Michael Marcus has been an active member of the New York jazz scene since 1982. In addition to leading groups of his own, he has a considerable reputation ...
we are as passionate about heavy metal as we are about jazz or contemporary music...we feel just as good playing on the street as we do in a concert hall...
The New Fracture Quartet is an ensemble organized by Tim Daisy and serves as a showcase for his own compositions. The group brings together long-time collaborator and veteran bassist Nate Mcbride, along with two of Chicago's strongest young musicians: Jaimie Branch on trumpet and Dave Miller on guitar and electronics.
North Quartet of two saxophonists - Peter Brotzmann (Germany) and Mikolaj Trzaska (Poland) - is sharp jazz improvisations.
Mikolaj Trzaska turns out to be the most dedicated to realize his artistic visions and probably the most honest representative of the first generation of yass artists. Wild, croaking sound of Brötzmann - once called saxophone's butcher - still maintains its virulence.
The Polish kickass rhythm section of bassist Marcin and drummer Bartlomiej Oles + multi-talented horn player Adam Pieronczyk = the best what happens in Polish Jazz.
Suite for Trio + recorded with ean Luc-Cappozzo possesses a haunting and charming quality that has matured like a good wine to become- with passing of time - richer in taste and flavour.
Oluyemi’s experience in sharing musical language utterance includes the great Cecil Taylor, Wadada Leo Smith, Alan Silva, William Parker, Wilber Morris, John Tchicai, Roscoe Mitchell and wonderful conversations with Anthony Braxton and Charles Gayle.
Nahorny revels its sound, its strength, weight, color and expressiveness. Sound in isolation and against the background of daily noises, Sound in context of jazz and jazz i the context of the sound.
Out in 1976, TWET (supposedly an acronym of musician's initials), is a perfect example of free-jazz attractiveness potential, so seldom truly realizes. But here it materializes, to the sensitive listener's satisfaction.
Music for male's vocal, electronics and drums is inspired by modern electronic, jazz and contemporary chamber music to poems by: Josif Brodski, Wislawa Szymborska, Siergiej Jesienin, and Miron Bialoszewski.
This is a compilation of music performed with some of the groups I was collaborating from the ICTUS beginning to the end. (Andrea Centazzo) The Innsbruck Session #1
Return of The Thing are English pianist and violinist, Dan Warburton, and three Frenchmen: alto saxophonist, Jean-Luc Guionnet, bassist, Francois Fuchs and percussionist, Edward Perraud.
The raw but cerebral music that was dubbed The New Thing certainly created confusion and consternation amongst the establishment in the USA and Britain, but pioneers like Cecil Taylor and Albert Ayler found an appreciative audience in Europe, especially in Scandinavia and France, which of course is where Return of The New Thing hail from.
The seven compositions on this recording where composed with an idealized Juke Box in mind, where any kind of music might show up from any culture or time and be combined for the next “Play”. My music listening has been informed by the spirit and work of Alan Lomax, from blues to raga, ragtime to avant-garde, pygmy chants to Korean court music, following styles and esthetics as they rubbed up against each other in the mingling of culture that was made available by intrepid searchers of music. The “sides” aren’t a direct borrowing but a weaving of the common threads that occur in all music’s. (Jon Raskin)
Perfect synthesis of modern music, going beyond jazz, integrating anything from classical over folk and traditional music, with jazz, free improvisation and avant-garde, but then pushing it all over the edge. ..
This is Satoko Fujii's 40th disc as a leader or co-leader and she continues to impress us all with each and every disc she puts out. Satoko is joined here by her most constant collaborator, trumpet great Natsuki Tamura. Her bassist, Norikatsu Koreyasi, has worked with her in small groups before and the drummer plays in one of Satoko's Japanese big bands.
