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David Murray, Hillai Govreen, Simón Willson, Na?ssam Jalal & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
Up and coming artists, and legends playing with up and coming artists, on this intergenerational playlist!Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Wet Enough!? & Camilla George “Funk 4" Dancing People Don't Dry (Komos) 0:16 Host talks 4:41 Simón Willson “Bet" Bet: Live at Ornithology (Endectomorph) 7:03 Hillai Govreen “Abraxas" Every Other Now (Fresh Sound/New Talent) 12:44 Host talks 18:25 David Murray Quartet feat. Ekep Nkwelle “Birdly Serenade" Birdly ...
Continue ReadingNYT Top 10, Part 1
by Patrick Burnette
At the end of the year, media outlets make lots of lists, so many lists that there's even one for best jazz recordings. At the start of the following year, the bastards pick one lucky list to listen through and question every step of the way. This time it's the Times' turn, and Mike is especially skeptical of the paper's first four choices. Pat's just happy things didn't turn out worse. Honestly, these are all good records and who can ...
Continue ReadingJohn Blum / David Murray / Chad Taylor: The Recursive Tree
by John Sharpe
Three equally potent partners combine in a spontaneous and intense outpouring on The Recursive Tree. Neither reedman David Murray or drummer Chad Taylor require much introduction. Murray has been a colossus on the scene ever since he first erupted onto the stages of lofts across Manhattan back in 1976. Taylor has become increasingly ubiquitous, recognized as one of the finest drummers of his generation, as evidenced by his tenure with saxophonist James Brandon Lewis, bassist Eric Revis and late trumpeter ...
Continue ReadingJohn Blum, David Murray and Chad Taylor: The Recursive Tree
by Troy Dostert
After maintaining an almost impossibly prolific recorded output during the 1980s and 1990s (with over fifty releases in the 1990s alone), saxophonist David Murray eased up considerably in the 2000s, leaving his fans wondering if he might ever return to his earlier fecundity. Although it would be unrealistic to expect the veteran tenorist to approach the manic intensity of his first couple of decades, it does seem as though he is once again finding his stride, energized to some degree ...
Continue ReadingDavid Murray Quartet at The Village Vanguard
by Mike Jurkovic
David Murray Quartet Village Vanguard New York, NY May 14, 2024 David Murray's feisty sax sound--sharp, honest, torrential--kicked off this particularly West Side spring evening whirling through “Ninno" one of the seven highlight jams on the richly rewarding Francesca (Intakt Records, 2024). The new quartet--Murray, wizened pianist Marta Sanchez, old soul bassist Luke Stewart, and beat-wise drummer Russell Carter--had its bold premiere at the Village Vanguard in January 2023. In the subsequent year ...
Continue ReadingDavid Murray Quartet with Marta Sanchez, Luke Stewart and Russell Carter: Francesca
by Mike Jurkovic
A jazz classicist since his heady and historic days founding The World Saxophone Quartet, David Murray takes to a studio just outside Zurich with a rhythm section of the next generation and emerges triumphant with the standout Francesca. With an average age of, give or take, thirty-six years between them, Murray, the veteran nearing seventy, brings the music and the fire to the young ones and “Francesca" waltzes into life with a bluesy cool all its own. Pianist ...
Continue ReadingIvo Perelman: Reed Rapture in Brooklyn
by Jeff Schwartz
Is this album fundamentally unreviewable? Are there jazz fans who do not immediately know if they need an 11-hour collection of 103 improvised duets between Ivo Perelman and a dozen saxophonists and clarinetists? It is at least describable. Perelman is faithful to his tenor, while his partners bring examples of nearly every type of saxophone, from soprillo to contrabass, as well as most of the clarinet family. Although all tracks are free improvisations, the default mode is ...
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