Andrew Dietzel’s new review of violist/composer Jessica Pavone‘s latest recording, Songs of Synastry and Solitude (Tzadik), is now posted at PopMatters.com. “Pavone, with the help of the Toomai String Quintet, has crafted something sullenly beautiful, jarring and ominous in its minimalism,” he…
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El Intruso’s International Critics’ and Musicians’ Polls
February 4, 2010 – 9:14 am
The Spanish-language Web publication ElIntruso.com has published the results of both its International Critics’ Poll and its International Musicians’ Poll, and we’re pleased to report that our 2009 clients topped five categories and finished second in four others. In the…
AllAboutJazz.com: Jessica Pavone's Songs Of Synastry And Solitude
December 11, 2009 – 10:15 am
In the December edition of his AllAboutJazz.com column, Live in New York, Martin Longley reviews the November 10th CD release party for Songs of Synastry and Solitude (Tzadik), violist/composer Jessica Pavone‘s latest recording, at Roulette. “Songs Of Synastry And Solitude uses…
Spearmint Music: Jessica Pavone Interview
December 1, 2009 – 11:02 am
This past Wednesday, New York-based musician, writer and WKCR DJ Kurt Gottschalk posted an interview with violist/composer Jessica Pavone on his blog, Spearmint Music, as part of the ongoing series, High Bias, which asks prominent musicians to answer a dozen…
Remembering 2009
November 23, 2009 – 10:44 am
The latest can to be kicked around the jazz blogosphere (and beyond) is what records make the cut as the best of the decade. As much as we enjoy the opportunity to reminisce about our first seven-plus years in business,…
JazzTimes: Taylor Ho Bynum, Darius Jones and Jessica Pavone
November 16, 2009 – 10:08 am
The December issue of JazzTimes arrived this weekend and with it reviews of three of our clients’ most recent releases, Taylor Ho Bynum & SpiderMonkey Strings’ Madeleine Dreams (Firehouse 12 Records), the Darius Jones Trio’s Man’ish Boy (A Raw &…
Jessica Pavone CD Release Concert At Roulette Tonight
November 10, 2009 – 9:39 am
Tonight at Roulette in New York, violist/composer Jessica Pavone will leave the playing to the Toomai String Quintet, as the group performs selections from her new release, Songs of Synastry and Solitude (Tzadik). The record, part of the label’s Oracles series…
Jessica Pavone Interview
November 5, 2009 – 4:15 pm
Roulette has posted an interview with violist/composer Jessica Pavone on its blog in advance of her upcoming concert on November 10th. Ms. Pavone and the Toomai String Quintet will be celebrating the release of her new CD, Songs of Synastry…
Dusted: Jessica Pavone's Songs Of Synastry And Solitude (Tzadik)
October 29, 2009 – 8:53 am
“Songs of Synastry and Solitude is full of lyrical beauty and lush melodicism,” writes Dusted‘s Adam Strohm, “but it’s smart and spare, composed with an economy that never veers into anything saccharine. Performed with aplomb, these songs, no matter their…
Jessica Pavone's Songs Of Synastry And Solitude (Tzadik)
October 27, 2009 – 9:42 am
Today is the official street date for violist/composer Jessica Pavone‘s latest recording, Songs of Synastry and Solitude (Tzadik). This release is part of the label’s Oracles series, which celebrates “the diversity and creativity of women in experimental music making.” Inspired…