Tag Archive for the term: free jazz

For its variety and energy alone this was an entertaining show. The Nels Cline Singers are all over the shop. They covered too much musical ground for me to talk about with any real insight. Jazz, free jazz, rock ballads, there were classical, post rock and ambient elements. I think what bound these elements was […]

I had no idea what to expect tonight on my way to Sala Rossa to see the Roswell Rudd & Marc Dresser duo perform at the Suoni Per Il Popolo festival. These two immensely experienced players recently collaborated on the 2006 Clean Feed release AIRWALKERS. Tonight’s show was a performance of some of the tracks […]

Avant jazz hits the Suoni festival stage with some deep roots seated in this contrabass and trombone duo…
Roswell Rudd & Mark Dresser
Wednesday June 04, 2008
La Sala Rossa
4848 St-Laurent, Montreal
8:30 PM
$23/$25
Roswell Rudd, jazz trombonist and improvising musician, has played with an impressive list of jazz giants including Cecil Taylor, Gil Evans, Archie Shepp, Don Cherry, Albert […]

Today I attended the Suoni Per il Popolo music fest (June 1-30 2008) press conference with James Finnerty, and ended up spending some good time with old improv friend Sean Michaels, who is one of the three writers behind Said The Gramaphone and was there to do some coverage for his other gigs with the […]