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Robin Holcomb

Pianist, composer, singer and songwriter Robin Holcomb has performed extensively in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia as a solo artist and the leader of various ensembles. Living in the Lower East Side of New York in the 1980s, she was a founder of Studio Henry, a venue for maverick composers, and the New York Composers Orchestra. Living in Seattle since 1989, she continues to compose and record songs and music for solo piano, chamber ensembles, dance, theatre and film. Her most recent recording is John Brown’s Body (Tzadik), a collection of solo piano compositions, a string quartet and duets and trios with Eyvind Kang, Steve Moore and Dave Carter

One Way or Another - Volume 1

By Robin Holcomb

Label: Westerlies
Released: 2023
Track listing: One Way or Another; Waltz; Hard Times Come Again No More; I've Got That Feeling; Once; A Lazy Farmer Boy; I'm Gonna Lose Again; Copper Bottom; Rockabye; Shining; Electrical Storm; Old Dog Tray; The Point of It All.

Musiche Corsare a Bari

by Libero Farnè
April 28, 2023

Musiche Corsare 2023 Teatro Forma Bari 20-23.4.2023 Sotto la direzione artistica di Roberto Ottaviano, la cui esauriente intervista è stata pubblicata su queste pagine alla fine di marzo, si è articolata in modo esemplare la seconda edizione di Musiche Corsare. Il festival, che quest'anno era dedicato a George Russell, ha palesato ...

A Few More of My Favorite 2022 Jazz Things, Part 1

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 28, 2023

Twelve months have gone by so fast, and so much has happened... At the beginning of the year we were still under various degrees of lockdown or social distancing, now we have a war, weather patterns and a financial situation that are crazier than ever. One positive thread through these months, however, has been the relentless ...

Annette Peacock, Christina Galisatus, Paul Bley, Michael Wollny & New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 7, 2023

The spirit of the masters, the roots of each music tradition, are like ghosts that accompany a musician's creative process, with more or less awareness based on the musician's disposition. This is the premise directly explored by Michael Wollny in his latest album, and indirectly explored by every other musician featured on this show, which spotlights ...

Ludovico Granvassu's Garden Of Jazzy Delights 2022

by Ludovico Granvassu
December 29, 2022

The depth and range of the music that jazz players have put on record in 2022 are so big that summarizing this “year in jazz" by selecting only ten albums feels akin to taking the photo of a breath-taking landscape with an ultra-low resolution camera... Ten years from now, how is one supposed to understand how ...

Beth Orton, Robin Holcomb, New Mastersounds, Harlem Gospel Travelers & More New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
November 1, 2022

Unbridled fun, the long tail of Hal Willner's work, an all-star band that celebrates 40 years of the Jazz sous les pommiers Festival, and jazz inspired by Maurice Ravel, soul, funk, gospel blues and folk are at the heart of this week's edition of Mondo Jazz. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo ...

Robin Holcomb: One Way or Another - Volume 1

by Vic Albani
October 17, 2022

"Ascoltate attentamente. Abbiamo bisogno di cose come questa." (Bill Frisell) In poco più di trentotto minuti Robin Holcomb distribuisce ancora una volta sapienza e bellezza. Conosco poche persone che comprendono sino in fondo la grandezza di Robin. Alcuni profondi amanti del movimento jazzistico che ha scolpito quello che si potrebbe chiamare il “new ...

Just in Bin: Delvon Lamarr, Irene Jalenti, Tony Malaby, Omri Ziegele, Marta Sanchez, and more

by David Brown
March 1, 2022

This week, recent releases, acquisitions and record store finds. Soul sounds from Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Sonny Stitt and Bunky Green, new releases from Tony Malaby, Rob Mazurek and Immanuel Wilkins, classics from Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson and the John Coltrane Trio, and more. Welcome friends and neighbors to The Jazz Continuum. Old, new, in, out... ...

Sara Schoenbeck

Label: Pyroclastic Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: O’Saris (with Harris Eisenstadt); Sand Dune Trilogy (with Nicole Mitchell); Lullaby (with Nels Cline); Chordata (with Roscoe Mitchell); Auger Strokes (with Matt Mitchell); Absence (with Mark Dresser); Anaphoria (with Wayne Horvitz); Suspend A Bridge (with Peggy Lee); Sugar (with Robin Holcomb).