Free Jazz Blog Reviews

October 18, 2009 — Mike

From Free Jazz:

Sunday, October 18, 2009
Vandermark 5 – Annular Gift (Not Two, 2009) ****
Resonance Ensemble – 10 CD Box (Not Two, 2009) ****
Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love – Chicago Volume (Smalltown Superjazzz, 2009) ****
Ken Vandermark – Fox Fire (Maya, 2009) ****
Frame Quartet – 35mm (Okka Disk, 2009) ****

Saturday, October 17, 2009
Charles Rumback – Two Kinds Of Art Thieves (Clean Feed, 2009) ****

Friday, October 16, 2009
Mats Gustafsson – The Vilnius Implosion (NoBusiness, 2009) *****

Thursday, October 15, 2009
Marty Ehrlich Rites Quartet – Things Have Got To Change (Clean Feed, 2009) ****½
Calling Signals 08 – From Café Oto (Loose Torque, 2009) ****

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Umbrella Music Through October 29

October 18, 2009 — Mike

From Chicago’s Umbrella Music:

Sunday, 18 October 2009
The Hungry Brain
10:00PM | Brad Shepik‘s Human Activity Suite
Brad Shepik – guitar
Lineup TBA
two sets

Wednesday, 21 October 2009
The Hideout
10:00PM | NRG Ensemble
Mars Williams – woodwinds
Fred Lonberg-Holm – cello
Kent Kessler – bass
Brian Sandstrom – bass
Steve Hunt – drums
two sets
$7 cover
PLUS | DJ Sets : Bruce Lamont spins Fire Music!

Thursday, 22 October 2009
Elastic
10:00PM | Carrie Shull Group
Carrie Shull – oboe
Keefe Jackson – reeds
Fred Lonberg-Holm – cello
Kent Kessler – bass
Frank Rosaly – drums

Sunday, 25 October 2009
The Hungry Brain
10:00PM | Great Architect
Brent Bagwell
Michael Houseman
Ben Kennedy
Casey Malone
11:00PM | TBA
TBA

Wednesday, 28 October 2009
The Hideout
10:00PM | Lonberg-Holm Solo
Fred Lonberg-Holm – solo cello
11:00PM | Lightbox Orchestra
Josh Berman – cornet
Caroline Davis – alto saxophone
Keefe Jackson – reeds
Mars Williams – reeds
Michael Colligan – dry ice
Paul Giallorenzo – keyboards
Brent Gutzeit – electronics
Aaron Zarzutzki – acoustics
Liz Payne – viola
Jason Roebke – bass
John Herndon – drums
Fred Lonberg-Holm – conductor
$7 cover
PLUS | DJ Sets : Marc Riordan spins Film Favorites

Thursday, 29 October 2009
Elastic
10:00PM | Peeping Tom (Sweden)
Pierre-Antoine Badaroux – saxophone
Joel Grip – bass
Antonin Gerbal – drums
two sets

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Dutch drummer can’t help but play

October 18, 2009 — Mike
Han Bennink im Club W71 in Weikersheim
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Hn Bennink is featured on MiamiHerald.com:

Han Bennink was feeling frisky. Onstage with pianist Misha Mengelberg and saxophonist Kenny Millions at the Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center in 2007, the legendary Dutch jazz drummer displayed the mischievous wit and childlike exuberance for which he’s long been revered. Variously, he bounced a drumstick and caught it in mid-air, swung his foot atop his snare, percussively beat his ruddy cheeks and even created shadow puppets on the wall behind him.

Of course, in the same show he sensitively and creatively engaged in the three-way musical conversation taking place onstage, punctuating and commenting on his colleagues’ statements with dazzling acuity while continually ratcheting up the excitement.

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