Mostly of US interest.
Advocate for the Arts allows you to email your representatives and show your support for the arts in the Economic Stimulus Package now in the Senate (recently, most funding for the arts was eliminated).
It is fast, easy, and for a good cause. Thanks to Greenleaf Music for the tip.
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A performance of Zorn’s ASTRONOME is ongoing.
This is the historic first time collaboration for two MacArthur geniuses who have, individually, challenged, enlightened and entertained adventurous audiences for years. ASTRONOME: A NIGHT AT THE OPERA is a work dominated by ecstatic groans, grunts and babbling, and explores the initiation of a group of people into a world where ambiguous behavior alone leads to freedom–perhaps under the tutelage of the necessary “false messiah.”
free103point9.org provided video streaming every Wednesday during rehearsals for this event.
ASTRONOME: A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
Plays February 5–April 5, 2009
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From Leo Records:
Sun Ra – Live in Cleveland, 1975
Marilyn Crispell Quartet & Quintet – Collaborations
Collective 4tet – In Transition
Szilard Mezei Wind Quartet – We Were Watching The Rain
Lapslap: Michael Edwards / Martin Parker / Karin Schistek – Scratch
Andreas Willers – Drowning Migrant
From Musique Machine:
Merzbow – Dead Leaves
Dead Leaves title may suggest an organic, melancholy and doomy outlook but the three tracks inside are quite the opposite- with each been a great long, jittering and shifting electro noise attacks which are splattered here and there with melodic hints, rhythmic chugs and sonic chops.Matmos – The West
This is a reissue of 98’s third album from the often abstract and odd sound obsessed electrionca duo of Matmos. With the whole album finding the pair in a surprisingly approachable, Organic and harmonic mood- with little of the ‘look how clever we are’ edge to the work that sadly permeates much of the pairs work.Andrey Kiritchenko – Misterrious
Andrey Kiritchenko is a fairly prolific Ukrainian based musician who since 2001 has released over 20 albums- which have seen him dip his sonic toe in the genres such as: electrionca, folk, electro acoustic & drone works. Misterrious finds him offering up a collection of atmospheric often fragile yet harmonic piano pieces; that are lined with field recording elements and touches of guitar, glockenspiel, mouth harmonica, auto-harp, Tibetan bowls.
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From All About Jazz:
07-Feb-09 Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman Tributes: Tiziano Tonani & Makaya Ntshoko
Reviewed by Robert Iannapollo07-Feb-09 Multiple Artists
ESP-Disk: Giuseppi Logan & Gunter Hampel
Reviewed by Andrey Henkin07-Feb-09 Taylor Ho Bynum
Taylor Ho Bynum & Mary Halvorson: Quartet Moscow (2008) & The Double Trio
Reviewed by Kurt Gottschalk07-Feb-09 Larry Ochs
Larry Ochs: Spiller Alley and The Mirror World
Reviewed by John Sharpe07-Feb-09 Gerald Cleaver / William Parker / Craig Taborn
Farmers By Nature (AUM Fidelity Records)
Reviewed by Mark F. Turner06-Feb-09 Fast ‘N’ Bulbous
Waxed Oop (Cuneiform Records)
Reviewed by Troy Collins05-Feb-09 Alex Cline
Continuation (Cryptogramophone)
Reviewed by John Kelman05-Feb-09 Brad Shepik
Human Activity Suite (Songlines Recordings)
Reviewed by Matt Marshall
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Lots going on in New York this week.
RASHIED ALI QUINTET (Sunday) Rashied Ali has had a substantial career in the jazz avant-garde, beginning with his role in the late-period bands of John Coltrane. But hard bop is the foundation for this quintet, with a front line of the trumpeter Josh Evans and the tenor saxophonist Lawrence Clark. At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Jazz Standard, 116 East 27th Street, Manhattan, (212) 576-2232, jazzstandard.net; cover, $25.
GO: ORGANIC ORCHESTRA (Monday) This meditative large ensemble, scheduled to perform at Roulette for the next three Monday nights, is a project of the open-minded percussionist, composer and conductor Adam Rudolph. Drawing inspiration from earthy and elemental sources, it features changeable layers of woodwinds, strings, percussion and guitars. At 8:30 p.m., Roulette at Location One, 20 Greene Street, at Grand Street, SoHo, (212) 219-8242, roulette.org; $15; $10 for students, 60+ and those 30 and younger. (Chinen)
JON HASSELL AND THE MAARIFA STREET BAND (Tuesday) On his first United States tour in more than 20 years, the trumpeter-composer Jon Hassell recreates the meditative glow of his new album, “Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Street” (ECM). To help conjure his various fusions onstage, he enlists his Maarifa Street Band, with Kheir-Eddine M’Kachiche on violin, Jan Bang and J. A. Deane on electronics, and Peter Freeman on bass and programming. At 8:30 p.m., Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, (212) 247-7800, carnegiehall.org; $35 to $45. (Chinen)
L’IMAGE (Thursday) This all but forgotten funk-fusion group of the 1970s recently reunited in the studio, bringing a lot more collective experience to the table. Its lineup consists of the vibraphonist Mike Mainieri, the keyboardist Warren Bernhardt, the guitarist David Spinozza, the bassist Tony Levin and the drummer Steve Gadd. (Through Feb. 15.) At 8:30 and 10:30 p.m., Iridium, 1650 Broadway, at 51st Street, (212) 582-2121, iridiumjazzclub.com; cover, $35, with a $10 minimum. (Chinen)
