The Distance – Michael Formanek and Ensemble Kolossus ECM (2016) Personnel: Loren Stillman (alto saxophone, flute) Oscar Noriega (alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet) Chris Speed (tenor saxophone, clarinet) Brian Settles (tenor saxophone, flute) Tim Berne (baritone saxophone) Dave Ballou (trumpet) Ralph Alessi (trumpet) Shane Endsley (trumpet) Kirk Knuffke (cornet) Alan Ferber (trombone) Jacob Garchik (trombone)
This past weekend, Cornelia Street Cafe hosted two significant record release concerts. On Friday, guitarist Mary Halvorson and bassist Stephan Crump teamed up with their Secret Keeper project to debut their second record, Emerge (Intakt). On Saturday, Tomas Fujiwara & the Hook Up (including Halvorson, Jonathan Finlayson, Brian Settles, and Michael Formanek) debuted their third
Part 3 of the April Artist Feature on Drummer/Composer Tomas Fujiwara Interview Cisco Bradley: I understand that you are both an avid basketball fan as well as a player of the sport. Do you absorb or incorporate any aspects of the rhythm or movement of the game into your music, compositions, or performance? Tomas Fujiwara:
Saxophonist Tony Malaby is one of the standouts of a generation of jazz musicians who got going in New York in the mid-1990s. A bold and fiery player, Malaby has made an impact on the New York scene over the past twenty years. Tony and I had the opportunity to discuss his new record, Somos
Eric Dolphy – Stockholm Sessions (Enja, 2007) Eric Dolphy – The Complete Uppsala Concert (Gambit) Eric Dolphy – The Illinois Concert (Blue Note, 1999) Michael Formanek – Small Places (ECM, 2012) Eric Dolphy – Out to Lunch (Blue Note, 1964) McCoy Tyner – The Real McCoy (1967) Eric Dolphy – Outward Bound (Prestige, 1960) Nate
Ross Hammond’s Humanity Suite – self-titled (Prescott, 2014) [LP] Dave Rempis & Tim Daisy – Back to the Circle (Okkadisk, 2005) Dave Rempis Percussion Quartet – The Disappointment of Parsley (Not Two, 2009) Kendra Shank & John Stowell – New York Conversations (Montreux Jazz, 2013) Thumbscrew – self-titled (Cuneiform, 2014) Collective 4tet – Live at
Tatsuya Nakatani – Nakatani Gong Orchestra (Taiga, 2013) [vinyl] Ras Moshe – Live Spirits, vol. 3 (Utech, 2006) Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey Duo – And Other Desert Towns (Relative Pitch, 2014) Dylan Ryan’s Sand – Sky Bleached (Cuneiform, 2013) Landon Knoblock’s CACAW – Stellar Power (Skirl, 2013) Wheelhouse – Boss of the Plains (Aerophonic, 2012) Ras
Record Release Thumbscrew (Mary Halvorson, Michael Formanek, Tomas Fujiwara) is set to release its first record on Cuneiform January 21! Thumbscrew is absolutely dynamite in the live setting, so this studio record is sure to be incredible. The music just builds and builds in intensity. Live Review Check out my review of their live performance
