The Distance – Michael Formanek and Ensemble Kolossus ECM (2016) Personnel: Loren Stillman (alto saxophone, flute) Oscar Noriega (alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet) Chris Speed (tenor saxophone, clarinet) Brian Settles (tenor saxophone, flute) Tim Berne (baritone saxophone) Dave Ballou (trumpet) Ralph Alessi (trumpet) Shane Endsley (trumpet) Kirk Knuffke (cornet) Alan Ferber (trombone) Jacob Garchik (trombone)
Robert Dick – Third Stone from the Sun (New World, 1993) Eric Mingus & Catherine Sikora – Clockwork Mercury (Clockwork Mercury, n.d.) Nate Wooley – Wrong Shape to Be a Story Teller (Creative Sources, 2005) Mary Halvorson & Jessica Pavone – Prairies (Lucky Kitchen, 2005) Farmers by Nature – Out of This World’s Distortions (AUM
Interviews Tomas Fujiwara: part 3 and part 4 Review Secret Keeper and Tomas Fujiwara & the Hook Up at Cornelia Street Cafe, April 17-18, 2015 Videos Nate Wooley Live at the Knockdown Center Keir Neuringer, Brandon Lopez, and Gerald Cleaver Live at Ibeam Tom Rainey Trio Live at Clemente Soto Velez (Arts for Art) Nate
Baikida Carroll – Shadows and Reflections (Soul Note, 1982) [vinyl] Billy Bang – Outline no. 12 (OAO, 1982) [vinyl] Cecil Taylor Unit – Live in Vienna (Leo, 1988) [vinyl] Jerome Cooper – The Unpredictability of Predictability (About Time, 1979) [vinyl] Archie Shepp – Live at the Donaueschingen Music Festival (BASF, 1972) [vinyl] Tim Berne –
This past weekend, Cornelia Street Cafe hosted two significant record release concerts. On Friday, guitarist Mary Halvorson and bassist Stephan Crump teamed up with their Secret Keeper project to debut their second record, Emerge (Intakt). On Saturday, Tomas Fujiwara & the Hook Up (including Halvorson, Jonathan Finlayson, Brian Settles, and Michael Formanek) debuted their third
Part 3 of the April Artist Feature on Drummer/Composer Tomas Fujiwara Interview Cisco Bradley: I understand that you are both an avid basketball fan as well as a player of the sport. Do you absorb or incorporate any aspects of the rhythm or movement of the game into your music, compositions, or performance? Tomas Fujiwara:
Interviews Mary Halvorson (March Artist Feature) Tomas Fujiwara short interviews (part 1, part 2) Videos Matt Lavelle’s 12 Houses Live at the Firehouse Space Thollem McDonas and Lukas Ligeti Live at Spectrum Michael T.A. Thompson Live at First Street Green (Arts for Art) Playlist Week of March 23, 2015
Guitarist Mary Halvorson has two exciting new records coming out this year. The first, with bassist Stephan Crump, is the sophomore effort of their collaborative duo, Secret Keeper. The music they create together features rich, sensual, earthy sounds set upon a palate of sound that includes dashes of necessary tension amidst foreboding resonance. A truly
Videos Michael Foster-Ben Bennett Duo Live at Soup & Sound Pulverize the Sound Live at Manhattan Inn Chris Pitsiokos Trio Live at Ran Tea House Jonathan Moritz’ Secret Tempo Live at I-Beam (New York Tenor Saxophone Festival) Yoni Kretzmer 2Bass Quartet Live at I-Beam (New York Tenor Saxophone Festival) Ras Moshe Trio Live at I-Beam
This was an amazing year with a number of innovative and revolutionary releases that made it very difficult to choose. I spent many days narrowing the best records of 2014 down to fifteen: Josh Sinton’s Ideal Bread – Beating the Teens (Cuneiform) Travis Laplante’s Battle Trance – Palace of Wind (NNA Tapes) Rodrigo Amado Motion
