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Album Review

Dapp Theory: Layers Of Chance

Read "Layers Of Chance" reviewed by Martin Gladu


The Dapp's back!After a five years hiatus since the brilliant Y'all Just Don't Know (Concord, 2003), Dapp Theory returns with yet another stellar recording in Layers Of Chance.Anchored by ex-Steve Coleman acolyte Andy Milne and drum wiz Sean Rickman, the quintet now sports a few new faces in bassist Christopher Tordini, reedman Loren Stillman and percussive poet John Moon, the latter joining after Kokayi's unfortunate departure. 24-year old Kenny Grohowski tolls the troops on the road ...

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Dapp Theory: Y

Read "Y" reviewed by Rex  Butters


The fertile creative ground of M-Base continues to bear fruit with the release of longtime Steve Coleman keyboardist Andy Milne’s Dapp Theory. At a recent Ravi Coltrane gig, I mentioned to Milne how different his playing sounded from his work with Coleman. Surprised, he said, “Well, yeah, it’s a different music.” While Dapp Theory is a different music, it retains M-Base earmarks, including spacious easygoing melodic lines drifting above busy beat-heavy workouts. Perhaps utilizing another trick from the M-Base book, ...

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Dapp Theory: Y'All Just Don't Know

Read "Y'All Just Don't Know" reviewed by Phil DiPietro


Steve Coleman 's University continues to spawn musical alumni of the highest order. It's no coincidence that recent releases by Ralph Alessi , Ravi Coltrane , Matt Garrison , Gene Lake , and Vijay Iyer have been rhythmatic thrill rides - there's simply no choice in the matter after having dealt with all that Coleman is dealing. A simplistic take? Assuredly so, as each one of these and now, keyboardist Andy Milne, adds their own, sometimes far removed, spin on ...

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Dapp Theory: Y'All Just Don't Know

Read "Y'All Just Don't Know" reviewed by AAJ Staff


By now, three albums out of the gate, Andy Milne has earned the right to stand on his own. The piano/keyboard player spent seven years with saxophonist Steve Coleman, a ten-disc tenure he likens (somewhat loftily) to the relationship McCoy Tyner had with John Coltrane--and the sharing of ideas within that context has touched his music forever. But like Tyner, he has retained his own voice and found new ways to express it. So enough of that heavy Coleman legacy. ...

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Recording

Dapp Theory - Layers of Chance (2008)

Dapp Theory - Layers of Chance (2008)

Source: Something Else!

By Mark Saleski Some people really have the wrong idea about jazz. They think that most of it falls into two very broad categories: traditional, where guys in suits play an introductory theme before taking turns soloing over the developed chord changes; and avant-garde, also known as “cats-on-piano" jazz, where everybody just plays whatever the hell they want because, really ... it's “art," you know? It's almost like it's taken for granted that jazzers are not interested in having fun, ...

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Performance / Tour

Sunday June 27 2010 Andy Milne and Dapp Theory @ Royal/T

Sunday June 27 2010 Andy Milne and Dapp Theory @ Royal/T

Source: SoCal Creative Music

SUNDAY MAY 27 2010 @ 7PMANDY MILNE & DAPP THEORYROYAL/T8910 WASHINGTON BLVD. CULVER CITY, CA 90232310.559.6300$18 admission at the door. $12 for studentsDAPP THEORY is a quintet that blends contemporary funk, groove and hip-hop into jazzwith such seamless, casual precision its almost freaky. (LA Weekly)ANDY MILNE - KeyboardsJOHN MOON - PercussionAARON KRUZIKI- SaxophoneCHRIS TORDINI - BassKENNY GROHOWSKI - DrumsAs demonstrated on their recent ...

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New Haven's Firehouse 12 to Present Andy Milne and Dapp Theory June 2nd

New Haven's Firehouse 12 to Present Andy Milne and Dapp Theory June 2nd

Source: Improvised Communications

On Saturday, June 2nd, Brooklyn-based keyboardist/composer Andy Milne and his longstanding group Dapp Theory (formerly Cosmic Dapp Theory) will perform at New Haven's Firehouse 12 as part of its five-stop June tour of the Northeast. The group, which strives to link the essence of jazz with hip hop and other forms of musical expression, features vocalist/percussive poet/MC John Moon, saxophonist Loren Stillman, bassist Chris Tordini and drummer Sean Rickman.

“Dapp Theory defies convention," declared JazzReview.com's John Kelman in his review ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Layers Of Chance

ObliqSound
2008

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Y'all Just Don't Know

Concord Music Group
2003

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Y

Concord Music Group
2003

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