The world of creative improvised music has long been a macho one, though thankfully there have always been other voices since the art form’s first shell scratchings. It wasn’t all that long ago that in free jazz, the tough, workmanlike masculinity of reedists like Peter Brötzmann and Mats Gustafsson was celebrated as the apex of
I was sitting in a coffee shop in Baltimore City with experimental artist and founder of the nonprofit TECHNE, Bonnie Jones, listening to her talk about the lack of attention, coverage and general acknowledgement of women in jazz and experimental music. Bonnie who is Korean American and has gracefully surpassed her 20s, calmly expressed that
Tomas Fujiwara Trio – Variable Bets (Relative Pitch, 2014) Mat Maneri Quintet – Acceptance (Hat Hut, 1998) Quentin Tolimieri – Piano (pfMentum, 2016) Collective 4tet – Orca (Leo, 1997) Sandy Ewen, Damon Smith, Weasel Walter – Live in Texas (2016)
Dave Buddin The City of God (Dick Move Records, 2016) My interest in electronic music was ignited after seeing the science fiction thriller, Forbidden Planet. Life was never the same after hearing those alien sounds by Louis and Bebe Barron. I was first introduced to David Buddin during my tenure with Cellular Chaos. Buddin carries
Jake Wark, Drew Gress, Phil Haynes – Tremor (Corner Store Jazz, 2016) Alvin Fielder/Damon Smith Duo – Song for Chico (Balance Point Acoustics, 2015) Paul Hartsaw, Kristian Aspelin, Damon Smith, Jerome Bryerton – Ausfegen: Dedicated to Joseph Beauys (Balancing Point Acoustics, 2008) Steve Swell – The Loneliness of the Long Distance Improviser (Swell Records, 2016)
Sirene 1009 Han-Earl Park (Guitar) Caroline Pugh (Vocals/Tape Recorder) Dominic Lash (Bass) Mark Sanders (Drums) Sirene 1009 is a radical improvisational quartet made up of vocalist Caroline Pugh, bassist Dominic Lash, drummer Mark Sanders, and guitarist Han-Earl Park. Their self-titled debut is a colorful, sometimes violent and revelatory listening experience that infuses modern aesthetics with
Weasel Walter is a Brooklyn-based multi-instrumentalist, composer and improviser best known for leading the seminal punk-jazz/no-wave/brutal-prog band The Flying Luttenbachers between 1991 and 2007 on 16 full-length releases. Seamlessly uniting the intensity and abstraction of improvised music with the nihilist aesthetics of extreme rock forms, Walter is committed to violent momentum, idiomatic unpredictability and rapid
Band: Steve Swell‘s Nation of We: Jason Kao Hwang, Jake Sokolov-Gonzalez, Rosie Hertlein, Sarah Bernstein, Stephanie Griffin, Darius Jones, Chris Pitsiokos, Ras Moshe Burnett, Michael Foster, Dave Sewelson, Lewis Barnes, Matt Lavelle, Vincent Chancey, Joe Daley, Todd Nicholson, Chad Taylor Videographer: Don Mount [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab7MJ1eV2Ac&w=560&h=315]
Band: Jim Campilongo Trio with Chris Morrisey, Josh Dion, plus Nels Cline Videographer: Don Mount “Caravan” [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60KV0GLLXHs&w=560&h=315] “There You Are” [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPzqWuXiptk&w=560&h=315]
Band: Rabbit Rabbit: Carla Kihlstedt, Matthias Bossi Videographer: Don Mount [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlO8lYDMjsc&w=560&h=315]
