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Foot Job Band and Tongs: between porno, rock and a jazz place
by Mark Corroto
Back in 1980s and early 1990s in New York, musicians were reinventing jazz and the “downtown scene," as it was called, was focused on the The Knitting Factory club. Artists like saxophonists John Zorn, John Lurie and Thomas Chapin, guitarist Marc Ribot and cellist Tom Cora became famous. While they were schooled in the traditional, their ...
Michael Musillami Trio + 3: From Seeds
by Robert Iannapollo
Connecticut-based Michael Musillami is a guitarist firmly rooted in the modern post-Coltrane jazz tradition but not above applying a rock-ish tone and aggression at times to good effect, as heard on the title track to From Seeds. His early work with the late saxophonist Thomas Chapin is worth seeking out but he really came into his ...
Ned Rothenberg
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
Twisting alto and tenor saxophone lines gradually coalesced then dispersed, tacking between consonance and dissonance as Ned Rothenberg and Evan Parker launched their recent duo gig at Issue Project Room. Long circular-breathed patterns were punctuated with overblown tones before the two exchanged almost bluesy lines, complementing and responding in a taut dialogue of fluent masters.
Lift Off! Remembering Thomas Chapin - Concerts Mark Decade Since the Passing of Avant Jazz Master
LIFT OFF! REMEMBERING THOMAS CHAPIN CONCERTS MARK DECADE SINCE THE PASSING OF AVANT JAZZ MASTER New York, NY - Rarely in a musical movement has a player left an indelible mark on those with whom he collaborated and those listeners with whom he enthralled more than the late NYC avant jazz saxist, Thomas Chapin. ...
Ride
Label: Playscape Recordings
Released: 2007
Track listing: Anima; Pet Scorpion; Night Bird Song; Aeolus; Bad Birdie; Changes Two Tires; Ticket to Ride.
Music Man
Featuring the music of Thomas Chapin
Duration: 11:59
Musicians: Thomas Chapin, flute, sax, keyboard, percussion & objects; Saul Rubin, guitar; Thad Wheeler, percussion; Arthur Kell, bass. Film Directed and Edited by Terri Castillo-Chapin.
Related Link: Thomas Chapin: Remembering a Force
Thomas Chapin Trio: Ride
by Jeff Stockton
When leukemia claimed Thomas Chapin at the age of forty in 1998, his mixture of the avant garde and the accessible placed him and his rhythm section at the verge of jazz stardom. Already a downtown NYC legend, Chapin was among the first artists to perform at the Knitting Factory and the first to be signed ...
Ride
Label: Playscape Recordings
Released: 2006
Track listing: Anima; Pet Scorpion; Night Bird Song; Aeolus; Bad Birdie; Changes Two Tires; Ticket To Ride.
Thomas Chapin Trio: Ride
by AAJ Italy Staff
Tomas Chapin, talentuoso multistrumentista deceduto nel 1998 a soli quarant’anni per un male incurabile, non solo ha attraversato la scena downtown newyorchese con la passione e la vitalità della propria visione musicale, ma i suoi dischi e i suoi concerti hanno marchiato indelebilmente un decennio ricco di fermenti e di svolte importanti negli sviluppi della musica ...
Thomas Chapin Trio: Ride
by Jerry D'Souza
Thomas Chapin cast a giant shadow on this concert recorded at the North Sea Jazz Festival in 1995. Chapin brought bassist Mario Pavone and drummer Michael Sarin along--a stellar cast which delivered a stellar performance. Chapin, who passed away in 1998, had the imagination that took his compositions into different realms. He never let freedom get ...
