Interviews Mary Halvorson (March Artist Feature) Tomas Fujiwara short interviews (part 1, part 2) Videos Matt Lavelle’s 12 Houses Live at the Firehouse Space Thollem McDonas and Lukas Ligeti Live at Spectrum Michael T.A. Thompson Live at First Street Green (Arts for Art) Playlist Week of March 23, 2015
Band: Michael T.A. Thompson Trio with Daniel Carter, Chris Sullivan Videographer: Don Mount
Band: Matt Lavelle’s 12 Houses (Matt Lavelle, Art Baron, Tim Stocker, Charles Waters, Ras Moshe, Biggi Vinkeloe, Lee Odom, Laura Ortman, Stephanie Griffin, Gil Selinger, Jack DeSalvo, Francois Grillot, Chris Forbes, John Pietaro, Ryan Sawyer, Anais Maviel; Signe Dahlgreen makes a guest appearance on the 2nd set) Videographer: Don Mount 1st Set 2nd Set
Band: Thollem McDonas, Lukas Ligeti Videographer: Kevin Reilly
Ingrid Laubrock, Ralph Alessi, Kris Davis, Tom Rainey – LARK (Skirl, 2013) Steffen Schleiermacher – Soviet Avant Garde, vol. 1 (Hat Hut, 1996) Steffen Schleiermacher – Soviet Avant Garde, vol. 2 (Hat Hut, 1999) Jeff Cosgrove, Frank Kimbrough, Martin Wind – Conversations with Owls (Grizzley, 2015) Vox Arcana – Aerial Age (Allos Documents, 2010) Vox
Guitarist Mary Halvorson has two exciting new records coming out this year. The first, with bassist Stephan Crump, is the sophomore effort of their collaborative duo, Secret Keeper. The music they create together features rich, sensual, earthy sounds set upon a palate of sound that includes dashes of necessary tension amidst foreboding resonance. A truly
Jon Lundbom and Big Five Chord – Jeremiah (Hot Cup, 2014) William Parker – At Somewhere There (Barnyard, 2010) Michel Doneda – Everybody Digs Michel Doneda (Relative Pitch, 2014) Jake Henry’s Sweet Talk – Glitterbomb (Prom Night) Hypercolor – self-titled (Tzadik, 2014) Thomas Borgmann, Peter Brotzmann, Borah Bergman – Blue Zoo (Konnex, 1997) Michael Foster
This is the second part of a multi-part interview with drummer and composer Tomas Fujiwara. His quintet, Tomas Fujiwara & the Hook Up will release their third studio album in April. Interview Cisco Bradley: Your brushwork is stunning in many contexts, but has really stood out with your band Thumbscrew (with Mary Halvorson and Michael
Videos Michael Foster-Ben Bennett Duo Live at Soup & Sound Pulverize the Sound Live at Manhattan Inn Chris Pitsiokos Trio Live at Ran Tea House Jonathan Moritz’ Secret Tempo Live at I-Beam (New York Tenor Saxophone Festival) Yoni Kretzmer 2Bass Quartet Live at I-Beam (New York Tenor Saxophone Festival) Ras Moshe Trio Live at I-Beam
Band: Pulverize the Sound Videographer: Don Mount
