Leader: collaborative Years Active: 2014-present Personnel: Nate Wooley: trumpet Dave Rempis: alto saxophone Pascal Niggenkemper: bass Chris Corsano: drums Albums: From Wolves to Whales (Aerophonic, 2014) Live Performances: Date Venue Media 2014 Feb 9 Legion Bar Feb 8 Spectrum
Rooted in the contemporary avant-garde jazz scene, with this project saxophonist and composer Yoni Kretzmer takes a daring step towards integrating chamber music and jazz. New Dilemma’s unique instrumentation alone brings to mind a multitude of associations, from early baroque to contemporary free jazz. The compositions aim to blur the gap between written and improvised
Raoul Bjorkenheim, William Parker, Hamid Drake – DMG @ the Stone: December 26, 2006, vol. 2 (Downtown Music Gallery, 2008) William Parker Double Quartet – Alphaville Suite: Music Inspired by the Jean Luc-Godard Film (Rogue Art, 2008) Andrew Drury – The Drum (Soup and Sound, 2015) Michelle Arcila and Eivind Opsvik – A Thousand Ancestors
Every time I see Patrick Breiner perform, it makes me believe in something again. His music grabs hold of me as a listener and speaks, “You are alive! This is the moment. Breathe. See. Hear.” Maybe it is the growing cold and dark of the season. Or the drudgery of daily life. Or the cultural
On November 17, 2014, legendary bassist William Parker invited me to his apartment on the Lower East Side to talk about his musical philosophy. I had approached him about an interview after a gig he did in Brooklyn the previous month, introducing myself as a writer who focuses on “young and emerging artists.” He had
One of the greatest musical sensations to hit New York City in the past year, the four-saxophone group Battle Trance is completing its U.S. Tour with a turn through the southern United States before taking their music to the Midwest. Here are the confirmed dates: Jan 24: Pyramid Atlantic — Silver Spring, MD Jan 25:
Last playlist for 2014! Happy New Year to all! Charles Mingus – Mingus in Stuttgart, April 28, 1964 Concert (Unique Jazz) [vinyl] David Helbock Trio – Aural Colors (Traumton, 2014) Kenny Warren – Laila & Smitty (Pretty Polymorphous, 2014) William Parker – I Plan to Stay a Believer: The Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield (AUM
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 19,000 times in 2014. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 7 sold-out performances for that many
Kidd Jordan, Hamid Drake, William Parker – Palm of Soul (AUM Fidelity, 2006) Mat Maneri – Acceptance (Hat Hut, 1998) Kris Davis – Capricorn Climber (Clean Feed, 2013) Book of Three – Continuum (2012) (Relative Pitch, 2013)
Yoni Kretzmer, Pascal Niggenkemper, Weasel Walter – Protest Music (Out Now, 2014) Lukas Ligeti & Thollem McDonas – Imaginary Images (Leo, 2014) Ananda Gari – T-Duality (Auand, 2014) Ballister (Dave Rempis, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Paal Nilssen-Love) – Worse for the Wear (Aerophonic, 2014) Lisa Mezzacappa’s Bait & Switch – Comeuppance (Not Two, 2013) Matt Lavelle &
