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Pharoah Sanders: The Pharoah Sanders Story: In the Beginning 1963-1965
by AAJ Italy Staff
Insieme ai più anziani Ornette Coleman, Paul Bley, Roswell Rudd e Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders resta uno dei grandi testimoni viventi della stagione in cui il jazz si liberò degli ormeggi armonici, ritmici, sintattici e semantici per intraprendere la grande e tuttora non esaurita esperienza del free. Come ricordano le eccellenti note di copertina di questo ...
Francisco Mora Catlett: Francisco Mora Catlett: Afro Horn MX
by Steve Bryant
When Afro-Mexican Drummer Francisco Mora Catlett first came to this country in the1970s, he dreamed of playing drums for the Sun Ra Arkestra. Not only did Mora achieve his dream, he also forged a lifelong relationship with drum legend Max Roach, which resulted in his performing in Roach's seminal drum ensemble, M'Boom. As a composer and ...
Free Form Evolution
by Sammy Stein
Since free form tentatively emerged during the 1940s and '50s it has evolved with both the times and changing audiences. Now, free form elements cross genre boundaries and many musicians use elements from free form in their works. Because it is music which draws on the spiritual feelings of the players, social dramas and the atmosphere ...
Behind the Lens With Chuck Koton
by Chuck Koton
Meet Chuck Koton: Born into a family of photographers, I began carrying a camera around with me as a teenager. Eventually, I even set up a darkroom in my parents' Bronx apartment.Around the same time, I began my lifelong love affair with jazz. One night, I came across my older brother's copy ...
The Black Butterflies: Rainbows for Ramon
by Matt Marshall
The Black ButterfliesRainbows for RamonSelf Produced2012Judging by its title alone, some might expect Rainbows for Ramon, the sophomore release by The Black Butterflies, to be a flighty affair that trills off into flowery musical fields fit for skipping unicorns. It is not this (thankfully), even though joyful melodic ...
Sweden's Caprice Records Reissues Don Cherry's "Organic Music Society" - CD And Vinyl Versions
One of the towering figures of American music, Don Cherry was part of the revolutionary free-bop quartet led by Ornette Coleman in the late 1950s and early 1960s, an ensemble that helped shift the conversation about jazz from chord changes and swing to freedom and energy. Always an independent spirit, Cherry brought his openness and burgeoning ...
Ross Hammond Quartet: Adored
by Troy Collins
Adored is the debut of Sacramento-based guitarist Ross Hammond's Quartet. Although Hammond's previous recordings have featured an array of configurations (ranging from solo recitals to spontaneous improvisations with various West Coast peers), this date is among the most impressive in his growing discography. For the first time, the relatively young guitarist leads an all-star quartet of ...
The Black Butterflies: Rainbows For Ramon
by Dan Bilawsky
The Black Butterflies' debut, 1 De Mayo (Self Produced, 2010), introduced an ensemble that found beauty in brashness and an all-inclusive recipe for musical creation. The group found its way by liberally mixing free jazz, Latin music, blues, John Coltrane-like spiritualism, primal urges and strong rhythmic elements, giving their music a sense of raw immediacy that's ...
The Black Butterflies: Rainbows for Ramon
by Karl Ackermann
When she was scarcely into her twenties, self-taught saxophonist Mercedes Figueras recorded Elefante (Self Produced, 2007) a duo recording with drummer Martin Visconte. From this initial effort, it was clear that Figueras is as fearless as she is creative. She neither tames her instrument nor lets it run wild and in the process has invented a ...
Pharoah Sanders - In the Beginning - 1963-1964 Four-CD Boxed Set Includes 2 Discs of Unreleased Music
PHAROAH SANDERS: IN THE BEGINNING - 1963-1964 (ESP-4069) This four-CD set documents the first recordings of iconic tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, prior to his well known association with John Coltrane. Beginning with two previously unreleased sessions with Ornette Coleman alumni Don Cherry and Paul Bley, followed by Pharoah's debut date as a leader for ESP-Disk' and ...
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