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Active Ingredients: Titration
by Rex Butters
The aptly named Active Ingredients brings together four of the strongest players on the New York free scene. Drummer Chad Taylor worked with Fred Anderson and several Chicago Underground groupings before moving east. Bassist Tom Abbs plays with the Brooklyn Jump Arts Collective and anchors other ensembles with Taylor. Trombonist Steve Swell has employed alto saxophonist ...
Boxes of Water: Boxes of Water
by Rex Butters
Boxes of Water brings together four of LA’s hardest working improvisers. Harris Eisenstadt, Cory Wright, Aaron Kohen, and Noah Phillips participate in countless aggregations throughout the area and beyond: KOLA, the Industrial Jazz Group, the Celebration Trio, Wadada Leo Smith’s Carbon System, Anthony Braxton’s Tricentric Orchestra, Adam Rudolph’s Go:Organic Orchestra, and collaborations too numerous to list. ...
Kyle Bruckmann: Wrack
by Rex Butters
Kyle Bruckmann rises out of the seething pool that is Chicago experimental music. He plays accordion and Moog in the avant punk band, Lozenge, and to make ends meet he freelances on oboe in classical ensembles, where he has performed Cage, Crumb, and Ives, among others. Wrack arose from Bruckmann's desire to compose themes for improvisation ...
Fred Anderson: Back at the Velvet Lounge
by Rex Butters
At 74, Fred Anderson reasserts his royalty on the tenor saxophone with Back at the Velvet Lounge recorded live at Anderson's club. If anyone plays free-bop, it's Anderson. With Anderson, an athletic technique marries a fountain of melody. While Fred's more closely associated with the avant-garde, Johnny Griffin and Gene Ammons look over his shoulder now ...
Bob Brookmeyer and Kenny Wheeler: Island
by Rex Butters
Veterans Bob Brookmeyer and Kenny Wheeler explore shared sensibilities on Island, a collection that could have fit comfortably in Wheeler’s ECM catalogue, but instead spearheads the resuscitated Artists House label. Although they’ve not recorded together before, they set eachother up and finish eachother’s thoughts like a long married couple. The island in question seems more north ...
Matthew Sperry Memorial Benefit
by Rex Butters
Last June, running into Harris Eisenstadt at Line Space Line surprised me. His itinerary had him in the Bay Area, but with a distracted look he told me that the bassist he was scheduled to play with found death riding his bicycle to work. Matthew Sperry played with Tom Waits, David Byrne, and Anthony Braxton, as ...
Coltrane Foundation Scholarship Fundraiser: A Night of Jazz
by Rex Butters
The elegance returned to the stately El Rey Theater on Wilshire hosting the John Coltrane Foundation’s 2003 scholarship fundraiser. The annual event presents one of the most beloved and highly anticipated concerts on the LA jazz calendar. Co-sponsored by KPFK, the Foundation’s Night of Jazz struck a balance between the sacred and the ecstatic. In addition ...
Pharoah Sanders Plays with Fire
by Rex Butters
As wildfires raged around LA, the Pharoah Sanders Vocal Quartet incinerated the Jazz Bakery. The legendary tenor player brought heat from most of his distinguished career. Lovingly touring jazz history whenever he plays, Sanders swings from channeling Coleman Hawkins to creating the future within measures. Members of his touring unit accompanied Sanders, as well as LA ...
Various Artists: Savoy Christmas Blues
by Rex Butters
Savoy’s Christmas anthology draws on recordings from the '40s and '50s, swinging wildly in mood from the sacred to the profane. The eclectic mix includes novelty tunes, straight readings of traditional songs, and four very different interpretations of “White Christmas,” ranging from the disposable Meltones version to a crucial live performance by Charlie Parker with Kenny ...
DJ Wally: Nothing Stays the Same
by Rex Butters
Keef Destefano began spinning records at the age of 13. Now, as DJ Wally, his sounds saturate the New York dance underground. His first headlining session, Nothing Stays the Same, becomes the latest Matthew Shipp/Thirsty Ear All-Star collaboration to gracefully wed jazz, hip hop and techno. As his nom de spin implies, DJ Wally comes fully ...
