New Artist Profile: Ras Moshe

Reeds and flute player Ras Moshe has emerged over the past 15 years as a formidable musician who is deeply rooted in the traditions of free jazz while breaking new ground with his various groups. I am very happy to have added an artist profile for him on this site. It is available here.

Transcendence (2007)

Transcendence Quartet KMB Jazz (CD) Released 2007; recorded, mixed & mastered by Jim Clouse at Park West, Jan 4, 2007; illustration by Lila Jarzombek; photography by John Rogers Personnel: Ras Moshe (tenor saxophone, compositions 1-3, 5-6, 8) Dave Ross (guitar, compositions, 4, 7) Shayna Dulberger (bass, composition 9) Rashid Bakr (drums) Track List: Transcendence (7:53)

Red Microphone

Leader: collaborative Years Active: 2013-present Personnel: John Pietaro Ras Moshe Rocco John Iacovone Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic (bass) Albums: Live Performances: Date Venue Media 2014     Aug 16 El Taller Latino Americano   Jul 24 The Commons   Jun 4 The Commons   Jun 1 Firehouse Space   Mar 19 Bar Chord   2013    

Transcendence Quartet

Leader: Ras Moshe Years Active: 2006-2009 Personnel: Ras Moshe (reeds, flute) Dave Ross (guitar) Shayna Dulberger (bass) Rashid Bakr (drums) Albums: Transcendence (KMB Jazz, 2007) Live Performances: Date Venue Media 2009     Aug 5[1] Brooklyn Lyceum   Mar 28[2] Corridor Gallery   2008     Jun 8 Douglass Street Music Collective   May 28[3]

Music Now! Unit

Leader: Ras Moshe Years Active: 1998-present Personnel (varying lineups including the following): Anders Nilsson Andre Martinez Chris Forbes Dafna Naphtali Dave Sewelson David Moss Francois Grillot Jackson Krall James Keepnews Jeff Arnal Joel Freedman John Pietaro Kyoko Kitamura Larry Roland Luke Stewart Marc Santos Matt Heyner Matt Lavelle Nick Gianni Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic Raphe Malik Rashid

Ingrid Laubrock Residency at Clemente Soto Velez this Month

Saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock has a residency at Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center this month with two concerts planned: Monday March 3: 7:30 pm: Think Shadow: Sean Conly/Michaël Attias; 8:45 pm: William Parker/Ingrid Laubrock 10 pm: Content Provider: Brandon Seabrook, Briggan Kraus, Ingrid Laubrock Monday, March 10 (a benefit for Arts for Art) 7:30 pm: Mary

Premoticon II (2014)

Premoticon Sulde (CD) Released March 7, 2014; recorded July 6, 2011 by Gabe Beam of Toledo Bellows at Robinwood Concert House; mastered by Jim Hemingway; artwork by Connie Wang Personnel: Patrick Breiner (tenor saxophone) Will McEvoy (bass) Track List: I are you. You is me. This is us. These are we. Who are the you?

Playlist for Week of 22 Feb 2014

Tatsuya Nakatani – Nakatani Gong Orchestra (Taiga, 2013) [vinyl] Ras Moshe – Live Spirits, vol. 3 (Utech, 2006) Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey Duo – And Other Desert Towns (Relative Pitch, 2014) Dylan Ryan’s Sand – Sky Bleached (Cuneiform, 2013) Landon Knoblock’s CACAW – Stellar Power (Skirl, 2013) Wheelhouse – Boss of the Plains (Aerophonic, 2012) Ras

Thumbscrew (2014)

  Thumbscrew Cuneiform Records (CD) Released Jan 21, 2014; recorded at the Bunker (Brooklyn), April 7, 2013; recorded & mixed by Jon Rosenberg; produced by Thumbscrew Personnel: Mary Halvorson (guitar) Michael Formanek (bass) Tomas Fujiwara (drums) Track List: Cheap Knock Off (5:59) iThumbscrew (7:13) Fluid Hills in Pink (8:12) Nothing Doing (1:22) Goddess Sparkle (6:22)