New York Times (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
Even with an absence the Paul Motian-Joe Lovano-Bill Frisell trio’s set demonstrated how flexible the group’s frame is.
Musical Stew Daily (Free subscription) | 30/08/2008
From HT: Yesterday, we ran an amazing list of HT Contributor / UM Crew Member Wade Ellis Wilby’s favorite fall albums. (Continue Reading…) Track Listing: John Mayer-Something’s Missing DMB-Best of What’s Around Pearl Jam-Release Bill Frisell-Gone Just Like A Train Counting Crows-Raining in Baltimore Ani Difranco-You Had Time Smashing Pumpkins-Rhinoceros Radiohead-Exit Music (To A Film) Ben Folds Five-Don’t...
Largehearted Boy (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
With over a decade between album releases, the Verve's fourth album, Forth, gets its US release tomorrow, and is also available in a double-album vinyl package that also includes the CD. Matthew Sweet's Sunshine Lies is my most anticipated...
Rock Sellout (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
A sidenote from Gina: Sam Amidon. He’s touring with Nico Muhly & Doveman at the moment. The plan was to see the 802 Tour in Vancouver, but they had to sadly cancel the Vancouver show. The intent was to do an interview at that moment & take photographs. Sadly, no. But here we are - and [...]
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
Some partnerships in jazz go beyond sensitivity or even shared intuition. At their best they can suggest something more mysterious, like weather patterns. When you encounter a bond of this sort between musicians operating at full capacity, the air changes slightly in the room. The trumpeter Ron Miles and the guitarist Bill Frisell have one of these relationships, stretching back at least a dozen years....
New York Times (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
Trumpeter Ron Miles and guitarist Bill Frisell evinced their uncommon musical rapport at the Jazz Standard on Thursday.
Popdose (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
Despite periodic threats to the contrary, I’ve never had the patience to learn an instrument. I can’t read music, and I don’t know the first thing about how to speak the musician’s lingo; as my former producer once told me, “you approach music from a fan’s perspective.” That perspective is what’s fueled my lifelong orbit around [...]
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
Fort Adams State Park, Newport, R.I., Saturday and yesterday Over the course of two days in Newport's historic Fort Adams State Park, 28 acts spread out across three stages, without a dud in the bunch. The range of styles touched nearly every corner of what could be considered jazz or its outliers...
Do the Math (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
(TBP at the Blue Note drawn by Isaac Paris - more Paris here and here.) DTM and TBP are both off this month. Non-TBP gigs: 8/7 - Charlie Haden and Ethan Iverson at the Regattabar, Cambridge 8/9 - Haden/Iverson/Bill Frisell...
Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Jenny Scheinman will be playing tonight at Barbes, Park Slope's eclectic music space on 9th Street near Sixth Avenue. For those who don't know, she is a violinist/composer, who works with a variety of performers including Norah Jones, Bill Frisell, Madeleine Peyroux and John Zorn. She is in residence at Barbes most Tuesdays with an almost infinite variety of lineup. This week, with steve cardenas (guitar)....
The big take over (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
Old, New, Borrowed and Jazz A few months ago, my friend STEPHEN BUONO lent me a whole bunch of CDs. Most of it is jazz, some ‘60s and ‘70s and other, more recent artists like JOHN ZORN, BILL FRISELL and other stalwarts of the old Knitting Factory/Tonic Lower East Side scene of the ‘80s and ‘90s. Naturally, I’ve been listening to a lot of it lately. Here are 10 of my favorites of these discs.
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
Those only familiar with Jenny Scheinman's two discs for Tzadik--The Rabbi's Lover (2002) and Shalagaster (2004)--may be taken aback by the violinist's leap into singer/songwriter turf on Jenny Scheinman. Others who've followed her work with Americana-centric guitarist Bill Frisell on albums including the sample-rich Unspeakable (Nonesuch, 2004) and the more compositionally focused History Mystery...
Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
FROM 808 State to a 22-piece string orchestra, Manchester Jazz Festival enters its 13th year with an eclectic mix of cutting edge jazz from the north west to Cuba.
Jazz@Rochester (Free subscription) | 20/07/2008
Our local PBS station, WXXI will begin broadcasting performances from the 2007 Rochester International Jazz Festival in high definition on Sunday at 7:00 pm on WXXI-HD 1011/DT21.2 and PBS-HD. The show, has played on PBS stations nationwide, but will now...
