Home » Jazz Musicians » Mark Helias Open Loose
Mark Helias Open Loose
"Without much fanfare, bassist Helias has been leading some great bands for more than a decade now. The latest edition of Open Loose features Tom Rainey's sonorous drums and Tony Malaby's sinewy tenor, and - as always - the emphasis is on supercharged, spur-of-the-moment interplay." -Davis, Village Voice
Tags
Mark Helias' Open Loose: Atomic Clock
by Nic Jones
Bassist Mark Helias has a great band here. All three musicians, augmented by the second tenor sax of Ellery Eskelin on one track, are entirely in tune with each other, and this programme is notable for the high number of occasions when they seem to breathe as one. The perhaps deliberately woozy air of Modern Scag" is a case in point. Malaby and Eskelin don't so much lock horns as they seem to agree on an approach that takes the ...
read moreMark Helias Open Loose at Cornelia Street Cafe, Friday, July 1
Source:
All About Jazz
June 29, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] Friday, July 1st 9:00PM MARK HELIAS OPEN LOOSE Mark Helias, bass; Tom Rainey, drums; Tony Malaby, sax at Cornelia Street Cafe 29 Cornelia Street Greenwich Village, NY 10014 Tel: 212-989-9319 Fax: 212-243-4207 Web: corneliastreetcafe.com between West 4th and Bleecker Sts, Greenwich Village 1,9 Subway to Sheridan Square; A, C, E, B, D, F to West 4th St. a culinary as well as a cultural landmark" Mayoral ...
read more
Photos
Music
Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson