Blog & Press
13
Jun, 2011
Who doesn’t Love New Orleans Funk?
George Porter and I at Tipitinas!
01
Apr, 2011
String Choir – Downbeat Review
By Jon Ross, DownBeat Guitarist Joel Harrison’s latest group of arrangements – Paul Motion tunes arranged for string quartets – belongs in a gray area between classical and jazz. this isn’t simply jazz with strings, the subgenre that once bewitched Charlie Parker; Harrison’s record leans more toward classical music, but it’s certainly not the jazz-as-classical [...]
08
Mar, 2011
The Music of Paul Motian
By John Kelman, All About Jazz Joel Harrison has stretched the boundaries of form and freedom for over fifteen years, but Urban Myths (HighNote, 2009) and, in particular, the ambitious The Wheel(Innova, 2008), have represented significant evolutionary leaps. The Wheelmarried a conventional horn-led jazz quintet with a classical string quartet, its collection of Harrison originals pushing the limits of [...]
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Feb, 2011
Amazement at Classical Music Offerings of Late
Saw an amazing concert at Tullyscope festival- Feldman’s Rothko Chapel. Something remarkable about all the creativity in classical music festivals these past months. Ecstatic, Tune In, Thalia….There is Nowhere near the same dimensionality in Jazz festivals going on. Why? I welcome your view. We can list funding as a reason- but…that alone cannot be the [...]
18
Jan, 2011
On Reading George Lewis’ AACM Book
On reading George Lewis’ book: A Power Stronger than Itself- the AACM and American Experimental Music First things first- this is one of the finest books ever written about music, any kind of music, not just improvised music. It is part history, part biography, social and philosophical treatise, musical guide, and in all ways a [...]