Jazz
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Ivo Perelman and Matthew Shipp are celebrating the Oct. 28 release of their inspired new album Fruition with a Michiko Studios show in New York City. The tenor saxophone-and-piano duo has produced one of this year’s genuinely great jazz albums. It’s out on ESP-Disk. For locals, this will be one of their last chances to…
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Chad Fowler is joined by Zoh Amba, Ivo Perelman and a rhythm section featuring Matthew Shipp, William Parker and Steve Hirsch on the forthcoming album Alien Skin. It’s out Nov. 11 on Fowler’s Mahakala Music label. Check out this gorgeous clip of the group performing “In Pairs.”
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Avant-garde legend Pharoah Sanders has passed in Los Angeles, according to his record label Luaka Bop. He was 81. Born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1940, Sanders given name was Farrell. It was Sun Ra that gave him the nickname Pharoah, when the two began working together in the 1960s. Sanders joined John Coltrane’s band…
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George Lernis – Between Two Worlds – Arrival 0.00 Alexander Smalls – Alexander’s Mood 7.51 Carole Nelson Trio – Chrysalis 13.01 John Stein – Sugar 19.33 Peter Kogan – Owed to J.C. (Ode to John Coltrane) 25.10 GoGo Penguin – Lost in Thought 33.05 Yaya Bey – pour up feat. DJ Nativesun 35.44 Billy Drummond…
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Anthony Fung – What Does It Mean To Be Free? (Featuring Andrew Renfroe, Paul Cornish & David Binney) 0.00 sUb_modU – Gravity 4.24 Jonathan Barber & Vision Ahead – Acceptance 9.59 Aaron Seeber – Klactoveedsedstene 15.35 David Binney – Resembler 23.31 Michael Brenneis – Loud Homage to the Silent Gong 36.26 Hermeto Pascoal – Velório…
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Byron Asher says he named his quintet Basher after the nickname he earned in high school. The oft-posed question: “what would a band called Basher sound like?” is said to be at the project’s origin. Here’s at least one answer, from Basher’s forthcoming LP Doubles. The full album drops Sept. 30 on Sinking City Records.
