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The Art Ensemble of Chicago : Great Black Music ! MICHEL GRAILLIER - OFFICIAL SITE. In-depth description and analysis of Weather Report's albums in the words of the musicians themselves. Jaco Pastorius. Lester young. Matana Roberts. - Coin Coin.

Matana Roberts

Un long projet : douze chapitres annoncés. Vous interprétez ces jours-ci, en Europe, le chapitre 3. Voilà déjà quatre ans que j’ai vu le chapitre 2 sur scène. Où en êtes-vous ? Planets, Trains, & Doors. I ran into Denardo Coleman at Dunkin Donuts of all places recently and thanked him profusely for the way he had the Funeral for his father begin.

Planets, Trains, & Doors

The sound went through everybody’s body and bored down to their soul. The Master Musicians of Joujouka led the body up the center of the aisle at Riverside Church, a cathedral to me. The energy of all present was lifted up. The music served notice. A spiritual event began. Pharoah Sanders called down music from heaven. Fast forward to the Vision Festival, where people that feel music from the future all congregate every year. What’s so amazing about the music on Organica, is that it’s post EVERYTHING.

How did we get here musically in 2015? Grandmasters like Ornette and Miles are like planets. Back to reality, the Bern Nix quartet scored a coup recently. I don’t know the next stop on my crazy train. Take me home crazy train. Take me home. For David S. To be continued here with Paula Shocron And then here at The Dissident Arts Festival Peace Comments. Matthew Shipp: Piano Sutras. (Thirsty Ear)US: 24 Sep 2013UK: 24 Sep 2013 Matthew Shipp caught ears when he was playing with saxophonist David S.

Matthew Shipp: Piano Sutras

Ware and bassist William Parker, but it soon became clear that this pianist—who will turn 53 this year—was wholly his own man. He formed a great trio, he became the curator of a recording series, he experimented with electronics, he dove back into jazz standards and he developed into a wholly original player in the solo piano history of jazz. I Belong to a World That's Destroying Itself [aka Revenge] - Annette Peacock. Annette Peacock gets it right again.

I Belong to a World That's Destroying Itself [aka Revenge] - Annette Peacock

In the lyric booklet here she writes "This is my first record. It was the right album, in the wrong century. " Startling but true. An earlier version of I Belong to a World That's Destroying Itself was released as Revenge by Polydor in 1971 -- the same year as her classic I'm the One on RCA, which is usually regarded as her debut. The former album was credited to the Bley-Peacock Synthesizer Show.

Matana roberts

The Good and Evil Sessions - Good and Evil. The Good and Evil Sessions are the first in Thirsty Ear's Blue Series Continuum, which emphasizes diverse styles of music with a rotating, leaderless cast of musicians.

The Good and Evil Sessions - Good and Evil

This one melds Danny Blume and Chris Kelly of Good and Evil fame with turntable maven Miso and some of the heavy-hitters from the avant-garde jazz world, including bassist William Parker, pianist Matthew Shipp, and trumpeter Roy Campbell. The results are unpredictable and deliciously sassy, with groove-based throbs, jazz beats, and turntable scratches setting the stage for down-in-the-bucket solos that purr with joyous abandon. Free improv meets punk and dance rhythms laced with foot-tapping, body-swaying pulses.

While the pop inflections are certain to spark a debate within the tiny but intense and vocal free jazz community over the commercialization of art, the generally uncompromising improvisations of the Shipp/Parker contingent stand up reasonably well even if somewhat less-intense and complex than usual. RachelZ. Philippe Carles & Jean-Louis Comolli, Free jazz/Black power. 1Après avoir récemment réédité dans la collection « Folio » un des textes majeurs sur l’histoire des musiques noires américaines, Le Peuple du blues, de l’écrivain new-yorkais LeRoi Jones1, les Éditions Gallimard poursuivent dans cette veine en proposant, dans cette même collection, la troisième édition2 d’un essai tout aussi érudit et percutant sur la dimension politique du jazz, rédigé en 1971 par deux critiques de Jazz Magazine qui représenteront par la suite la nouvelle jazzistique française, grâce notamment au Dictionnaire du jazz qu’ils publieront (avec André Clergeat) à partir de 19883.

Philippe Carles & Jean-Louis Comolli, Free jazz/Black power

Sylvie Courvoisier. Archie Shepp au festival Jazz à la Villette 2014. À 77 ans, le big boss du free jazz poursuit son errance musicale à travers les festivals les plus prestigieux Résumé Il y a 50 ans, Archie Shepp publiait son premier album en leader, produit par John Coltrane : "Four for Trane".

Archie Shepp au festival Jazz à la Villette 2014

Né en 1937, celui qui se destinait au métier d’acteur s’est rapidement tourné vers le saxophone et l'enseignement avant d’être l’un des premiers musiciens de free jazz à être enregistré. Reviews, guides, things to do, film - Time Out New York. Zebulon; Sun 13 Some artists are so distinctive that they seem to have no real antecedent.

reviews, guides, things to do, film - Time Out New York

Local multi-instrumental marvel Cooper-Moore is one such figure, combining poignant, eclectic piano work with soulful virtuosity on self-built instruments such as the mouth bow, twanger and ashimba. But he himself has acknowledged a debt to one musician in particular: the remarkable percussionist Cleve Pozar, who will accompany him at Zebulon.

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