The collaboration of three of the most respected figures at work in creative music—Goldberg, guitarist Nels Cline and trumpeter Ron Miles—and one of America’s greatest living poets, Dean Young, Good Day for Cloud Fishing is the result of an unprecedented process for combining musical and literary ambitions.
Kris Davis & Craig Taborn
photo by John Rogers
Davis in duet with Bill Frisell, Julian Lage, Craig Taborn, Angelica Sanchez , Billy Drummond, Marcus Gilmore, Tim Berne, Don Byron
photo by Dylan Chandler
Kris Davis & Craig Taborn in performance
October 10, 2016
University of California, San Diego
REVIEWS
Circulate Susanna – All About Jazz – Karl Ackerman
November 13, 2018Cory Smythe tells stories. About stories. Specifically, a father’s tales in the rural heartland of America; ingredients that a listener might assume had shaped Smythe’s imagination in ways that go far beyond music.
Circulate Susanna – The Free Jazz Collective – Stuart Broomer
November 9, 2018Pianist Cory Smythe is emerging as a significant pianist in free improvisation and new music circles. He has appeared on recordings such as Planktonic Finales with Stephan Crump and Ingrid Laubrock, as a member of Tyshawn Sorey’s trio and with …
Cory Smythe - Circulate Susanna – Pop Matters – Will Layman
October 15, 2018Cory Smythe’s Circulate Susanna is a mysterious meditation on rural America (and minstrel songs) as heard through the ears of a pianist with history in both new music and improvised music, featuring extended vocal technique and detuned guitar.
Cory Smythe - Circulate Susanna – Peter Margasak
October 8, 2018Although most contemporary music institutions continue to toe the line with improvisation practice–shutting it out for one reason or another, whether because it doesn’t fit established models or because the clueless can’t see the rigor and commitment it requires, often …
Cory Smythe - Circulate Susanna – Jazz Trail – Filipe Freitas
September 26, 2018Pianist Cory Smythe, an experimental visionary artist who has collaborated with Tyshawn Sorey, Ingrid Laubrock, and Peter Evans, releases his first album as a bandleader. For that purpose, he convenes the quirky guitarist Daniel Lippel, a bandmate in the International …
NEWS
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
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