Results for "Wig"

Moods For Roswell

Label: Wig
Released: 2020
Track listing: Sootywing / Black Butterfly; Catskill Cyclist / Sonnet For Caesar; Two Ways / Wig Wise; Cool And Gentle / Mr. Gentle Mr. Cool; Hopkins Rudd / Jack The Bear; Little March / Klop; Sweet Stumblings / Sweet Mama; Handwoven / Creole Blues; Take Turns / Tonk; Moods For Roswell / In A Sentimental Mood.

Duo Baars-Buis: Moods For Roswell

by Mark Corroto
July 21, 2020

It is difficult to think of a better way of honoring the memory of trombonist Roswell Rudd than through the music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. Rudd (1935-2017), the eternal avant-gardist, maintained a firm foundation in the jazz tradition. Even when he was working in the New York Art Quartet or collaborating with Archie Shepp ...

And She Speaks - A Collection Of Ballads

By Ab Baars

Label: Wig
Released: 2018
Track listing: Saji Deep Saffron; Body And Soul Cerulean Blue; And She Speaks Purple Amaranth; Naima Blue Saphir; Solitude Cadmium Yellow; And The Moon Swam Back; Poor Wheel Persian Blue; We’ll Be Together Again Blue Amber; Blame It On My Youth Cadmium Red.

Ab Baars: And She Speaks - A Collection Of Ballads

by Mark Corroto
June 25, 2018

Mike Doughty of the rock band Soul Coughing wrote the lyric “is Chicago, Is Not Chicago..." to the song of the same name, followed by “a man cuts in half, just like he snaps a pencil..." The same could be said of And She Speaks -A Collection Of Ballads by saxophonist / clarinetist Ab Baars. This ...

Trandans

By Duo Baars Henneman & Dave Burrell

Label: Wig
Released: 2017
Track listing: Trandans; Fyllevägen; Dis vid Hulan; Laggarebo; De Knutiga Aplarna; Regn Segel; Rassel Runt Brunnen; Korsekebacken.

Duo Baars Henneman & Dave Burrell: Trandans

by Karl Ackermann
April 20, 2017

Dutch multi-reedist Ab Baars has been active, mostly in Europe, since the 1970s, recording for several labels on the continent and touring in both rock and jazz capacities. His unique style had been dubbed “Ab Music" by the late Misha Mengelberg with whom he had recorded Circus (Instant Composers Pool, 2006) along with Han Bennick. More ...

Slate Blue

By Ab Baars

Label: Wig
Released: 2015
Track listing: Hout; Oestermes; Water; Steen; Kauw; Karmozijn; Fanfare; Rode Wurger; Raaf; Taan.

Invisible Blow

By Ab Baars

Label: Wig
Released: 2015
Track listing: Small Prayer; Consolatio; Interrotte Speranze; The Loser; Experience; The Descent; Sometimes; Ontbreken; Whistle; Only the Wind; The Mummy.

Ab Baars Trio: Slate Blue

by Mark Corroto
May 27, 2015

There used to be something about the Dutch jazz scene that made it stand out from American jazz, British jazz, and well, other European happenings. The “New Dutch Swing," to borrow the title from Kevin Whitehead's 1998 book, comprised an irreverent brand of music making, with little regard to tradition. Dutch players leaned heavily on Dada ...

Ab Baars Trio: Slate Blue

by Neri Pollastri
May 13, 2015

Nelle sue recentissime risposte al “Questionario di Proust", Ab Baars affermava che il tratto per lui caratteristico della propria musica sia l'essere “allegramente ostinata." L'ascolto di questo Slate Blue, ultimo lavoro del suo trio con Wilbert De Joode e Martin Van Duynhoven dà una buona esemplificazione di tale definizione: nella sua ostinata complessità, infatti, la musica ...