Search results for "John Gilmore"

The Vandermark Five: Outside Ticket (for John Gilmore) (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music July 28, 09

Ken Vandermark dedicates "Outside Ticket" to the longtime Sun Ra tenor saxophonist John Gilmore. It's an apt choice; ...

Sun Ra (featuring John Gilmore): Future (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 26, 08

For some 40 years, from 1953 to Sun Ra's death in 1993, tenorist John Gilmore was primarily a devoted and key member ...

Andrew Hill: Compulsion (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music November 10, 08

“Compulsion” is one of my all-time favorites. I can say right now that the whole album, and particularly this piece, ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: VIJAY IYER SURVEYS THE MUSIC OF ANDREW HILL

In 1995, Vijay Iyer, then a 24-year-old Berkeley PhD candidate in Physics with an interest in the neurobiology of ...

Paul Bley: King Korn (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music June 12, 09

Another masterpiece. An amazing composition and performance, with so much nervous energy and a curious kind of stop-...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: AARON PARKS SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL PAUL BLEY TRACKS

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Sun Ra: Brainville (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music December 10, 08

When a Sun Ra composition doesn't head directly into the land of the freaky, the spacey, the alter-destiny (which I t...

Sun Ra: Rocket Number Nine Take Off for the Planet Venus (Rating: 59/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

Unskilled, impoverished, equal parts showman, shaman and charlatan, Sun Ra was to jazz what low-budget filmmaker Ed W...

Sun Ra: Medicine for a Nightmare (Rating: 69/100) posted in Music November 29, 07

During a mid-1950s concert for mental patients at a Chicago hospital, a chronic catatonic rose from the floor, made h...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: KRAZY KATS

"America is a mistake," declared Sigmund Freud after visiting the U.S. in 1909. The contempt was not mutual. With typ...

Paul Bley: King Korn (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music June 11, 08

It may surprise some listeners, but this 1964 rhythm section sounds like many of the rhythm sections playing in New Y...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HISTORIC RHYTHM SECTIONS

            The Rhythm Section, artwork by Suzanne Cerny ...

Evans, Gil (Ian Ernest Gilmore Green) posted in Encyclopedia January 19, 09

Arranger and composer Gil Evans made his mark on modern jazz by taking the sometimes-rough edges of bebop and smoothi...

In Conversation with John Surman posted in Features and Interviews September 22, 09

By Larry Appelbaum      John Surman, John Abercrombie, Drew Gress, and Jack DeJohnette ...

Ra, Sun (Herman Poole Blount) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 08

The greatest of all jazz eccentrics, Sun Ra inspires both fascination and controversy. The bandleader's singular, cos...

Sharrock, Sonny (Warren Harding) posted in Encyclopedia June 18, 09

Guitarist Sonny Sharrock forged a path for the electric guitar in experimental jazz by adapting the improvisational s...

Gale, Eddie posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Gale, Eddie, trumpeter, composer, educator; b. Brooklyn, NY, 15 August 1941. Gale's musical career began in Brooklyn,...

A Classic Revisited posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 12, 07

A Classic Revisited was a regular feature at jazz.com from December 2007 through October 2009. Five days per week, ...

101—Count 'Em!—Classic Tracks posted in The Jazz.com Blog August 20, 09

I give you some credit. Every day you take your vitamins, go to the gym for a workout, take the dog for a walk, ...

Sims, Peter “La Roca” posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

Drummer Pete “La Roca” Sims' smooth groove, sense of swing and fantastic four-limb coordination made him ideally suit...

Ehrlich, Marty posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Ehrlich, Marty, Alto, Soprano, and Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet and Bass Clarinet, Flute, and Composer; b. St. Paul, Min...

Reece, Dizzy (Alfonso Son) posted in Encyclopedia August 19, 09

An immensely gifted trumpeter and composer, Dizzy Reece's career in jazz is a puzzle. Also a writer, painter and phil...

Allen, Marshall posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Allen, Marshall , alto saxophone, flute, clarinet, oboe, Kora, and E.V.I.(Electronic Valve Instrument), composer; b. ...

Heller, Skip (Fred Steven) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Heller, Skip (Fred Steven), guitarist, composer, bandleader, arranger; b. Philadelphia, PA, 4 October 1965. He was ra...

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