Results for "Thumbscrew"

Andrew D’Angelo’s DNA Orchestra, Barrage & Luis Nubiola

by Maurice Hogue
September 2, 2020

The size of a group means nothing. There's as much fantastic music created by a trio as there is by a big band. This episode of OMJ attempts to prove that with sparkling new music from trios (Jason Robinson, Bruno Räberg & Bob Weiner -a definite must on my faves of 2020 list, Cuban/Polish saxophonist Luis ...

Mark Harvey Group, Thumbscrew & Rez Abbasi

by Maurice Hogue
August 26, 2020

No matter who pianist Russ Lossing chooses for his various trio projects, they always work! His new Mood Suite, with Mark Helias on bass and Eric McPherson on drums is excellent. Although Lossing has played with Helias and McPherson over the past two decades, they've never played as a trio before. Musical osmosis must work, because ...

Thumbscrew: The Anthony Braxton Project

by Mark Sullivan
August 23, 2020

The Thumbscrew trio celebrates avant-garde legend Anthony Braxton's 75th birthday with this project. Given access to the Tricentric Archives of Braxton's work, they focused on previously unrecorded pieces by the composer, multi-wind master and bandleader. In addition to their playing history together guitarist Mary Halvorson, double bassist Michael Formanek and drummer/vibraphonist Tomas Fujiwara have all had ...

Lynn Cassiers, AHL6, Alessandra Novaga & New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
August 22, 2020

A Belgian vocalist that turns the Great American Songbook inside out, young Austrian creative minds, female guitar experimentalists, an all female ensemble and the band that brings the Allman Brothers spirit to Rahsaan Roland Kirk town... To find out more, I guess you'll have to click on the player and find out for yourself!

A focus on Tom Rainey, Ingrid Laubrock and Mary Halvorson

by Bob Osborne
July 23, 2020

On this show we feature some exciting new albums from Vanessa Perica, Dan Pocetti and Noshir Mody The main focus is on the work of Tom Rainey, Ingrid Laubrock and Mary Halvorson with music from the first album released under Rainey's name and then each musician explored in other projects. These selections clearly ...

Thumbscrew

Ours

By Thumbscrew

Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: Snarling Joys; Saturn Way; Cruel Heartless Bastards; Smoketree; Thumbprint; One Day; Rising Snow; Words that Rhyme with Spangle (angle bangle dangle jangle mangel mangle strangle tangle wangle wrangle); Unconditional.

Mark Sullivan's Best Releases of 2018

by Mark Sullivan
December 26, 2018

2018 was another year with too many favorites to choose from. I'm struck by the number of “extended ensembles" on my list: groups of eight or more, including a chamber orchestra plus jazz group. It was also an exceptionally good year for RareNoiseRecords, making it hard for me to stop at three albums. This list is ...

Thumbscrew: Ours & Theirs

by Mark Sullivan
November 25, 2018

Thumbscrew is an occasional project for three very busy contemporary jazz musicians. Guitarist Mary Halvorson, double bassist Michael Formanek and drummer Tomas Fujiwara have crossed paths numerous times on their own projects. All three of them participated in Michael Formanek's Ensemble Kolossus: The Distance (ECM, 2016), on Tomas Fujiwara & The Hook Up: After All Is ...

Cuong Vu, Phil Schurger, Cluttertones and More

by Maurice Hogue
October 24, 2018

Check out some great music from new releases, from the avant-garde/Middle Eastern/North African fusion of Ensemble Fanaa, to trumpeter Cuong Vu's quartet with Bill Frisell; from Chicago guitarist Phil Schurger to New Orleans drummer Billie Davies; from poet Vince Bell to pianist Ran Blake with singer Christine Correa. Plus a set from three excellent German groups ...