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Taylor Ho Bynum & SpiderMonkey Strings: Other Stories (Three Suites)

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by Paul Olson
November 13, 2005

This is not a “cornet with strings album.Cornetist/composer Taylor Ho Bynum does include a string quartet on Other Stories, and he certainly plays cornet on the record--but anyone hoping for an hour of standard jazz soloing over strings will be nonplussed. Anyone else will simply be astonished and delighted. As the album's title states, it consists of three extended suites. For two of them, “Supo Eno and “SpiderMonkey Stories, Bynum is accompanied by a string quartet (Jason Kao ...

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Performance / Tour

Firehouse 12 to Present Taylor Ho Bynum & Spidermonkey Strings November 21st

Source: Improvised Communications
November 18, 2008

On Friday, November 21st, cornetist/composer Taylor Ho Bynum and his improvising chamber jazz ensemble, SpiderMonkey Strings, will present the New Haven premiere of his innovative secular oratorio, Madeleine Dreams, at Firehouse 12. Inspired by the novel Madeleine is Sleeping (Harcourt), a 2004 National Book Award finalist written by his sister, Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, the piece draws text from the book while further exploring its theme of “the logic of dreams.” SpiderMonkey Strings, which takes its name from two mythical tricksters, ...
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Recording

Taylor Ho Bynum & SpiderMonkey Strings on 482 Music

Source: All About Jazz
September 16, 2005

AVON, CT (USA) -- On October 25th, 482 Music will release Other Stories [Three Suites], the debut CD from Brooklyn-based cornetist/composer Taylor Ho Bynum's SpiderMonkey Strings. Named after two mythic tricksters, Anansi the Spider of West Africa and the Monkey King of China, this eclectic ensemble brings a genre-defying spirit and sense of humor to Bynum's diverse extended suites. The group features Jason Kao Hwang (violin), Jessica Pavone (violin and viola), Stephanie Griffin (viola), Tomas Ulrich (cello), Pete Fitzpatrick (electric ...
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