Peru, is there any space inside you? Is anybody listening to anything? How can I determine, or even simply understand your complex and varied mind? Such a diverse people, millions each consuming different cultural products. A mosaic of options, an unlimited space of possibilities which is brought to reality through a very refined process of
Since moving to New York City in 2000, violist and composer Jessica Pavone has become one of the most captivating musicians in the avant-garde music scene – performing in countless groups from improvisation to folk and so on. Working on a multitude of projects, Pavone has led her own string ensemble, performed in the quartet,
In January, I had the opportunity to ask Sarah Bernstein (violin, electronics, poetry, composer) about her new record, Crazy Lights Shining, released in 2018 on the Phase Frame Music label. Bernstein is a singular player on the New York scene, with more than two decades of work, numerous records, and a number of key projects
Wadada Leo Smith & Sabu Toyozumi – Burning Meditation (NoBusiness, 2018) Jessica Pavone – Silent Spills (Relative Pitch, 2016) Paco Casanova, Dylan Fujioka, Patrick Shiroishi – Kage Cometa (FMR Records, 2018) Miles Davis – ‘Round about Midnight (Columbia, 1955) Clifford Brown and Max Roach – Study in Brown (EmArcy, 1955)
On his 2016 album, No Filter, Saxophonist James Brandon Lewis dug deep into the possibilities of the Jazz trio. With heavy Funk-Rock excursions, Hip Hop infusions and fiery free music, the album’s compositions were densely textured and impeccably performed. Expanding to a quintet with Jaimie Branch (trumpet), Luke Stewart (bass), Anthony Pirog (guitar) and Warren
As the second set at Spectrum on January 4 (following the trio of Kate Gentile, Brandon Seabrook, and Matt Mitchell that I reviewed yesterday), tenor saxophonist Anna Webber played “five short pieces.” In the course of her set, she demonstrated the many different forms her music can take. The first piece opened with high-pitched repetition
Mattin – Songbook #7 (Munster, 2019) [vinyl] Cecil Taylor – In Florescence (A&M, 1990) [vinyl] Ingrid Laubrock – Contemporary Chaos Practices (Intakt, 2018) William Parker Clarinet Trio – Bob’s Pink Cadillac (Eremite, 2001) William Parker – For Those Who Are, Still (AUM Fidelity, 2015) Liudas Mokunas – Hydro 2 (NoBusiness, 2018) Michael Foster, Katherine Young, Michael Zerang – Bind the Hand(s) that
Three idiosyncratic players, drummer Kate Gentile, guitarist and banjoist Brandon Seabrook, and pianist Matt Mitchell came together at Spectrum for an interesting set of music. All three musicians are composers and each contributed pieces to this collective unit. The ways that the three fit together in different ways throughout the night was the driving narrative
The New Experience is a music series at Hart Bar in Bushwick, Brooklyn. It’s aimed at giving audience members something each night that they have not experienced before. It features a variety of experimental and improvised music as well as edgy or avant-rock, hip hop, or punk, as well as video projections and a DJ
Since its earliest days on record, Hip Hop has not only taken inspiration from Jazz via sampling, it has quite literally plucked at its musical body, carrying aspects of Jazz’s DNA into the future. More recently, Jazz musicians have become adept at referencing the rhythmic tension as well as the stylistic and textural breadth that
