Home » Search Center » Results: Tim Daisy

Results for "Tim Daisy"

175

Article: Album Review

Vox Arcana: Aerial Age

Read "Aerial Age" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
August 30, 2010

A list of influences including John Cage, Morton Feldman, Terry Riley, La Monte Young and Anthony Braxton is not the norm for a drummer-led ensemble, and gives notice that preconceptions are about to be challenged. These are the diverse inspirations Tim Daisy draws upon in Aerial Age, the sophomore offering from Vox Arcana, his vehicle exploring ...

316

Article: Album Review

Vox Arcana: Aerial Age

by Nic Jones
July 27, 2010

This is drummer Tim Daisy's working trio. His other work with Ken Vandermark has in recent years mapped out new territory for the always vibrant Chicago creative music scene. Daisy's compositions make up the whole program on this title and it's clear from them that his influences range from that city to schools outside of the ...

362

Article: Album Review

Jason Ajemian: Protest Heaven

Read "Protest Heaven" reviewed by Mark Corroto

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 ...

680

Article: Live Review

Umbrella Music Festival 2009

by A. Henkin
December 20, 2009

Umbrella Music FestivalChicago, ILNovember 5-8, 2009 If jazz is to survive in a modern world without the support of major labels or corporate funding, it will be through the efforts of organizations like Umbrella Music, “a group of Chicago-based musicians and presenters working together to provide concert opportunities for creative and improvising musicians." ...

375

Article: Album Review

Josh Berman / Aram Shelton / Weasel Walter: Last Distractions

Read "Last Distractions" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
September 25, 2009

Last Distractions is a highly ambitious project, undertaken with just two horns and a drummer--three horns, actually, as reedist Aram Shelton plays two different ones. This trio of Shelton, cornetist Josh Berman and drummer Weasel Walter has set its sights on a determined and inspiring set of improvised music. The Chicago jazz scene is the inspiration ...

554

Article: Live From New York

September 2009

by AAJ Staff
September 12, 2009

Jenny ScheinmanLe Poisson RougeNew York City August 4, 2009The chameleon-like but ever electric Nels Cline seemed at first to be an unusual partner for violinist Jenny Scheinman, but if anything the guitarist knows how to make things work and he pushed the quartet (with bassist Matt Penman and drummer Jim ...

322

Article: Album Review

James Falzone / Klang: Tea Music

Read "Tea Music" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
August 10, 2009

The much-admired 1950s work of clarinetist Jimmy Giuffre is the inspiration for James Falzone's quartet, known as Klang. But like most things emanating from the insular world of Chicago jazz, the signature is never forged. Falzone, a clarinetist, has explored many musical forms, from classical and chamber music to French folk and jazz. He ...

341

Article: Multiple Reviews

Tim Daisy: Tea Music, The Disappointment of Parsley & Staying in the Game

by Kurt Gottschalk
August 2, 2009

Klang Tea Music Allos Documents 2009 The Dave Rempis Percussion Quartet The Disappointment of Parsley Not Two 2009 Fred Anderson Staying in the Game Engine 2009 ...

517

Article: Multiple Reviews

Ken Vandermark Vinyl Blowout!

by Robert Iannapollo
April 4, 2009

Ken Vandermark Reonance Ensemble Resonance Not Two 2009 Vandermark 5 Four Sides To The Story Not Two 2009 Ken Vandermark has had a productive relationship with the Polish label Not ...