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"Aftermath is a superior effort by a very talented composer."
-Budd Kopman, allaboutjazz.com.
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"Free-form jazz that [builds] groove and texture without getting cheesy. Maase's guitarwork...[strikes] an impressive balance between improv and restraint."
Sam Machkovech, the Dallas Observer
"If you have seen her live, or heard her recordings, I hope you have realized what a treasure Lily is."
-David West, the Denton Record Chronicle
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theSuiteUnraveling at the Cornelia Street Cafe, NYC
by Budd Kopman
theSuiteUnraveling at the Cornelia Street CaféCornelia Street CaféNew York City, New YorkNovember 30, 2007 theSuiteUnraveling is guitarist/composer Lily Maase's working quintet comprised of Peter Van Huffel (alto and soprano saxophones), whose own album Silvester Battlefield (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2007) was released to high acclaim, Evan Smith (tenor saxophone), Matt Wigton (electric bass) and Fred Kennedy (drums). This gig was tied to a CD release party for her new album Unbind, which was a ...
read moreLily Maase: Unbind
by Budd Kopman
With the release of the outstanding Unbind, guitarist/composer Lily Maase continues to hone her musico-philosophic voice. She and her quintet, theSuiteUnraveling have created music that lives at the boundaries of jazz and progressive or art rock, being neither and both, with a message that is profoundly uplifting. The band is different from that on her previous release Aftermath (LMS, 2005) released more than two years ago. That was her Texas band, while theSuiteUnraveling is her New York ...
read moretheSuiteUnraveling at 55Bar
by Budd Kopman
theSuiteUnraveling55Bar55 Christopher StreetGreenwich Village, NYCJuly 12, 2006 theSuiteUnraveling, Lily Maase's current New York group, played the early show at 55Bar to a good crowd. The gig started late because Maase's guitar decided to buzz uncontrollably, and she ran uptown, returning with an Ibanez in a cardboard box. It served its purpose, despite the fact that it refused to stay in tune, and that its electronics behaved differently than her main axe.
read moreLily Maase: Aftermath
by Budd Kopman
If the releases from the Between the Lines label fall at the classical/composed end of the jazz continuum, then Aftermath belongs in the fusion/experimental corner of the jazz universe. Its rhythms are closer to rock than jazz; the keyboards are electric, as is the bass; and the general vibe goes beyond solo improvising in front of the rest of the band. Labels can be misleading, of course, but one has to start somewhere. The LM5 would absolutely ...
read more21 Century Schizoid Music (Mon) Joe Fonda (Tue) Soul of the Blues (Wed) Gnu Vox Vocal Series (Thu) Lily Maase (Fri) This Week at Cornelia Street Cafe
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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
CORNELIA STREET CAFE 29 Cornelia Street, NYC 212-989-9319 between West 4th and Bleecker Sts, Greenwich Village 1 Subway to Sheridan Square; A, C, E, B, D, V, F to West 4th St. This Week At Cornelia Street Cafe Mon Nov 26, 8:30PM 21 CENTURY SCHIZOID MUSIC PRESENTS GENE CAPRIOGLIO Gene Caprioglio with his drone group and Italian wedding band Le Nozze di Carlo Cover $10 http://www.cdroots.com/ndc-1.html Tue Nov ...
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Roulette and Lily Maase present re:Disconnect // a long song for many people
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All About Jazz
Wednesday, September 27 Roulette: Location One 20 Greene Street (between Canal and Grand) New York, New York 8:30--11 pm $15 / $10 students
Guitarist, composer, and mixed media artist Lily Maase teams up with laptop extraordinary Christian Pincock to present re:Disconnect, her latest experiment in sonic architecture.
Presented as part of Roulette's fall 2006 concert series (www.roulette.org), re:Disconnect is part chamber performance, part multimedia installation, part long-form work ...
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