Search results for "Andrew Cyrille"
Muhal Richard Abrams: Drumman Cyrille (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 19, 09Muhal Richard Abrams has created music for myriad contexts, from solo piano improvisations to visionary big band co...
Jmmy Lyons and Andrew Cyrille: Burnt Offering (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music April 21, 09Sax/drums duos are rare and perhaps a bit of an acquired taste. Other than John Coltrane/Rashied Ali and Anthony Brax...
Jimmy Lyons and Andrew Cyrille: Exotique (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music April 21, 09The shortest of the three tracks that make up the album Burnt Offerings, "Exotique" still clocks in at almost ten min...
Cecil Taylor: Steps (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music October 22, 07With the exception of three tracks for Gil Evans’ Into The Hot album, Taylor’s 1966 Blue Note sessions were the piani...
Cecil Taylor: Tales (8 Whisps) (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music February 23, 08This closing track from Cecil Taylor's Unit Structures LP is the most fully realized piano performance he had recorde...
Muhal Richard Abrams: Colors in Thirty-Third (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music August 08, 08Muhal is the best at composing complex, snake-like melodies. The melodies turn when you least expect. The last phras...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JASON MORAN SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS TRACKS
Asked to select a musician to analyze for the “Musician Dozens” column, pianist Jason Moran did not hesitate to c...
Muhal Richard Abrams: Du King (Dedicated to Duke Ellington) (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music August 08, 08This is a great take on some of Duke Ellington’s early '20s and '30s music. The density of the horns combined with t...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JASON MORAN SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS TRACKS
Asked to select a musician to analyze for the “Musician Dozens” column, pianist Jason Moran did not hesitate to c...
David Murray: In the Spirit (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music January 06, 09This session brought together, in David Murray and Don Pullen, two musicians whose styles confidently straddled post-...
Cyrille, Andrew (Charles) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Cyrille, Andrew (Charles), drummer, composer; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Nov. 10, 1939. He was born to Haitian parents and w...
Bemkey, Andrew posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Bemkey, Andrew, piano, bass clarinet; b. Libertyville, IL, 6 August 1974. The only child of Bruce and Cindy Boehmke (...
Lyons, Jimmy posted in Encyclopedia June 17, 09Alto saxophonist Jimmy Lyons took Charlie Parker's innovations and ran with them into free jazz, where he developed h...
Hewins, Mark (Jesson) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Hewins, Mark (Jesson), guitar, composer; b. Hertfordshire, GBR, 24 March 1955. Hewins started playing solo guitar ...
Workman, Reggie (Reginald) posted in Encyclopedia July 16, 09Bassist Reggie Workman has cultivated an advanced understanding of hard bop and avant-garde jazz through his many yea...
Lee, Jeanne posted in Encyclopedia May 21, 09Jeanne Lee was one of the most accomplished vocal interpreters of free jazz, who also sought to bring jazz education ...
Dresser, Mark posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Dresser, Mark, bass; b. Los Angeles, CA, 26 September 1952. His mother is Norine Dresser (b. 1931) and his father is ...
Abrams, Muhal Richard posted in Encyclopedia August 20, 09Pianist and composer Muhal Richard Abrams combines influences from classical, jazz and experimental music i...
Graves, Milford posted in Encyclopedia January 20, 09Milford Graves’ adventurous, often explosive style of drumming made a distinctive mark on the New York avant-garde sc...
1,000 Jazz Gigs in Copenhagen posted in The Jazz.com Blog July 20, 09Jazz.com is delighted to add Larry Appelbaum to its roster of bloggers. A distinguished writer, broadcaster, promot...
Ali, Rashied (Robert Patterson Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia August 14, 09Drummer Rashied Ali dedicated his career to enhancing the voice of the drums in the modern jazz ensemble. Best known ...
In Conversation with Steve Kuhn posted in Features and Interviews September 11, 09By Ted Panken ...
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