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Trio M: The Guest House
by Troy Collins
Historically, the most revered jazz piano trios tend to erase the distinction between leader and accompanist; empathetic listening skills and quicksilver responsiveness enable adroit performers to spontaneously shape the melodic, harmonic and rhythmic contours of the music in democratic fashion. The esteemed Trio M, whose personnel boasts pianist Myra Melford, bassist Mark Dresser and drummer Matt Wilson, is one such collective. Though Melford's return to the classic acoustic trio format that established her reputation in the early 1990s is notable, ...
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by Sean Patrick Fitzell
Superficially, the combination of pianist Myra Melford, bassist Mark Dresser and drummer Matt Wilson might seem unusual, though the three have previously commingled. Melford and Dresser are known for their work in freer contexts or exploring extended compositional forms, while Wilson--by no means a neo-traditionalist--has forged a reputation playing more established forms and grooves. After years of musing about a trio, the three convened for a gig and were so pleased with the results that they played more, ultimately heading ...
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by John Kelman
The dynamic that occurs when a specific group of players comes together just can't be predicted, even if they've worked together in other contexts. That's the story with Trio M--pianist Myra Melford, bassist Mark Dresser and drummer Matt Wilson--three musicians who have intersected on more than one occasion and talked about getting together as a trio. After a handful of 2006 gigs proved correct their inkling that this trio project had more than just potential, they hit the studio with ...
read moreCollaborative Jazz Trio Multi Mansions Releases Its Debut Album, Vehicles, On May 8th
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Mike Lorenz
Vehicle (noun) a thing used to express, embody, or fulfill something. The collaborative Avant-jazz trio, MULTI MANSIONS, are releasing their debut album, vehicles, on Earth Day 2020 to all streaming and digital platforms. A band that started as a sonic homage to late great Avant-guitar hero Sonny Sharrock, MULTI MANSIONS’ debut showcases a band poised to make waves with their inspired sound. Vehicles is now available for digital pre-order on the band’s Bandcamp page where fans can stream the lead-off ...
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Nonesuch Releases Two New Recordings from Pat Metheny: The Unity Sessions and Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny
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Nonesuch Publicity
The Unity Sessions features Grammy Award-winning Unity Group—Metheny with saxophonist Chris Potter, drummer Antonio Sanchez, bassist Ben Williams, and multi-instrumentalist Giulio Carmassi Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny joins longtime Pat Metheny Group trumpeter’s trio with his mentor Nonesuch Records releases a pair of new albums from guitarist, composer, and bandleader Pat Metheny. Metheny is well- known as a musical collaborator, and both records feature friends and colleagues with whom he has worked for years. The Unity Sessions is taken ...
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Album Launch For UK's Leading Gypsy Swing Ensemble, Trio Manouche
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Le QuecumBar: The Hot Club of London
Sting, KT Tunstall and Suzy Klien (BBC) will be amongst Trio Manouche’s fans that’ll be eagerly anticipating the long awaited first album Now What? Now What? is the debut album, following the successful EP released back in 2012, for Trio Manouche, the UK’s most original and leading Gypsy swing band, and this debut will be launched, most suitably, at the UK’s home of Gypsy swing and mecca to Django Reinhardt, Le QuecumBar in Battersea London, on Sunday 22nd May 2016. ...
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Barcelona Holiday: Some Hip Piano Trio Music from Sperrazza-Sacks-Kamaguchi
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Gapplegate Music Review by Grego Edwards
If you dig a modern piano-bass-drums trio playing in a free-bop zone, Barcelona Holiday (Fresh Sound New Talent 373) will get you feeling happy. The session came about while Jacob Sacks (piano), Masa Kamaguchi (bass) and Vinnie Sperrazza (drums) were gigging in Barcelona. They were obviously ready to record and Fresh Sound was there to give them a studio date. Barcelona Holiday finds the trio tackling some familiar and less-familiar classics: Thad Jones' Three in One," Monk's Ugly Beauty," Parker's ...
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Mythic Trio Maikotron Unit Release "Ex-Voto"
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Lambert
MONTREAL, QC (CANADA): On May 20, 2011, the mythic trio, Maïkotron Unit, releases their new album Ex-Voto. Quebec-based Maïkotron Unit is a trio dedicated to research in New Music. The first maïkotron instrument was built in 1983 and it is the cornerstone of the trio's acoustic creations. Its sounds reach below the range of the bass saxophone. Even though this is the seventh recording of the Maïkotron Unit, it is the first to appear on compact disc. Following its 26 ...
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Trio Mediaeval New Release and Tour
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ECM Records
Trio Mediaeval is back with a new album of sacred music released on March 15, 2011. Trio Mediaeval A Worcester Ladymass Anna Maria Friman voice Linn Andrea Fuglseth voice Torunn Østrem Ossum voice Few vocal ensembles produce quite as beautiful and finely blended a sound as this Norwegian trio... Allan Kozinn, The New York Times Oslo's Trio Mediaeval presents a reconstruction of a 13th century votive Mass to the Virgin Mary, based ...
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Trio Mediaeval's Performances & New Album in March
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Universal Music Group
Trio Mediaeval A Worcester Ladymass Anna Maria Frimanvoice Linn Andrea Fuglsethvoice Torunn Østrem Ossumvoice Few vocal ensembles produce quite as beautiful and finely blended a sound as this Norwegian trio... Allan Kozinn, The New York Times Oslo's Trio Mediaeval presents a reconstruction of a 13th century votive Mass to the Virgin Mary, based on surviving manuscripts from a Benedectine Abbey in the English Midlands. Inserted amid the medieval music are a Credo and Benedicamus ...
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Peter Bernstein Trio Monk CD
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Michael Ricci
Thelonious Monk’s music presents a challenge for any jazz musician, but the going can be especially rough on guitarists. The songs are often physically scaled for the piano: those sharp intervals and tangled clusters don’t fall as naturally on a fretboard.
So Peter Bernstein faces a basic hurdle with Monk (Xanadu/The Orchard), his vigorous new album. To his credit, the translation goes almost unnoticed. What sticks out instead is his soulful affinity to the material and the dapper chatter of ...
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Brainkiller Trio Mexico Tour
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All About Jazz
Brainkiller, the duo of Texas trombonist Brian Allen and Phoenix pianist Jacob Koller, will team up with Argentinian drummer Hernan Hecht for a trio tour in the Mexico City area November 13-17. Brian Allen_Trombone+FX - Jacob Koller_Rhodes+FX - Hernan Hecht_Drums+FX November 13 Casa Hilvana, Colima 378, Planta Alta, Col Roma, $50 21:00 November 14 Cafe ES3, Sor Juana Ines de La cruz, Tlanepantla November 15 Rojo Vivo Bar, Toluca November 16 Jazzatlan, Morelos 419 |Esquina 6 Norte |San Pedro, Cholula ...
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A Family Focus for Upcoming D.D. Jackson Trio MOMA Performance
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All About Jazz
Canadian-born, New York-based jazz pianist/composer D.D. Jackson's free performance on Sunday, July 29th, 2007 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City will feature original music from his latest CD Serenity Song, and material with a distinct focus on family, with a piece dedicated to his wife and 10-month old son Jarrett Jackson (named after pianist Keith Jarrett), along with other compositions from the CD that reflect the full gamut of emotions experienced as father and husband. Joining ...
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