The Californian bassist expands the range of the bass with tines and pickups and produces sounds by turns floating, gutteral and everyday The concept of a solo bass album can be a daunting prospect at the best of times for …
Mark Dresser will celebrate the release of his new album,”Tines of Change,” with a free Monday concert at The Loft. The intimate venue is located on the campus of UC San Diego, where Dresser earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees …
Two daring jazz improvisers take on a cherished hundred-year-old classical ballet masterpiece with radical roots on The Rite of Spring: Spectre d’un songe. Igor Stravinsky was fresh off the success of his 1911 “Petrushka,” which radiated with the artistic atmosphere of …
Saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock always seems to search out new instrumental configurations for her music. This time out, she and her musical and life partner, drummer Tom Rainey, collaborate with a quartet of accomplished string players, guitarist Brandon Seabrook, violinist Mazz Swift, cellist Tomeka Reid, and bassist Michael …
Avec “The Last Quiet Place”, Ingrid Laubrock s’interroge sur les bouleversements de la nature. Vincent Courtois, lui, habille les images d’un vieux film de Jean Epstein, Finis terrae. Au Portugal, Mário Costa se lance avec succès dans la manipulation musico-génétique avec Chromosome ! Interpellée par la lecture des …
The German-born saxophonist issues a dynamic, sprawling album with a band that includes bassist Michael Formanek, drummer Tom Rainey and cellist Tomeka Reid Perhaps emblematic of complicated economic times, jazz musicians are doing more with less these days, especially when …
Ingrid LaubrockThe Last Quiet Place This absorbing session from Ingrid Laubrock is at times raw and dissonant, at other times richly melodic. It’s when those two states bleed into one another that the recording is at its strongest. The music, often playing …
When saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock finds herself in her comfort zone, it is typically in small group formations—often just duos or trios—which allow her unparalleled skills as an improviser to shine most brightly. However, listeners are always in for a special …
Linda May Han Oh, Kris Davis, Terri Lyne Carrington, Nicholas Payton, and Matthew Stevens. Kris Davis wins a 2023 Grammy for Terri Lyne Carrington’s album ‘New Standards, Vol. 1.’
As listeners we so often typecast musicians and music labels. Artists are pigeonholed into silos: classical, jazz, rock, blues, pop, etc.. Go into any record store (if you can find a brick & mortar one) and this segregation, a forced …