Playscape Recordings will officially welcome The Fonda/Stevens Group to its roster with the September 29th release of Memphis (PSR#033108), the eminent ensemble’s 11th recording. Only the fourth studio release in the band’s two-decade existence, Memphis was recorded at the end…
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Playscape Recordings To Release The Fonda/Stevens Group's Memphis September 29th
June 30, 2009 – 9:02 am
Paste: Infernal Machines Among 2009's Best So Far
June 30, 2009 – 9:02 am
Paste‘s Andy Whitman lists the 10 best albums he’s heard so far in 2009, plus a long list of honorable mentions, in his June 29th post on the magazine’s blog. Number eight on his list is Infernal Machines (New Amsterdam…
Taylor Ho Bynum Trio At Vancouver Jazz Fest Tomorrow Night
June 30, 2009 – 9:01 am
On Wednesday, July 1st at 8:00 p.m., cornetist/composer Taylor Ho Bynum’s longstanding trio with guitarist Mary Halvorson and drummer Tomas Fujiwara will perform at the Roundhouse Performance Centre as part of the TD Canada Trust Vancouver International Jazz Festival. Bynum…
Nate Chinen Reviews Mary Halvorson Trio/Quintet At Joe's Pub
June 29, 2009 – 8:19 pm
Nate Chinen reviews the Mary Halvorson Trio & Quintet’s Sunday night gig at New York’s Joe’s Pub in a post on his new blog, The Gig. “Halvorson specializes in strangely tuneful provocations, and that was as true on Sunday as…
AllMusic.com: Darcy James Argue's Infernal Machines
June 29, 2009 – 9:22 am
“If you enjoy the efforts of Gil Evans, Bob Brookmeyer, Carla Bley, Maria Schneider, Guillermo Klein, NOJO or Jason Lindner’s big band in modern times,” writes Michael G. Nastos in his newly posted review of Infernal Machines at AllMusic.com, “you’ll…
AAJ-NY Reviews The Thirteenth Assembly's (Un)sentimenal
June 29, 2009 – 9:21 am
Sean Fitzell reviews The Thirteenth Assembly‘s debut CD, (un)sentimental (Important Records), in the July issue of AllAboutJazz-New York. “Guitarist Mary Halvorson, violist Jessica Pavone, cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum and drummer Tomas Fujiwara have longstanding duo and trio permutations and to…
Mary Halvorson Trio And Quintet At Joe's Pub This Sunday
June 26, 2009 – 7:55 am
Guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson will perform with her newest project, an expanded version of her trio featuring trumpeter Jonathan Finlayson and saxophonist Jon Irabagon, at Joe’s Pub in New York this Sunday, June 28th at 7:00 p.m. Check out these listings…
AMG Reviews Morris/Cancura/Gray's Wildlife
June 26, 2009 – 7:53 am
Phil Freeman’s review of the forthcoming Joe Morris/Petr Cancura/Luther Gray recording, Wildlife (AUM Fidelity), is now posted at AllMusic.com. He writes, “There’s a lot of Ayler in Cancura’s tone; he’s a powerful player with a strong sense of melody, always…
Avant Music News Picks: John Hébert + Carl Maguire's Floriculture
June 26, 2009 – 7:52 am
AvantMusicNews.com has selected the new June releases from John Hébert and Carl Maguire’s Floriculture on Firehouse 12 Records among its Picks of the Week.
NY Times: Carl Maguire's Floriculture At Monkey Town
June 25, 2009 – 12:27 pm
Ben Ratliff reviews Tuesday night’s CD release performance by Carl Maguire’s Floriculture at Brooklyn’s Monkey Town in today’s New York Times. The band, which features Maguire (keyboards), Stephanie Griffin (viola), Oscar Noriega (clarinets), John Hébert (bass) and Dan Weiss (drums), was…