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Trevor Dunn: Four Films
by Martin Longley
Trevor Dunn is chiefly known as a bassist, but this collection of soundtrack work displays his skills as composer and multi-instrumentalist, either working totally solo or by inviting out a small posse of guest players. Over the years, he's been involved with Mr. Bungle, Fantomas and John Zorn's Electric Masada, among many more, so it's gratifying ...
Daniel Zamir: I Believe
by Warren Allen
Since he first appeared in New York as a wildly blowing teenage alto saxophonist, Daniel Zamir has toned down just a little. An Israeli who grew closer to his Judaism while abroad, he has since returned to the Holy Land, and these days, plays exclusively soprano sax. I Believe, an American release, shows a fiery but ...
John Zorn: Filmworks XX: Sholem Aleichem
by Warren Allen
Composer John Zorn continues his remarkably productive 2008 (at least seven releases to his name so far) with Volume XX of his Filmworks series. Zorn assembled these pieces for the soundtrack to a documentary about Sholem Aleichem, the 19th century Jewish author whose character Tevye inspired Fiddler on the Roof. In the liner notes, ...
Trevor Dunn: Four Films
by Mark Corroto
Bassist Trevor Dunn is a witness-to-history kind of guy. A survey of his recordings finds him showing up in everything that has happened since the mid-1980s in both New York and on the West Coast. His bass can be heard anchoring important recordings from Mr. Bungle, the various and many projects of John Zorn, ...
Medeski, Martin and Wood: Zaebos: The Book of Angels Vol. 11
by Doug Collette
Master improvisers that they are, Medeski, Martin and Wood nevertheless do nothing without purpose. Their participation in John Zorn's Masada Series is just such a decisive action. Zaebos: The Book of Angels Vol. 11 was recorded in January and March of 2008, just prior to MMW's announcement of its year-long project dubbed “The Radiolarian Series" (whereby ...
Lou Reed/Laurie Anderson/John Zorn: The Stone: Issue Three
by George Kanzler
By the time the sax overblowing, guitar distortion and electric violin screeching overwhelmed the introductory solo guitar of “Stone One," the first of the three tracks that comprise this CD, my four dogs had all given their critical verdict, charging for the door with barks and howls. I persevered through the final 14 minutes of the ...
Anthony Braxton / Milford Graves / William Parker: Beyond Quantum
by Troy Collins
An unprecedented free jazz summit meeting of the highest order, Beyond Quantum features composer/multi-instrumentalist Anthony Braxton, percussionist Milford Graves and bassist William Parker in an impromptu blowing session recorded at Bill Laswell's studio. Anthony Braxton has been enjoying a well-deserved resurgence in popularity, courtesy of a growing discography that features collaborations with former students ...
Medeski, Martin & Wood: Zaebos: The Book of Angels Vol. 11
by Troy Collins
Composer John Zorn has entered what could cautiously be referred to as his mature period. His early game pieces have given way to neoclassical works heavily influenced by modernists such as Boulez, Ligeti and Xenakis, while his Hassidic-inspired Masada projects have gained him unprecedented mainstream popularity. Masada has roots deeper than its recorded history however; before ...
Maja S.K. Ratkje: River Mouth Echoes
by John Kelman
Multidisciplinary electro-acoustic composer/vocalist Maja Solveig Kjelstyrup Ratkje has, over the course of the past decade, built a significant reputation in her home country of Norway as an intrepid artist for whom few, if any, boundaries exist. No small achievement in a country filled with artists for whom nothing is forbidden and anything is possible. Known to ...
Cyro Baptista: Banquet of the Spirits
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
Exotic percussion, string and keyboard instruments were strewn across the stage of Joe's Pub in New York City on May 29th. Cyro Baptista rapped out a pattern and casually live-looped it to play against himself with handclaps, drums and birdcalls. His approach of maximizing each person's sound fuels his new group and CD Banquet of the ...
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