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Andy Emler, Cécile Broché, Ember Trio & Maurice Louca
by Maurice Hogue
No visa or passports required for this edition of One Man's Jazz as the music is on a bit of European jaunt with artists from France: pianist Andy Emler, pianist Bruno Angelini & Papanosh; Belgium: violinist Cécile Broché & saxophonist Jordi Grognard; Norway: drummer Gard Nilssen; Switzerland: drummer Gerry Hemingway & saxophonist Christoph Irniger; Germany: drummer ...
Legendary Trumpeter/Composer Wadada Leo Smith To Premiere His Monumental New Work, America Transformed, At Brooklyn College From Sept. 8–11
At 81 years of age, Wadada Leo Smith is deep in the midst of the most creative and prolific period of an already formidable career. On the heels of a yearlong 80th birthday celebration that featured a number of dazzling performances along with several large-scale releases, the visionary composer and trumpeter will premiere his most monumental ...
Andrew Cyrille: Music Delivery / Percussion
by Mark Corroto
If Andrew Cyrille were a painter, he'd be Georges Seurat. If he were a poet, E. E. Cummings; a Tour de France Champion, Jacque Anqutiel; or a writer, Ian McEwan. The above masters are mentioned because Cyrille shares a command of colors, efficiency, grace, and language with his instrument equal to doyens in other disciplines. His ...
August 2023
by Pat Youngspiel
PJEV-Kit Downes-Hayden Chisholm Medna Roso Red Hook 2023 With the third release on his Red Hook label it is becoming increasingly clear that producer Sun Chung isn't trying to box his label's musical output into any specific jazz styling or avant-garde field of experimentation, but rather that music can and should ...
Tribute recordings for Mahavishu Orchestra, Miles Davis and John Coltrane
by Len Davis
A feature on tribute releases from The Mahavishnu Project, Yo Miles with Wadada Leo Smith and Henry Kaiser. Steve Morse with a tribute to Steely Dan. Steve Lukather pays tribute to John Coltrane and Mike Stern plays Miles Davis. The music of Jeff Beck from Eric Johnson and and the band Trinity pay tribute to Weather ...
Euphorium_freakestra: Free Acoustic Supergroup
by Mark Corroto
Thanks to pianist and director Oliver Schwerdt, the Euphorium_freakestra is and always has been a glorious experiment in organized disorganization. The double CD Free Acoustic Supergroup is the ensemble's seventh release. Schwerdt's experiments began with the single disc Ðal Ngai (Euphorium Records, 2004) and eventually the group's 3-CD Grande Casino (Euphorium Records, 2018). Ðal Ngai included ...
Ben Rosenblum, Teodross Avery, John Taylor and Others
by Jerome Wilson
This show is a mixture of older and newer jazz, featuring current artists like Teodross Avery and Ben Rosenblum and names from the past such as John Taylor and Booker Little. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air ...
Wadada Leo Smith, Greg Spero and Berklee Indian ensemble
by Len Davis
Wadada Leo Smith with his latest Fire Illuminations, the latest from guitarist Cory Wong, and pianist Greg Spero. UK band Loam from Featherbrained, Japanese band Jizue, and Drift Lab featuring guitarist Matteo Mancusco. The Berklee Indian Ensemble from Shuruaat. Plus MAMOGI with Mohini Dey and Austrian band EKKO 3 featuring guitarist Gerald Gradwohl.Playlist Echoes ...
Lesley Mok, M.E.B., Gebhard Ullmann & Andre Carvalho
by Maurice Hogue
This edition could be compared to a tasting menu at some hip London restaurant--a taste of this, a taste of that. Sampled this time around are new releases from Portuguese label Clean Feed guitarist Andre Carvalho and the Space Quartet), Italian band Mr. Noe, new English ensemble Uroboro, saxophonist Kevin Sun's The Depths Of Memory, German ...
Satoko Fujii: One Hundred And Counting!
by Doug Collette
Satoko Fujii is that rare artist whose technical and intuitive talents are as readily apparent in collaboration with others as when she is working on her own. To that end, she seems bent on exploring as deeply as possible the innumerable combinations of musicians and instruments available to her. And that's not to mention the variety ...
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