Results for "Rob Mazurek"

Chicago Underground Trio: Chronicle

by Seamus Seoighe
August 22, 2010

The Chicago Underground Trio is more of an idea than a group per se. With albums being put out by an ever-changing group of musicians over the last decade-and-a-half, carrying the torch as the Chicago Underground implies a commitment to pushing boundaries; be it sonic boundaries, or the boundaries that could inhibit a trio creating live ...

Mikrokolektyw: Revisit

by John Barron
June 26, 2010

The Polish avant-jazz duo Mikrokolektyw has been creating a buzz on the European music scene for the last few years. Consisting of trumpeter Artur Majewski and drummer Kuba Suchar, the duo explores improvisations of the moment over electronic rhythm loops on the eleven-track disc Revisit. Having shared the stage with high-profile Chicago musicians like Fred Anderson, ...

hatOLOGY Reissue Bonanza Continues

by Mark Corroto
June 17, 2010

Begun in 1975, Hat Hut Records was to become the model for adventurous, independent, new music labels such as Okka Disk, AUM Fidelity and Clean Feed. From the start, founder Werner X. Uehlinger sought out challenging and innovative musicians and music that might have been too risky for major labels to produce. This very small Swiss ...

Tortoise / Isotope 217 / Causa Sui : Special Release

June 14, 2010

Adluna Records is announcing the release of the Chicago Odense Ensemble album as a subscription, offer a FREE track from the album, and talks about a special contest. Chicago Odense Ensemble is a unique collaboration that came together in the winter 2008, the band is : Rob Mazurek, Dan Bitney, Jeff Parker, Matt Lux, Brian Keigher, ...

Jason Ajemian: Protest Heaven

by Mark Corroto
June 8, 2010

Bassist Jason Ajemian assembled a company of improvisers in December, 2006 at Heaven Gallery in Chicago as part of a music series he had been curating since 2002. The assemblage named Jason Ajemian's Daydream Full Lifestyles contained the infamous Chicago Underground players Rob Mazurek (trumpet), Chad Taylor (drums) and Jeff Parker (guitar), plus the well-traveled Tony ...

Rob Mazurek - Special

March 27, 2010

Frank Rosaly: Milkwork

by Mark Corroto
March 21, 2010

The very in-demand Chicago drummer Frank Rosaly takes time out from his duties in over twenty bands--ranging from experimental sound, jazz, rock, and improvised music--to make a solo recording of drumming and electronics. Milkwork is a nine-song LP (also available as a digital download), pressed on white vinyl in a limited edition of 500. ...

Curtis Clark, Marilyn Lerner and Chad Taylor: Chasing the Piano

by Clifford Allen
March 12, 2010

November 15, 2010 will mark the 75th anniversary of the first recorded jazz piano-trio session, with pianist Jess Stacy, bassist Israel Crosby and drummer Gene Krupa recording for UK Parlophone ("Barrelhouse" and “The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise"). Certainly much has happened in jazz and improvised music since that date, but the piano ...

Rob Mazurek Quintet

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 8, 2010

Area Sismica - Forlì - 27.2.2010 Rob Mazurek è stato uno dei protagonisti di quella scena musicale di Chicago che, fra la seconda metà degli anni '90 e il decennio appena trascorso, ha realizzato una sorta di fusione fra il jazz più avventuroso e il rock desideroso di spingersi oltre i propri confini ordinari; una fusione ...

February 2010

by AAJ Staff
February 4, 2010

Jack DeJohnette BirdlandNew York, NY January 5, 2010When Jack DeJohnette hires double-neck guitarist David “Fuze" Fiuczynski and acclaimed altoist Rudresh Mahanthappa as the frontline in his new quintet, he's probably signaling an intention to shred. The legendary drummer did exactly that when he debuted the new Jack DeJohnette Group at ...