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Joanna Wallfisch: Blood & Bone
by Dan Bilawsky
Put quite simply, Blood & Bone is both the sound of a broken heart laid bare and the sonic summation of a journey toward its reconstruction. It's an album informed by the gravitas of naked truth, finding vocalist Joanna Wallfisch creating and delivering a singular blend of poise, pain, and passion with startling clarity. As with any path to discovery or healing, there are mixed emotions to be found along the way here. On the album's tied-together ...
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by Ian Patterson
What is clear from one listen to The Winding Shell is that pianist Jesse Elder is a composer/arranger of some ambition. Changing time signatures and the harmonizing of alto and tenor are features of the music, as are interesting percussive dynamics and contrasts between softly voiced and more animated passages. Lively charge and pregnant pause coexist with absorbing juxtaposition in music where improvisation and structure strike a fine balance. Throw in some truly fine sax playing from four talented, distinctive ...
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by Raul d'Gama Rose
Pianist Jesse Elder has no time for linear melodies, or logical, arithmetical rhythms. Still, on The Winding Shell, he shows himself to be a rather clever master of song form. In prismatic style, he lights up his tunes with refracted luminous and melodic excursions. He plays these around the musicians who augment his obtuse schematics, and receives an almost revered response--not for his leadership, but rather for the solemn musical ground that some of them cover. There is also a ...
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by Chris Mosey
A small black and white picture on the sleeve shows 29-year-old New York avant-garde pianist/composer Jesse Elder, unsmilingly clasping a hand to his head. His eyes are shut tight, screwed up as if in pain. Below the picture a note explains that The Winding Shell is part of a series dedicaded (sic) to Modern jazz, New classical, Avant rock, Experimental beats and Women voices." All the warning signs have been displayed: this is obviously not going to ...
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by Mark Corroto
There is always room for a new songsmith in jazz. Pianist/composer Jesse Elder is a prodigious new voice in modern jazz, and his debut recording displays not only his nonpareil composing talents, but those of a very skilled arranger and performer.
The Winding Shell finds him working with kindred spirit drummer Tyshawn Sorey, the much heralded voice of the new Brooklyn sound. These two artists don't confine their music to the jazz vocabulary; they just might be the descendants of ...
read moreJesse Elder Quintet: From Out of the Grey Forest
by David A. Orthmann
"Nothing is plumb, level or square. This first line from Alan Dugan's poem Love Song: I and Thou" comes to mind while listening to composer/pianist Jesse Elder's second recording. Unlike Dugan's unnamed protagonist, whose haphazard structure holds up for just one great moment, Elder's irregular audible designs come together as a whole, remain stable, and stand up to repeated listening. His diverse, melodically rich compositions are interpreted by an able band of young, largely unknown players who thrive on the ...
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by David A. Orthmann
Jesse Elder Jesse Elder Quintet Self Produced 2005
Jesse Elder is a 21-year-old composer, pianist, and bandleader with a bright future. Throughout a self-produced CD recorded in March of 2005, Elder's musicianship and organizational skills evince maturity and wisdom well beyond his years. The antithesis of a blowing session, the recording is a showcase for 10 of Elder's compositions, all of which are enjoyable and challenging. His pieces have little or no relation to ...
read moreJazz Night with the Jesse Elder Trio at Barge Music
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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
Imagine a truly unique New York City location with charm, history and spectacular water views. A location that will delight even the most sophisticated socialite or businessperson. And envision this against the magnificent backdrop of the New York City skyline. The venue is Bargemusic, a floating concert hall that The New York Times calls inviting... ideally intimate... with grand views." The 102-foot long covered barge, which was once used to transport coffee, is beloved by discriminating concertgoers around the world ...
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Jesse Elder Quintet Live at Rose's Turn, NYC
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All About Jazz
Jesse Elder Quintet live at Rose's Turn Thurs. 11/16, 9pm $7, 2 drink min . Free CD at the door!!
Featuring all original music by Jesse Elder, 2-time winner in the national ASCAP Young Jazz Composer's Competition"
Jonathan Powell ~ trumpet Jeremy Viner ~ tenor sax Jesse Elder ~ piano Christopher Tordini ~ bass Adam Jackson ~ drums
55 Grove St. (@ ...
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