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Muhammad Ali: From a Family of Percussionists
by Clifford Allen
Though not as well known as his brother, drummer Rashied Ali (1935-2009), Muhammad Ali spent the 1970s as one of the busiest drummers in free jazz, primarily working in a cooperative Paris-based quartet with saxophonist Frank Wright, pianist Bobby Few and bassist Alan Silva, and known as the Center of the World Quartet. Born in Philadelphia ...
Reeds&Drums: Brö-D & Animal Grace
by Jeff Stockton
Peter Brotzmann & Hamid Drake Brö-D Bro 2010 Kali. Z. Fasteau Animal Grace Flying Fish 2010 Does Peter Brötzmann ever give a performance that isn't ...
Ken Vandermark/Paal Nilsson-Love Duo at Cafe Oto, London
by John Sharpe
Ken Vandermark, Paal Nilssen-Love, John Edwards Café Oto London 23 April 2010 Fortunately the volcanic ash cloud which had closed the skies of northern Europe for almost a week was deemed insufficiently dense to prevent further flights (or further impair the profits of the airlines depending on your degree ...
Frode Gjerstad: A Feral Storm from Norway
by Clifford Allen
In February 2010, Norwegian alto saxophonist and clarinetist Frode Gjerstad took the collective Circulasione Totale Orchestra to the United States for a few select performances, the first time the multinational group had been convened on American soil and a massive undertaking and feat of organization for the 62-year-old improviser. The orchestra consists of musicians from Norway, ...
Roland Ramanan Tentet: London
by John Eyles
In his sleeve notes to this release, trumpeter Roland Ramanan poses the question, “What can you do with ten musicians that you can't do with five?" It may sound like a Christmas cracker joke with a risqué answer, but don't make up your own punch line. In fact Ramanan's real answer begins, “Well, you can make ...
Little Women: Throat
by Nic Jones
Little Women spans the divide between the primitive and the sophisticated in a manner that's true of so few. For this, its second release, it's useful to offer pointers such as Albert Ayler and Peter Brotzmann (whose “Machine Gun" is particularly pertinent in terms of sonic assault), but they serve merely to place what this quartet ...
Brotzmann/Drake (Bra /Eremite)
Duets with drummers remain one of Peter Brotzmann's most reliably rewarding formats for expression. An active percussive partner accords him the opportunity to shuck down to his primal self in a manner larger ensembles often don't allow. Of the dozens of drummers he's engaged in such conversations only his old colleague Han Bennink matches the rhythmic ...
Dave Liebman / Evan Parker / Tony Bianco: Relevance
by Mark Corroto
It is hard to imagine that these two saxophone titans, Dave Liebman and Evan Parker, had never met on stage before this 2008 concert at The Vortex in London. Both are innovators with a distinct, almost larger than life sound and they combine forces to make this meeting very special. Back in the 1970s, ...
William Parker: At Somewhere There
by Mark Corroto
Bassist William Parker's music reveals the ever presence of two things: energy and color. Sure, a band's timekeeper is also its dynamo, but Parker's music has always radiated more than pulse. His playing gives off a spiritual vibration that translates easily into color fields. He is a human mood ring. This live recording, from July 2008 ...
Peter Brotzmann and Hamid Drake to Perform Sunday, April 25 at Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center
Saxophonist Peter Brtzmann is returning to St. Louis for a duo performance with percussionist Hamid Drake at 8:00 p.m. Sunday, April 25 at the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center.Brotzmann played at the LNAC last June with his trio as part of the venue's “Jazz to the Wall" festival. Drake, who like Brtzmann is based in ...
