Results for "Pi Recordings"

Miles Okazaki: The Sky Below

by Glenn Astarita
February 12, 2020

Electric guitarist Miles Okazaki—also using electronics—and his rhythm section comprise three-fifths of alto sax great Steve Coleman's current band, as keyboardist Matt Mitchell rounds out this quartet for the leader's second release for Pi Recrodings, but his fifth album overall. And while the album length is a little over 39-minutes, many artists are cutting back some ...

Tyshawn Sorey, Marilyn Crispell: The Adornment of Time

by Giuseppe Segala
February 10, 2020

Se si focalizza l'attenzione sui duetti di pianoforte e batteria, balza subito alla mente il titanico Historic Concerts, che vide protagonisti Cecil Taylor e Max Roach nel dicembre del 1979, ormai più di quarant'anni fa. L'accento della musica era centrato sulla comune natura percussiva dei due strumenti, pur con tutte le differenze organologiche e tutte le ...

Steve Lehman Trio, Craig Taborn: The People I Love

by Alberto Bazzurro
January 22, 2020

Il timbro asprigno, acidulo, e l'incedere di preferenza incalzante, spigoloso, dell'alto di Steve Lehman (i cui principali modelli, dichiarati, sono com'è noto Jackie McLean e Anthony Braxton) attraversa pressoché a senso unico questo nuovo lavoro del quarantunenne sassofonista newyorchese, determinandone climi e disegno complessivo, il tutto confezionato con la complicità del suo trio abituale (nonché ormai ...

Steve Lehman Trio + Craig Taborn: The People I Love

by John Sharpe
January 5, 2020

On The People I Love, alto saxophonist Steve Lehman, Janus-like looks back, while simultaneously looking forward. He recruits celebrated pianist Craig Taborn to bolster his longstanding trio of bassist Matt Brewer and drummer Damion Reid. It was once said that Taborn was fated to play better on other people's records than his own. Happily that is ...

Phalanx Ambassadors

By Matt Mitchell

Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2019
Track listing: Stretch Goal; Taut Pry; Zoom Romp; Phasic Haze Ramps; Ssgg; Be Irreparable; Mind Aortal Cicatrix.

We Are on the Edge: A 50th Anniversary Celebration

Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2019
Track listing:
CD 1:
Variations and Sketches from the Bamboo Terrace; Bell Song; We Are on the Edge; I Greet You with Open Arms; Chi-Congo 50; Jamaican Farewell Part I; Villa Tiamo; Saturday Morning; Jamaican Farewell Part II; Mama Koko; Fanfare and Bell; Oasis at Dusk.
CD 2:
We Are on the Edge/Cards; Oasis at Dusk; Chi-Congo 50; Tutankhamun; Mama Koko; Saturday Morning; Odwalla/The Theme.

The Sky Below

By Miles Okazaki

Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2019
Track listing: Rise and Shine; Dog Star; Anthemoessa; Seven Sisters; Monstropolous; The Castaway; The Lighthouse; To Dream Again.

The People I Love

By Steve Lehman

Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2019
Track listing: Prelude; Ih Calam & Ynnus; Curse Fraction; qPlay; Interlude; A Shifting Design; Beyond All Limits; Echoes/The Impaler; Chance; Postlude.

The People I Love

By Craig Taborn

Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2019
Track listing: Prelude; Ih Calam & Ynnus; Curse Fraction; qPlay; Interlude; A Shifting Design; Beyond All Limits; Echoes / The Impaler ; Chance; Postlude.

The Adornment of Time

By Tyshawn Sorey

Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2019
Track listing: The Adornment of Time