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We’re thrilled to welcome back saxophonist and composer Steve Lehman for a special guest post detailing some of the recent contemporary classical music that’s influenced and inspired his work. It’s a sonic world that’s new to us and we hope...
PART II
Ornette Coleman
Chappaqua Suite
Columbia : 1966
OC, alto sax; Pharaoh Sanders, tenor sax; David Izenzon, bass; Charles Moffett, drums; Joseph Tekula, orchestral arranger; plus 11 studio musicians.
Several key Ornette Coleman albums have...
Hamid Drake & Mats Gustafsson
For Don Cherry
OkkaDisk : 1995
HD, percussion; MG, reeds.
On the day Don Cherry died — 19 October 1995 – Drake and Gustafsson took the stage in Chicago and recorded a forty-minute set that is remarkable for its...
MOTORCYCLE ‘66
Bill Dixon
tapestries for small orchestra DVD
Firehouse 12 : 2009
BD, orchestration; Taylor Ho Bynum, cornet, flugelhorn; Graham Haynes, cornet, flugelhorn; Stephen Haynes, trumpet, cornet; Rob Mazurek, cornet; Glynis Lomon, cello;...
INSPIRATION
François Rabbath
Dialogues and Meditations
Emen : 1990
FR, bass; Hariprasad Chaurasia, Indian flute; Sabin Khan, tabla.
We’re pleased to present the final installation of Brian Roessler’s exploration of the visionary jazz of François...
