Craig Taborn
Junk Magic
Compass Confusion
Featuring Chris Speed, Mat Maneri, Erik Fratzke & David King
O’saris with Harris Eisenstadt
From the self-titled CD by Sara Schoenbeck
Lullaby by Low with Nels Cline
From the self-titled CD by Sara Schoenbeck
We All Break
“We All Break” is award-winning filmmaker Mimi Chakarova’s 50-minute film showcasing the music and collaborative process of Ches Smith’s We All Break during the making of the groundbreaking album “Path of Seven Colors.”
REVIEWS
Path of Seven Colors – Jazz Times – A.D. Amorosi
October 7, 2021A look at the recent two-CD set Path of Seven Colors from the drummer/improviser/composer and his octet
Path of Seven Colors – DownBeat – Allen Morrison
August 1, 2021Drummer/composer Ches Smith got into Vodou drumming almost by accident. As a graduate student studying music at Mills College in Oakland, California, he was asked to accompany an Afro-Haitian dance class back in 2000.
Path of Seven Colors – Bandcamp – Dave Sumner
July 16, 2021From an experimental music perspective, Ches Smith brings life to sounds never before unleashed upon the jazz scene. By applying that same approach to traditional Haitian music, he brings life to music that was already established when jazz itself took its first …
Path of Seven Colors – The Wire – Stewart Smith
July 3, 2021Percussionists Daniel Brevil and Ches Smith combine traditional Haitian Voudou rhythms and songs with contemporary improvisation in We All Break
Path of Seven Colors – JazzWise – Kevin Le Gendre
July 3, 2021Remarkable….blending vocals that have a deeply uplifting quality with rhythms that are coursing with irresistible vitality…Path of Seven Colors sees him go to the next level in terms of flourishing ideas and focused application.
NEWS
Pianist and Composer Kris Davis awarded a 2021 Doris Duke Artist Award alongside Wayne Shorter and Danilo Perez
Kris Davis, a 2021 Doris Duke Artist in the jazz category, is a critically acclaimed pianist and composer who was described by The New York Times as a beacon for “deciding where to hear jazz on a given night.” Since 2003, Davis has released 23 recordings...
Kris Davis wins the 2020 JJA award for Composer & Pianist of the Year
This year’s Awards for instrumentalists advance a multi-year trend by the JJA’s voting members to recognize accomplished women among the multiple nominated finalists. Drummer and educator Terri Lyne Carrington (Musician of the Year), pianist-composer Kris...
NPR Jazz Critics poll names Kris Davis’ Diatom Ribbons #1 Jazz album of 2019!
Kris Davis - Diatom Ribbons (Pyroclastic) At a glance, an odd candidate for consensus: Kris Davis, an improviser-composer with the instinct of an alchemist, made Diatom Ribbons by drawing inspiration from oceanic microbiology, tectonic movement and piano precursors...
Davis wins 2018 Critic’s poll in Downbeat Magazine
Thanks to all the critics for their vote for the Rising Star Artist and Piano Category! See article here