Mark Guiliana - Beat Music 2.0 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Everybody who is slightly interested in modern jazzknows the name of Mark Helias. The American doublebass player has worked with everyone from Ed Blackwell,Don Cherry and Carlos Ward to Anthony Braxton,Muhal Richard Abrams and Cecil Taylor.With Tom Rainey (dr) and Tony Malady (ts), Heliasfounded the trio OPEN LOOSE in 1996 to play hiscompositions which allow open form improvisation.As the three musicians get familiar with the piecesthey recompose them on the bandstand. InchThe mostinteresting developments come when we start alteringthe compositions in a creative way, maintaining thespirit of the piece but taking it somewhere else, into anunimagined place,Inch says Helias. InchEvery time we cometogether it's different, it's new and wonderful.Inch

Exploring the deep musical relationship developed over 5 years of performances at the Indianapolis club Chatterbox, flugelhornist Mark Buselli and pianist Claude Sifferlen combine dynamic textures of colorful harmonies and enticing melodies for a duo album of great beauty. Named in honor and in spirit of the Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu, the duo decided to record with nothing laid out in advance. Other than the American classics, InchMy Ideal,Inch InchStablemates,Inch and InchThe Nearness of YouInch cast in new shades, all the other pieces of music are experimental in nature and were totally improvised. Inch... indeed, the quintessence of a Jazz duo.Inch - Dr. Herb Wong, Jazz Education Journal.

Mark Dresser - Arcado String Trio [COMPACT DISCS] date 03/04/2003