Category: Jazz
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Jazz: Cecil Taylor at The Take 3 (a ’60s MEMOIR)
An insider account of an early ’60s Cecil Taylor’s gig. Robert Levin explores the birth of Free Jazz with appearances by Coltrane, Coleman and Ayler.
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Jazz: Joe Licari/Mark Shane — Swing It, Brother, Swing!!
Two gifted artists with a long professional association, subtly functioning as extensions of one another.
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Jazz: A Note on Charlie Rhyner
An exemplary representation of 21st century modern jazz, “The First Second” is an album I can wholeheartedly recommend.
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Jazz: Liner Note — Ahmed Abdul-Malik—New Jazz Imagination
Though he did achieve a measure of recognition during his lifetime, a proper acknowledgement of his unique vision and contribution eluded Malik. This recording is offered as a correction.
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Jazz: Photos of Cecil Taylor and Robert Levin, 2015
Cecil Taylor & Robert Levin leaving Ornette Coleman’s funeral service, June 27, 2015.
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jazz: Liner Note — Liquid Krystall Displayed
It’s about sounds for me — colors, textures — not licks or notes.
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Jazz: Liner Note — Marty Krystall’s Mojave: Gunsmoke
“I want to compose in the moment, spontaneously, and to come up with different sounds.”
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Jazz: Buell Neidlinger and Steve Lacy Play Thelonious Monk
Neidlinger regards Monk, with Ellington and Herbie Nichols, as the “greatest” of American composers.
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The War is Over: A Conversation About Jazz With Robert Levin
Robert Levin’s reflections on the intentions of the free jazz movement along with comments on other jazz genres.
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Jazz: Photo From a Red Rodney Recording Session, 1957
L to R: Ira Gitler, unidentified, Red Rodney, Robert Levin, Ira Sullivan.
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Understanding the Sound of Chaos: Free Jazz Explained
Robert Levin clarifies what the transformative movement of Free Jazz was all about.
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Jazz: Introducing Anthony Braxton (Interview)
“I want to be able to make use of all that’s in the air. I want to arrive at a world art that takes in everything.”
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JAZZ: The Emergence of Jimmy Lyons (Interview)
“It took me a little while to get myself together in Cecil’s music, to stop thinking chord-wise and to think about linking idea to idea.”
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JAZZ: INTRODUCING BOOKER LITTLE (INTERVIEW)
The ONLY INTERVIEW with the brilliant jazz trumpeter/composer Booker Little, published shortly before his untimely death.
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Jazz: Cecil Taylor — “This Music is the Face of a Drum” (Interview)
Cecil Taylor’s explanation of Black methodology.
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Jazz: Sunny Murray — Going outside (interview)
The pioneer Free Jazz drummer on his first meeting with Cecil Taylor and the emotional turmoil that followed.