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©Laurence Svirchev Virtuosity in the jazz world is a given. Jazz players are what they are because they have mastered virtuosic technique and don’t want to live under the rigidly-exacting thumb of a concert task-master. They take their creative fancy elsewhere and go farther to that highest of art forms, improvisation. . . . → Read More: Mark Dresser Solo Bass: Unveil
©Laurence Svirchev Now approaching their fifth decennial, the principle studio collaborations of . . . → Read More: Miles Davis and Gil Evans: Complete Columbia Studio Recordings ©Laurence Svirchev A host of individuals in the history of jazz have had a unique, instantly identifiable sound. Think of Louis Armstrong, Earl Hines, Coleman Hawkins, Johnny Hodges, Cecil Taylor, or Paul Desmond, and just as easily think of many more. But here’s a difference between an individual having a sound, . . . → Read More: Kartet – The Bay Window ©Laurence Svirchev On this CD French pianist/composer Benoît Delbecq sits at a Steinway D-Model and improvises. The piano is played both in its natural state and “prepared” by placing carved twigs of different wood species and other materials under the strings. The recording techniques are advanced and the final outcome is . . . → Read More: Benoît Delbecq: Nu-Turn Words & Photography ©Laurence Svirchev In his 2005 book Some Hustling This!, Mark Miller quotes a critic writing in 1916 about a performance of the Creole Jazz Band held in Victoria. BC, Canada: “Nobody but six negro eccentric players could shatter so many rules of a well-integrated band and make it . . . → Read More: The Schlippenbach Trio: Jazz em Agosto, Lisbon 2005 Words and Photography ©Laurence Svirchev On a Monday morning François Houle, Michael Moore, and I met in the lobby of the Hôtel Compostelle. We crossed the rue du roi du Sicilie . . . → Read More: Benoît Delbecq: A Paris Recording Session January 16, 2000 Paris, France Words & Photography ©Laurence Svirchev. First publication 2005 Founded by Alexander von Schlippenbach in 1966, Globe Unity has one of the more intriguing approaches to improvising. Making a coherent musical statement with eleven improvising musicians is a formidable undertaking yet Globe Unity’s tackles the task with aplomb. Globe Unity Schlippenbach . . . → Read More: Globe Unity Orchestra: Jazz em Agosto, Lisbon 2005 Editor’s Note: The following essays from 2011 string together the complete review of the Globe Unity Orchestra’s 40th Anniversary Concert at the Berlin Jazz Festival. The first essay was jointly published with Signal to Noise magazine. The second essay provides a brief hisotry of the Globe Unity Orchestra. The third traces the hisotry . . . → Read More: 40th Anniversary Concert of the Globe Unity Orchestra Monk Alone: The Complete Columbia Solo Studio Recordings 1962-1968, Columbia/Legacy (C2K65495); Live at the It Club Complete Columbia/Legacy (C2K65288) ©Laurence Svirchev
Thelonious Sphere Monk was his given name at birth. He had a nickname that was used pejoratively in the press of the time: Melodious . . . → Read More: Thelonious Sphere Monk: Monk Alone & Live at the It Club Capitol Jazz ©Laurence Svirchev This long-unavailable 1961 recording was the product of a serendipitous meeting between Strayhorn and producer Alan Douglas in a Parisian night-club where “Strays” hung out. As Duke Ellington’s right-hand man, Strayhorn composed and arranged many of Ellington’s best-known tunes. He recorded infrequently on his own. Douglas’ intention was to . . . → Read More: The Peaceful Side of Billy Strayhorn |
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