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Henry Threadgill: Tomorrow Sunny / The Revelry, Spp
by Troy Collins
Now into its twelfth consecutive year, Zooid can finally lay claim as Henry Threadgill's longest running ensemble, having superseded the tenures of the venerable composer's most celebrated lineups, including Air, Sextett and Very Very Circus. Tomorrow Sunny / The Revelry, Spp is the idiosyncratic chamber group's fourth release for Pi Recordings, which was founded in 2001 ...
Henry Threadgill: Tomorrow Sunny / The Revelry, Spp
by Mark F. Turner
Henry Threadgill's music is best served neither cold nor hot, but with an open mind. The 68 year-old composer and multi-instrumentalist has endured as one of contemporary music's foremost innovators--a cofounder of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, a bandleader with over thirty releases, and works with a number of eclectic bands including Zooid, ...
Steve Lehman Trio: Dialect Fluorescent
by Glenn Astarita
Among studies with new music icons, reedman Anthony Braxton and trombonist George Lewis, alto saxophonist Steve Lehman has emerged as an important figures in the recent shift towards a more radical spin on jazz. Pushing the envelope is a common thrust for Lehman, who historically enjoys working within a tight-knit trio setting. On this release, he ...
Steve Lehman: Dialect Fluorescent
by Troy Collins
Currently a doctoral candidate in Music Composition at Columbia University, alto saxophonist Steve Lehman's previous releases for Pi Recordings include Travail, Transformation and Flow (2009), On Meaning (2007) and Demian as Post-Human (2005). On these cerebral endeavors, the former Fulbright scholar and Wesleyan graduate engaged his penchant for fusing vintage hard bop-style melodies with post-M-Base rhythmic ...
Steve Lehman Trio: Dialect Fluorescent
by Mark Corroto
Decoding the music of saxophonist Steve Lehman has become a diversion for many a jazz listener (and critic). Sometimes composed with the help of programming software, his harmonies are meshed with mercurial rhythms. When played by his octet, his music gives the impression that it requires a scorecard to keep tabs on its perplexing complexities.
Amir ElSaffar Two Rivers Ensemble: Inana
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il fatto che l'intestatario del disco si chiami Amir ElSaffar, il suo stesso titolo (Inana è un'antica divinità sumera) e il nome del gruppo che l'ha realizzato potrebbero far pensare a un CD molto spinto sul pedale dell'etnico. Il che non è, almeno non in maniera prevalente: dati umori sono di fatto circoscritti alle timbriche (su ...
Steve Coleman and Five Elements: The Mancy of Sound
by Ian Patterson
Although alto saxophonist Steve Coleman's conceptual approach to composition has grown increasingly adventurous, high-brow or esoteric, depending on your viewpoint--with lunar phases and the Yoruba of West Africa's philosophical system providing inspiration here--The Mancy of Sound merely represents Coleman's relationship to the world, which is the font of most music of worth. Retaining the same musicians ...
This Brings Us to Volume II
Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2011
Track listing:
01. Lying Eyes; 02. This Brings Us To; 03. Extremely Sweet William; 04. Polymorph; 05. It Never Moved.
Silent Movies
By Marc Ribot
Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2011
Track listing: Variation 1; Delancey Waltz; Flicker; Empty; Natalia In Eb Major; Solaris; Requiem For Revolution; Fat Man Blues; Bateau; Radio; Postcard From NY; The Kid; Sous Le Ciel De Paris.
Apex
Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2011
Track listing:
1. Welcome (Mahanthappa) - 2:41; 2. Summit (Mahanthappa) - 8:15; 3. Soft (Mahanthappa) - 9:30; 4. Playing With Stones (Mahanthappa) - 9:38; 5. Lamenting (Green) - 3:23;
6. Eastern Echoes (Green) - 7:18; 7. Little Girl I'll Miss You (Green) - 5:50; 8. Who? (Mahanthappa) - 8:18; 9. Rainer and Theresia (Green) - 7:28; 10. The Journey (Green) - 9.13.
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