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The Nu Band: In Memory of Mark Whitecage: The Nu Band Live At The Bopshop

Read "In Memory of Mark Whitecage: The Nu Band Live At The Bopshop" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


The fearless improvised legacy of veteran, free bop sax man Mark Whitecage may not hold a prominent place in the immediate lexicon of upstarts and legends, but the man could blow his horn. Whitecage could dice and slice a piece of music, solemn or otherwise, to shreds with his sharp metallic, testosterone tone then reassemble it seamlessly with his long, flowing phrases. So it is fitting and more than welcome that he brings it big time on this final recording ...

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The Nu Band: In Memory of Mark Whitecage: The Nu Band Live At The Bopshop

Read "In Memory of Mark Whitecage: The Nu Band Live At The Bopshop" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Multiple reedman Mark Whitecage (1937-2021) may not have enjoyed the profile he deserved, but he was an extraordinary improvisational free-jazz force who recorded prolifically for CIMP Records. Bassist Joe Fonda, a member of Whitecage's Nu Band, enjoyed a forty year musical involvement with the man, and In Memory Of Mark Whitecage: The Nu Band Live At The Bop Shop is Fonda's posthumous tip of the hat to his old running mate. It is a recording bursting with the lifeforce --one ...

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The Nu Band: The Final Concert

Read "The Final Concert" reviewed by John Sharpe


The title refers to trumpeter Roy Campbell's last appearance with the outfit he founded with drummer Lou Grassi twelve years before. Campbell died in 2014 at the age of 61, 21 months after this March 2012 live date from Bad Hofgastein, Austria at the conclusion of a European tour. This limited edition LP constitutes the seventh entry in the band's discography and affirms their credentials at the pinnacle of the free-bop game. Both Campbell and reedman Mark ...

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The Nu Band: Live In Paris

Read "Live In Paris" reviewed by John Sharpe


An average of one album every other year is pretty good going for a free jazz collective, and that's what The Nu Band has achieved. Its fifth, Live In Paris, comes ten years after their first communion in 2000. It's also a departure, not in that it is a concert recording as there are already three of those in the discography, but in that, for the first time, the quartet showcases its considerable talents at instant composition. ...

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The Nu Band: The Dope and The Ghost: Live in Vienna

Read "The Dope and The Ghost: Live in Vienna" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


The Dope and The Ghost commences with Joe Fonda's retro, beatnik style walking bass lines and the artists' President Bush-bashing in front of a Viennese audience on “BushWacked. The political component sets the tone for the band's progressive jazz and improvisational forays. The members orate a denouncement for seemingly every policy that the President has put in place, setting high expectations for when the musical festivities would kick in. And the sparks really do fly when the band gets down ...

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The Nu Band: Live At The Bop Shop

Read "Live At The Bop Shop" reviewed by AAJ Staff


"Nu" is an apt term for the group leading this adventurous live outing. It's the first time these four veteran players have joined forces. It's only the second release on the new Portuguese Clean Feed label. And it documents the quartet's third (!) performance. “Nu" indeed.

But there's nothing new about these musicians. Each has his own history deep in the roots of the free/energy music continuum, and all have shared musical connections at one point or another ...

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Recording

The Nu Band - Live in Paris (No Business, 2010)

The Nu Band - Live in Paris (No Business, 2010)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland

Celebrating ten years together, The Nu Band: Roy Campbell, on trumpet, pocket trumpet, flugelhorn and flute, Mark Whitecage on alto saxophone and clarinet, Joe Fonda on bass and Lou Grassi on drums and percussion remain committed to spontaneous composition and improvisation and creating music in the moment. This live album from Paris is an excellent example of their art, opening with the lengthy “Somewhere over the Seine" has strong swirling saxophone over a deep bass and drum pocket. Strong exciting ...

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The Nu Band (U.S.) Tours Europe in January 2005

The Nu Band (U.S.) Tours Europe in January 2005

Source: All About Jazz

The Nu Band, based in the New York City area, tours France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland and Austria from January 13 to January 29, 2005.

Members of The Nu Band are Mark Whitecage on saxes and clarinet; Roy Campbell Jr. on trumpet and flugelhorn; Joe Fonda on bass; and Lou Grassi on drums.

The Nu Band is a sparkling, dynamic group of pros -- all of whom lead a number of groups, play and record with a variety of world-class musicians, ...

Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

The Final Concert

NoBusiness Records
2017

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Live In Paris

NoBusiness Records
2010

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The Dope and The...

Not Two Records
2007

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Live At The Bop Shop

Clean Feed Records
2002

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