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Matana Roberts, Fay Victor, Liberty Ellman, Shayna Dulberger, And Qasim Naqvi Live At The Stone, Jan 15, 2016
Saxophonist Matana Roberts put together a brilliant series of bills for her residency at the Stone last week, January 12-17, drawing upon an eclectic array of musicians in promising formations, while paying tribute to the contemporaries that have impacted her, musically or personally, through the years she has spent in New York. One of the
Pulverize The Sound (2015)
Relative Pitch (CD) Personnel Peter Evans (trumpet) Tim Dahl (bass) Mike Pride (drums) Art is not entirely beautiful. Its ability to shape transcendent experience into material reality is often attached to aesthetic pleasure or “meaning,” but that isn’t to say such an angle requires consonance. Indeed, a large swath of art relies on confrontation, bewilderment
Craig Taborn At The Stone, January 2016
Craig Taborn played six nights at the Stone this past week in a highly anticipated residency. Taborn, who is widely regarded as one of the most talented and innovative piano players since he emerged in the mid-1990s, put on a broad range of fascinating performances. Each night featured different bands and he drew from his
The Caustic Ballads (2016)
Relative Pitch Records (CD) Released February 19, 2016. Recorded by Atticus Pomerantz. Mixed and Mastered by Jim Clouse. Photography by Bayley Sweitzer. Executive production by Kevin Reilly & Mike Panico. Personnel: Leila Bordreuil (cello) Michael Foster (saxophones) Track List: Born of Its Own Asphyxiation Pleasure and Cruelty Intimate Shrinkage of My Body and the Castration
Yoni Kretzmer 2-Bass Quartet Live At The Zurcher Gallery, April 25
Yoni Kretzmer has embraced a more lyrical voice on tenor saxophone over the past year. Evidence of his significant development in recent years as a musician, composer, and bandleader were on full display on Tuesday night at the Zürcher Gallery in Manhattan. The quartet played four pieces, many of which appear on their 2015 release
Sandra Weiss Quintet At 65FEN, April 18, 2016
I have never heard “environmental improvisation” used as a term, but it seems fitting to describe the music of the Sandra Weiss Quintet that I experienced at the 65Fen Series at Delroy’s Cafe and Wine Bar last night. The band is led by the Swiss reeds player (bassoon and alto saxophone) and is comprised of
She : A Multimedia Suite On Sexual Violence, Sandra Bland, And Healing
SHE premiered to a sold-out crowd at New York Live Arts on Monday, April 11. Conceived of by dancer and choreographer Jinah Parker, the performance included a sweeping array of art forms including video, poetry, storytelling, voice, instrumental music, a DJ, and of course dance. The suite was born out of a Parker’s desire to
R Train On The D Line (2016) By Brian Groder Trio
Brian Groder Trio Latham Records (CD) New York-based trumpeter/flugelhornist and composer Brian Groder is still relatively little-known, though he’s been a fixture in East Coast jazz communities since the 1980s. He made something of a splash on the creative music scene several years ago in collaborative recordings with pianist Burton Greene and reedist Sam Rivers,