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Muhal Richard Abrams: Drumman Cyrille (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 19, 09

Muhal Richard Abrams has created music for myriad contexts, from solo piano improvisations to visionary big band co...

Benny Carter: Central City Sketches (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music December 08, 07

Benny Carter was six months shy of his 80th birthday when he debuted this extended composition at a "standing room on...

Muhal Richard Abrams: Colors in Thirty-Third (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music August 08, 08

Muhal 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: Down at Pepper's (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music August 08, 08

A classic Muhal opening phrase that lands in a South Side Chicago blues. Muhal was the one that showed me how to ma...

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: Laja (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music August 08, 08

Utilizing the rhythm and feel of salsa music, you get a feel of how Muhal hears music. He hears the rhythm and then a...

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: One for the Whistler (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music August 08, 08

Muhal Richard Abrams has been leading large ensembles since 1961, and his orchestral work balances pure experimentali...

Abrams, Muhal Richard posted in Encyclopedia August 20, 09

Pianist and composer Muhal Richard Abrams combines influences from classical, jazz and experimental music i...

In Conversation With Jack DeJohnette posted in Features and Interviews June 15, 09

By Ted Panken                 ...

Queen, Alvin posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Queen, Alvin, drummer, producer; b. Bronx, NY, 16 August 1950. His family relocated to Mt. Vernon when he was 2 years...

Hemingway, Gerry posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Hemingway, Gerry, composer, percussionist; b. New Haven, CT, 23 March 1955. The family was based in the New Haven are...

Nolet, Jim posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Nolet, Jim (James Michael), violin; b. Dallas-Fortworth, TX, 11 December 1961. He's married to Maria Angelica Castell...

Kirchner, Bill (William Joseph Kirchner, Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Kirchner, Bill [William Joseph Kirchner, Jr.], soprano saxophonist, composer, arranger, bandleader, historian, recor...

Julius Hemphill: Bordertown (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music September 16, 08

Listening through Big Band, Julius Hemphill's only recording with such a large unit, one must wonder why he didn't as...

Yamazaki, Ken (Atsumi) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Yamazaki, Ken (Atsumi), percussionist, drummer, composer; b. New York, NY, 26 March 1962.  At the age of four Ya...

Robinson, Lenny posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Robinson, Lenny, drums, educator, producer; b. Baltimore, MD, 4 October 1956. Robinson played piano and organ in h...

Lopeman, Mark (Aaron) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Lopeman, Mark (Aaron), saxophonist, composer, woodwinds; b. Akron, Ohio, 2 December 1957. His father (Robert C. Lopem...

Shelton, Chip (Clarence Elmo Shelton, Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Shelton, Chip [Clarence Elmo Shelton, Jr.], Concert Flute in C, and Bb Flute D'Amor (both custom-fitted for End-Blown...

Russell, Benny posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Russell, Benny, saxophones, clarinets, flute; b. Baltimore, MD, 21 February 1958. His father is Lawrence Russell, bor...

Brandford, Jay (Edward) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Brandford, Jay (Edward), alto and baritone saxophonist, flutist, composer/arranger; b. Los Angeles, CA, 24 March 1959...

Muhal Richard Abrams: Laja posted in August 08, 08

Utilizing the rhythm and feel of salsa music, you get a feel of how Muhal hears music. He hears the rhythm and then a...

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