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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 ...
Donat Fisch / Christian Wolfarth: Circle & Line 2
by Karl Ackermann
Drummer Christian Wolfarth and saxophonist Donat Fisch first recorded in this formation more than ten years ago. Circle & Line 2 is the Swiss duo's reunion and an unique free jazz achievement. Saxophone and drum duos rarely become an artist's defining work. It is a difficult format, requiring extraordinary creative effort to maintain variety and interest. ...
Paal / Michiyo / Broe: Volda
by Eyal Hareuveni
The sophomore release of the trio featuring German reed legend Peter Brötzmann, Japanese koto iconoclast Michiyo Yagi and Norwegian master drummer Paal Nilssen-Love--following Head On (Idiolect, 2008)--is a remarkable demonstration of how energy and power transform into spiritual catharsis. It's easy to understand why this trio was named the Spirit & Power Trio during its Japanese ...
Peter Brotzmann Trio at Cafe Oto, London
by John Sharpe
Peter Brotzmann, John Edwards, Steve Noble Cafe Oto London January 30, 2010 As the crowd gathered outside north London's Cafe Oto waiting for the doors to open, a solitary figure stood spotlit under a streetlamp just up the road. German saxophone iconoclast Peter Brotzmann was savoring a moment of ...