PAUL MOTIAN TRIO 3 IN 1 (Tuesday through Thursday) Paul Motian is drawn to melody as a drummer, composer and bandleader, but he also harbors a fondness for indeterminacy. In this configuration he features an instinctive melodist, the saxophonist Chris Potter, and an incorrigible abstractionist, the pianist Jason Moran. Because he has recent history with each of them, and because everyone involved is an active listener, the results should suggest something other than an earnest collision. (Through Feb. 15.) At 9 and 11 p.m., Village Vanguard, 178 Seventh Avenue South, at 11th Street, West Village, (212) 255-4037, villagevanguard.com; cover, $20, with a $10 minimum. (Chinen)
NED ROTHENBERG AND INNER DIASPORA (Friday) Ned Rothenberg is a saxophonist, clarinetist, flutist and composer with a penchant for insistent frictions. He draws here from a recent texture-rich album called “Inner Diaspora” (Tzadik), with vital help from Mark Feldman on violin, Erik Friedlander on cello, Samir Chatterjee on tabla, and Jerome Harris on acoustic guitars. At 8:30 p.m., Union Temple, 17 Eastern Parkway, near Grand Army Plaza, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, (718) 638-7600, uniontemple.org; free. (Chinen)
CHRIS SCHLARB (Saturday) Mr. Schlarb, a guitarist best recognized (in some parts, anyway) as half of the drone-crazy duo I Heart Lung, has an atmospheric new solo effort called “Twilight & Ghost Stories” (Asthmatic Kitty), organized as a suite and featuring more than two dozen improvisers. Each of these two sets will span the entire work, with contributions from Tom Abbs on bass and didgeridoo, Katherine Young on bassoon and accordion, and Mick Rossi on piano, among others. At 8 and 10 p.m., the Stone, Avenue C and Second Street, East Village, thestonenyc.com; cover, $10 per set. (Chinen)
SEARCH AND RESTORE (Friday and Saturday) The promoters behind this left-leaning concert series are unveiling their new Web site, searchandrestore.com, with all appropriate fanfare: on Friday they present Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society, a postmodern big band, and on Saturday they feature Now vs. Now, a rhythmically assertive trio led by the pianist Jason Lindner. At 9 and 10:30 p.m., Jazz Gallery, 290 Hudson Street, at Spring Street, South Village, (212) 242-1063, jazzgallery.org; cover, $15; $10 for members.
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From the Squid:
Kevin Blechdom / Eugene Chadbourne – The Chaddom Blechbourne Experience
(Victo)
- Kurt GottschalkKeiji Haino Keiji Haino – The 21st Century Hard-y Guide-y Man – Koitsukara Usetaitameno Hakaragito
(PSF)
- Kurt GottschalkEugene Chadbourne / David Sait Eugene Chadbourne / David Sait – Auspicious Fish: Postage Paid Duets Vol. 1
(Apprise Records)
- Kurt GottschalkMamoru Fujieda Mamoru Fujieda – Patterns of Plants II
(Tzadik)
- Kurt GottschalkKazutoki Umezu Kiki Band Kazutoki Umezu Kiki Band – Alchemic Life
(Not Two Records)
- Kurt GottschalkBaghdassarians / Baltschun / Scherzberg / Thein Baghdassarians / Baltschun / Scherzberg / Thein – Ilinx
(FMP)
- Brian OlewnickAlexander von Schlippenbach/Eddie Prevost Alexander von Schlippenbach/Eddie Prevost – Blackheath
(Matchless)
- Brian Olewnick“Blue” Gene Tyranny/Joel Ryan “Blue” Gene Tyranny/Joel Ryan – The Intermediary
(Lovely Music Ltd.)
- Brian OlewnickKim Cascone Kim Cascone – Music For Dagger And Guitar
(Aural Terrains)
- Max SchaeferKenneth Kirschner Kenneth Kirschner – Filaments & Voids
(12K)
- Max SchaeferBarnacled Barnacled – Charles
(ESP)
- Phil Zampino
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From Bagatellen:
Giuseppi Logan – Quartet (ESP-Disk’)
Until resurfacing with the aid of Brooklyn pastor Dr. Bill Jones, reedman Giuseppi Logan was, like Henry Grimes, one of the lost enigmas of contemporary improvisation. Born in Norfolk, Virginia in 1935, Logan studied at the New England Conservatory and worked in a notable but unrecorded Bill Dixon group with Rashied Ali, drums; [...]The Blue Note 7 – Mosaic (Blue Note Records)
Certain discs make for instant soapboxes for admirers and detractors alike. This one, an album-sized mouthpiece for Blue Note Records 70th anniversary celebration, certainly seems fit for contention both in the questions it raises and the liberties it assumes. The ensemble operating under the otherwise anonymous moniker is a benighted collection of neo [...]Zaid Nasser – Off Minor
From title to back-story, altoist Zaid Nasser’s Smalls debut communicated a situation indicative of the jazz life, that of the colossal talent constrained by the circumstances of public indifference. This second act feels more hopeful and, by proxy, more relaxed. Nasser’s still scuffling for gigs along with his peers, but he’s been visited by [...]Ben Stapp Trio – Ecstasis
Tuba-led groups aren’t particularly common in improvised music; perhaps Ray Draper’s recordings for Prestige were among the most notable in the instrument’s brief discography, not to mention Sam Rivers’ 1970s Tuba Trio with Bob Stewart. Recently, tenorman Kalaparusha employed Jesse Dulman in his trio with drummer Ravish Momin. Tubaist Ben Stapp recorded with Lisbon-based [...]
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