“Tapestries for Small Orchestra is a powerful achievement, an acknowledgement of what has come before and a slate-wiping/opening-up for things to come,” writes Clifford Allen in his unusually in-depth review of eminent trumpeter/composer Bill Dixon’s recent Firehouse 12 Records release in…
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Vancouver’s Time Flies Improvised Music Festival Begins Tonight
February 4, 2010 – 9:15 am
It’s been an incredible week for music in Vancouver. This past weekend, the city became the center of the Anthony Braxton universe, hosting not only the legendary saxophonist/composer’s 12+1tet, but also the day-long world premiere of the Sonic Genome Project….
AAJ-NY: KLANG's Tea Music
August 5, 2009 – 8:19 am
Kurt Gottschalk reviews Tea Music (Allos Documents), the forthcoming debut release from clarinetist/composer James Falzone‘s quartet KLANG, in the August issue of AllAboutJazz-New York. The group features vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz, bassist Jason Roebke and drummer Tim Daisy. The conceptual framing…
Free Jazz: Joe Morris' Wildlife + Carl Maguire's Sided Silver Solid
August 4, 2009 – 9:27 am
Last week, while we were away enjoying an all-too-rare vacation from our electronic devices, Stef Gijssels reviewed both Joe Morris/Petr Cancura/Luther Gray’s debut, Wildlife (AUM Fidelity), and Sided Silver Solid (Firehouse 12 Records), the second release from Carl Maguire’s Floriculture,…
Mary Halvorson Trio In California This Week
August 3, 2009 – 10:02 pm
Fresh off a long road trip touring the right half of America with Jessica Pavone last week, guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson is on the move again, this time in a big jet plane, for two gigs in California with her acclaimed…
KLANG To Celebrate New CD At The Hideout In September
July 23, 2009 – 9:06 am
On Wednesday, September 23rd, clarinetist/composer James Falzone‘s three year-old working quartet KLANG will celebrate the release of its debut studio recording, Tea Music (Allos Documents), with a hometown performance at The Hideout in Chicago. The band, which will pay tribute…
Jazz.com: Darcy James Argue At The Moers Festival
July 6, 2009 – 10:32 am
In his July 5th review of the Moers Festival for Jazz.com, Stuart Nicholson writes: “Since their New York debut in May 2005, word-of-mouth, the Internet and latterly the press have created a buzz around Argue and on the strength of…
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…