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Chris Clark Quintet: Cedar Wisely
by Glenn Astarita
This quintet was assembled for the recording of this album by young saxophonist Chris Clark, incorporating the talents of veteran saxophonist Peter Epstein who is also the department head for the University of Nevada, Reno where Clark also studied. With his debut effort as a leader, Clark enacts a concentrated focus on the compositional aspects, and ...
Benoit Delbecq & Fred Hersch Double Trio's "Fun House" and Chris Clark's Debut "Cedar Wisely" Coming from Songlines
Songlines will release a pair of extremely diverse yet equally exciting albums on March 12. Fun House, the first recorded collaboration between the critically acclaimed pianists Benoit Delbecq and Fred Hersch, finds them performing in a rare double-trio configuration. It's a ground-breaking encounter and between jazz piano and the sonic resources of contemporary classical music, between ...
Abstract Realism
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: Painfully Simple; Face of a Whale; Four 1; Deep Breathing; Creamy Center; Air 1; Air 2; Dark to Light; Four 2; Abstract Realism.
Peter Epstein and Idee Fixe: Abstract Realism
by John Barron
Abstract Realism is the debut recording for the band Idée Fixe, an experimental ensemble under the leadership of saxophonist Peter Epstein, that has been in existence since 1997. Along with Epstein, the band includes guitarist Andy Barbera, bassist Sam Minaie and drummer Matt Mayhall. Special guests for the disc include bass clarinetist Brian Walsh and saxophonist ...
James Carney: Ways & Means
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Pianist James Carney takes the parameters involved in scoring films and applies them with the discipline of a jazz composer on the ambitious Ways & Means, the kind of challenging and cohesive work that listeners have come to expect from this exemplary musician. Carney's band is as great a gathering of talent as ...
The (Modern) Big Band Era: Dave Rivello, James Carney, Joris Teepe
by J Hunter
In an economic climate where jazz quartets are reviving the time-honored “Everybody in one Winnebago" tour strategy, it's amazing that big bands even exist, let alone put out the dynamic, challenging music that's come from Maria Schneider, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra and the assorted large units associated with maintaining bassist Charles Mingus' legacy. What's more, the ...
James Carney Group: Ways & Means
by Matt Marshall
It's good to see the jazz community is not shying away from pressing political and social issues of the day. Guitarist Brad Shepik, with his Human Activity Suite (Songlines, 2009), and drummer Alex Cline, with Continuation (Cryptogramophone, 2009), have both made musical pleas for the environment in 2009, following in the socially conscious footsteps of Max ...
James Carney Group: Ways & Means
by Troy Collins
Inspired by his work scoring Edward Sloman's 1925 silent film, His People, for the Syracuse International Film Festival in 2006, New York-based keyboardist James Carney continued to explore the narrative potential of cinematic structures. Funded in part by commissions from Chamber Music America and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Carney produced Ways & Means, a “virtual ...
Green-wood
Label: Songlines Recordings
Released: 2008
Track listing: 01. Power; 02. Smog Cutter (Johnson/Carney); 03. It's Always Cold When You're Are Leaving; 04. Shame; 05. Williwaw; 06. In Lieu of Crossroads; 07. The Poety Wall; 08. Half the Battle (bonus track). Composizioni di James Carney tranne quelle indicate.
James Carney: Green-wood
by AAJ Italy Staff
Che sorpresa! E’ vero che leggendo i nomi riportati sul retro copertina verrebbe da mettersi il cuore in pace sulla qualità dell’ascolto, ma non sempre la presenza di grandi musicisti assicura la realizzazione di un gran disco. E invece Green-Wood un gran disco lo è proprio! Basta ascoltare l’inizio di “Power“, una sorta di prova d’orchestra ...
