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William Parker: Luc
by Rex Butters
William Parker's latest trio disc for Thirsty Ear features pianist Eri Yamamato, a classical prodigy who moved to New York, bagged the powdered wigs, and threw herself into jazz head first at the New School. Yamamoto joins the archbassist and drummer Michael Thompson for what must be the most overtly jazz-oriented album in the TE catalogue. ...
Henry Grimes Trio: Live at the Kerava Jazz Festival
by Rex Butters
From his return to performing at LA's World Stage to his triumphant residency in New York, bassist Henry Grimes plays like he's making up for lost time. Captured here on his first recording in decades, Grimes performs live in Finland with two of the best and hardest working musicians around, David Murray on reeds and Hamid ...
Mike Ladd: Negrophilia - The Album
by Rex Butters
Mike Ladd's much anticipated followup to last year's highly praised In What Language reunites him with his collaborator on that project, keyboardist Vijay Iyer. What knocks this outing into unexpected sonic originality may be their co-collaborator, Guillermo E. Brown. Best known for his work with the David S. Ware Quartet and contributions to projects by Matthew ...
Jeff Kaiser-Andrew Pask: The Choir Boys
by Rex Butters
Sound sojourners Jeff Kaiser and Andrew Pask create unique sonic landscapes on The Choir Boys, utilizing both the instrumental expertise for which they are known as well as tapping their broader ambitions with live processing. The music ranges from ambient electronic to industrial Stockhausen, with plenty of hard blowing along the way. Pask begins with his ...
Ellen Weller: Spirits, Little Dreams and Improvisations
by Rex Butters
San Diego's Ellen Weller took time out from the remarkable Trummerflora Collective to create and record Spirits, Little Dreams and Improvisations, a compelling suite based on medieval Jewish possession myths extrapolated to consider the channeling of musical flow by improvising musicians. Her research team includes Vinny Golia and George Lewis, plus Trummerflora's Marcos Fernandes, Nathan Hubbard, ...
Nine Winds: Blowing Hot Out of LA
by Rex Butters
When LA's Jeff Gauthier talked to local independent record labels about starting a label, veteran Nine Winds CEO Vinny Golia kept his advice simple: don't do it. Asked about it in 2005 Golia maintains, “I think that's very sound advice," he says laughing. “If somebody would have told me that I would have thought about not ...
Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue
by Rex Butters
Miles Davis Electric Miles: A Different Kind of Blue Eagle Eye Media 2004 The 1970 Isle of Wight festival nearly doubled the attendance numbers of Woodstock, and boasted a similarly stellar lineup. Besides Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, and Joni Mitchell, Miles Davis brought a daring young group of explorers and ...
Build an Ark: Peace With Every Step
by Rex Butters
Build an Ark Peace With Every Step Todosonidos 2005 Drawing on the teeming talent pool of LA jazz musicians, Carlos Ninos put out a positive idea, hoping to send a shock wave around the world. Build An Ark sends soldiers of peace to the front lines. With bracing up-tempo jams ...
Anthony Braxton/Andrew Cyrille: Duo Palindrome Vol 1 & 2
by Rex Butters
After meeting in Paris in 1969, Anthony Braxton and Andrew Cyrille didn't record together until Hat Art released Braxton's Lennie Tristano project in 1988. While a duo project had been discussed, it wasn't until 2002 that it was realized. Now, spread over two CDs, Intakt releases the results of those sessions. Original compositions, spontaneous improvisations, and ...
Shamek Farrah and Folks: La Dee La La
by Rex Butters
Reed player Shamek Farrah ranks with the great unrecorded. Two releases on Strata East in the '70s, some for RA, a release in '95. The reissue of this 1978 recording for RA by Quadraphonic Sound Module reintroduces a roomful of rarely heard musicians, along with a young Malachi Thompson. Roger Howell's congas and Lenny King's percussion ...
