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Nik Turner: Bringing the Music to the People
by Jack Gold-Molina
Nik Turner is perhaps best known as the founding saxophonist and flautist for pioneering “space rock" band Hawkwind. As well as contributing to the profound influence that this band has had on rock and punk with its focus on community and grassroots movements--including its many benefit shows and long-standing support of England's free festivals, Turner may ...
Alonzo Holliday: The Archaeology of Out-Bop
by Gordon Marshall
Frank Turek's dream: he is in a smoky bar where jazz floats in the background. Coming up to sit down next to him is a hip, old cat who begins to tell him stories of playing sax in bands in the early '40s. He introduces himself as Alonzo Holliday. Back to waking life, in the '90s: ...
The Godforgottens: Never Forgotten, Always Remembered
by Mark Corroto
A Scandinavian supergroup of sorts, The Godforgottens met for this recording session in 2006 and pianist Sten Sandell happened to spot a Hammond B3 organ in the corner. Having never played one before, he instantly shaped the direction and feel of this performance out of this spontaneous decision to have a go at it. The three ...
Artie Shaw: Classic Bluebird and Victor Sessions
by Samuel Chell
Artie ShawClassic Bluebird and Victor SessionsMosaic Records2009Shortly after its critically acclaimed box set comprising clarinetist Benny Goodman's essential recordings-- The Columbia and Okeh Benny Goodman Orchestra Sessions (2009), which was released to coincide with the centenary of the “King of Swing"--Mosaic Records has done it again. The Classic ...
Julius Vasylenko: Seeing Stars
by Gordon Marshall
Julius Vasylenko has earthy charisma. Because of his accent, people who come into his purlieu immediately assume an association with elite British improvisers. “Did he hang with Derek Bailey?" they wonder...I could say Vasylenko, a multi-reed and saxophonist now based in Boston, was John Butcher's and Evan Parker's kid brother. However, it ...
Buenos Aires Jazz Festival 2009: Orchestra National de Jazz is Fantãstico
by R.J. DeLuke
Second Buenos Aires International Jazz Festival '09, Part 2December 3-8, 2009 Buenos Aires International Jazz Festival '09 holds up its “international" status with outstanding groups from most all South American countries, as well as the United States, France and Spain. It's hard to imagine it could have done better in dealing with French cultural officials ...
Joe McPhee at Cafe Oto, London
by John Sharpe
Joe McPhee Cafe Oto London, England December 11, 2009 When the eerie vocalized wail first manifested itself, the audience was left looking for the source. But it quickly became apparent that, even though his facial expression didn't betray the burden, saxophonist Joe McPhee was generating the noise at ...
Part 6 - Brooklyn's Akoya Afrobeat
by Chris May
Akoya AfrobeatP.D.P. President Dey PassAfrobomb Music2008 Among the spin-off benefits which are following the success of the hit Broadway musical Fela!, and the attendant media interest in Afrobeat, is the revitalization of the Brooklyn band Akoya Afrobeat. Formed in 2002, Akoya was off radar for much of ...
Sun Ra Quartet in Italy, 1978
by Robert Dugan
The poet T.S. Eliot said “Mankind cannot take too much reality." Some people feel the same about keyboard player, bandleader and composer Sun Ra. Approaching Ra's output, both concert and studio recordings, can be daunting even for the initiated. Because the music was originally released in haphazard fashion, and has gone in and out of print ...
Sun Ra (featuring Pharoah Sanders & Black Harold)
By Sun Ra
Label: ESP-Disk
Released: 2009
Track listing: Cosmic Interpretation; The Other World; The second Stop is Jupiter;
The Now tomorrow; Discipline; Gods on a Safari; The World Shadow;
Rocket Number 9; The Voice of Pan; Dawn Over Israel; Space Mates.
