; Fiasco; Gallops Gallop; If You Could See Me Now; 2300 Skidoo (Total Time: 63:57).
Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band: Europe
by C. Michael Bailey
Paul Motian found his soul mate in Stephan Winter. Paul Motian has been the integrated center of several prominent piano trios between 1955 and 1977, including those lead by Bill Evans (with Scott LaFaro), Paul Bley, and Keith Jarrett. Striking out on his own in the late '70s, Motian began the Electric Bebop Band, originally with ...
Marilyn Crispell, Gary Peacock, Paul Motian: Amaryllis
by David Adler
These trio reflections never exceed six minutes per piece. Thus, they come across as perfectly crafted and concise musical thoughts, despite their esoteric thrust. Avant-garde piano titan Marilyn Crispell ranges from hushed, sparkling lyricism to jagged “energy" playing a la Cecil Taylor, with bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Paul Motian completing the conversational triangle. There are ...
Marilyn Crispell/Gary Peacock/Paul Motian: Amaryllis
by AAJ Staff
It's difficult to give this disc the praise it deserves. Crispell's piano trio work with bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Paul Motian surfaced in fine form on their recent '96 ECM record Nothing Ever Was, Anyway, a tribute to Annette Peacock. Crispell has been quite promiscuous in the past couple decades, working with players from the ...
Marilyn Crispell/Gary Peacock/Paul Motian: Amaryllis
by Mark Corroto
If the Crispell/Peacock/Motian record Nothing Ever Was, Anyway (ECM 1997) was the coming-out party for this highly adventurous interactive trio, Amaryllis should begin a series of anticipated recording sessions. Crispell, classically trained, came to jazz late in life. She held the piano chair in Anthony Braxton’s quartet through the 1980s and 90s then went on to ...
