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Tim Sparks: Little Princess
by Elliott Simon
The Klezmer revival began in earnest in the '80s, when the repertoires of clarinetists Naftule Brandwein and Dave Tarras were rediscovered by a new generation of jazz, avant-garde and folk musicians. Instrumentalists, primarily violinists and clarinetists, tried to sound like these two giants while also integrating other more rhythmically complex musics. At one point the last ...
John King: 10 Mysteries
by Wilbur MacKenzie
The point where composition and improvisation meet is often a quite perforated boundary. For a composer looking to engage performers as both interpreters of composed music and also as improvisers, the question of notation becomes of great importance. Composers have long looked to implement systems that determine certain aspects of a performer's behavior but leave other ...
Roberto Rodriguez: Timba Talmud
by Elliott Simon
A killer Latin rhythm section combined with soulful Jewish melodies is just one aspect of what makes Timba Talmud, from percussionist Roberto Rodriguez, such an infectious delicacy. Sexteto Rodriguez, as the band is now called, has been the premier vehicle for Rodriguez to showcase his strong compositions that, like a good Cuban sofrito or a tasty ...
John Zorn: Femina
by Martin Longley
There are two notable elements to this album, before even listening to its contents. One is that composer John Zorn has created a work that pays tribute to female creators (his name checks include Yoko Ono, Agatha Christie and Joan Of Arc). The other is that he's making a return to his fabled file-card system of ...
John Zorn: O'o
by Stuart Broomer
When John Zorn released The Dreamers (Tzadik) in 2008, it might have seemed like a temporary aberration: Zorn the master of the arbitrary (Cobra), the cutting edge (Torture Garden) and the anarchic (too many projects to mention) had embraced the genres of lounge and 1950s exotica to produce music that, perhaps ironically, approached easy listening, building ...
Evan Parker: House Full Of Floors
by Mark Corroto
For three stalwarts of the British improvising scene, saxophonist Evan Parker, guitarist John Russell, and bassist John Edwards, getting together for an improvised recording was as natural as three old friends meeting for a round of golf, or possibly a hike in the countryside. Their approach to music making and improvisation is openly conversant ...
House Full Of Floors
By Evan Parker
Label: Tzadik
Released: 2009
Track listing: Three Of A Kind; Donne's Banjo; Ca-la-ba-son; Figure Dancing; Aka AK; Kabala-sum-sum-sum; Shown Jot; House Full Of Floors; Wind Up.
