A persistent curiosity is drawn when we hear the music of Chicagoan Jason Roebke, a forward-thinking avant-garde bassist who's conquering more and more space within the modern jazz styles. Throughout a career than spans for 20 years, Roebke has recorded with drummer Mike Reid, trumpeter Nate Wooley, cellist Tomeka Reid, cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm, and the Chicago quartet Klang. The recordings under his own name are established with a variety of formations – solo, typical guitar and clarinet trios, and bigger ensembles. Just like High/Red/Center (Delmark Records, 2014), Cinema Spiral, released on NoBusiness Records, was recorded with his ebullient octet, and comes fully equipped with challenging modern compositions structured to accommodate individual statements and high-flying collective divagations. …show more content…
Joining him in the rhythm section are vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz and the intrepid drummer Mike Reed. With the tunes connected as a suite, Cinema Spiral opens with “Looking Directly Into the Camera”, whose unconventional structure takes us to hallucinogenic cinematic universes. Roebke roams through an early solo, corroborating with the idea that, for that particular moment, an unobtrusive atmosphere is worthier than a stormy agitation. Layers get thicker after the reed players
Music plays a critical role in the narrative films as it is important technique that filmmakers use to support the narrative and influence the way that the viewer interacts, responds and interprets the events as they unfold. The godfather, which is one of all time Hollywood movies, represents a good use of music that succeeded in supporting the dramatic events that take place in the movie. Moreover, both diegetic and non-diegetic music in the godfather movie are used to achieve the overall purpose by using the different principles and functions of film music that range from setting the mood of the viewer to providing continuity within the movie. In this essay, we will take part of the godfather movie in which we can observe and analyse the
Personnel is Louis Armstrong, trumpet; Kid Ory, trombone; Johnny Dodds, clarinet; Lil Armstrong, piano; Lonnie Johnson, guitar.
His band members include Todd Laningham on guitar, Will Knaak on guitar and vocals, Caleb Jones on the bass and vocals, and Bryan Zanotti on the drums and vocals. They do not interact
Mercurial guitarist Mark Whitfield got the jazz world’s attention during the 90’s, when the NY Times considered him ‘The Best Young Guitarist in the Business’. Despite speaking a vocabulary of his own, his style is still influenced by his mentor George Benson, the one who recommended him to the organist Jack McDuff.
Mark Wade is a proficient double bassist and composer who has been playing in NYC for two decades, showing off his fluid, athletic sound. The follow-up to his widely recognized debut album, Event Horizon, is entitled Moving Day and like its previous, features a classic trio with Tim Harrison and Scott Neumann on piano and drums, respectively. Together, they achieve an impressive triangular tightness that can be heard without delay on the first track, the 6/4 post-bop wonder that gave the album its title. It kicks off with the pianist delivering an ostinato, which, minutes later, is reutilized by the bassist to install the groove. The bandleader embarks on an effusive back-and-forth solo, discharging equal parts of melody and rhythm, and the energy doesn't faint when Neumann unleashes his clear-sighted chops over a rock-inflected vamp.
Keeps a steady beat. Has a cool attitude, and a real no nonsense approach to his playing. Reminds me at time of Neal Smith, original Alice Cooper drummer. Both are cool guys as well.
A musical film is a genre of movie where songs sung by characters are added into the storyline, occasionally complemented by choreography. The musical numbers in these films do not always develop the plot and characters, but they do give the films a more exciting quality. The primary difference between musical theatre and film musicals is the use of extravagant scenery that would be extraordinarily unreasonable for a stage performance. While making movies, the individuals involved have the luxury of being able to shoot multiple takes and have the time to move backgrounds around or change their entire location. Stage performances, on the other hand, must have scenery that can be easily and efficiently moved on and offstage when it is needed. In order to be able to thoroughly comprehend this relatively recent- in the grand scheme of things- form of entertainment, one should understand the history behind these musical films, be aware of some of the “big names” that are well-known, and recognize major titles that revolutionized musical film forever (Scaruffi, P., 2005).
Speed has built his reputation not only with exciting projects from others - John Hollenbeck’s Claudia Quintet, Jim Black’s Alas No Axis, Tim Berne’s Bloodcount, Dave Douglas group, but also with the robust bands he co-leads, Endangered Blood and Human Feel. Recently, his prominent voice also served to boost Michael Formanek Ensemble Kolossus, Craig Taborn Quartet, and Dave King’s Trucking Co.
An impromptu divagation by a trio of explorers - violist Mat Maneri, saxophonist Tony Malaby, and cellist Daniel Levin - drew effusive applause from an attentive audience that could see them very close once they placed themselves right in front of the first raw of the audience. Their avant-chamber-jazz incorporates buzzing crescendos, sudden fragmentations, and symbiotic linearities, where everything lives in constant mutation and adaptation.
The entire album was written and recorded by Brendon Urie. The band consists of Brendon Urie (lead vocalist and multi instrumentalist), Kenneth Harris (lead guitar), and Daniel Pawlowich (drums). They
On his new work, Sing House, he establishes immersive sonic architectures with the help of a brand new quintet whose musicians have been accompanying him throughout the years, whether in personal projects like EDGE and Burning Bridge or other formations that some of them might put together. They are Steve Swell on trombone, Chris Forbes on piano, Ken Filiano on bass, and Andrew Drury on drums.
To open the first of the two marathons of the program, whose concerts take place in different venues spread across Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, I chose the guitarist David Torn, who performed solo at the beautiful New School’s Tishman Auditorium, whose stage was reserved for artists who recently have been recording under the prestigious German label, ECM, well represented on both days by its founder Manfred Eicher. Mr.Torn stepped onto the stage bringing two distinct guitars, but only played on one of them. He was more concerned with manipulating the multiple sound layers (created through electronic) that could better suit his guitar strokes. Inventive and contemporary, without a doubt, but never able to impress me with his textures devoid of time and space, whether calm and floating, whether abstract and painful, whether occasionally explosive and powerful. It was a lukewarm start that triggered some impatience among the attendants.
Michael Bublѐ is an “interpreter of great songs” with an explosive, romantic, and charismatic talent truly shown in his live CD and DVD album, Caught in the Act. The CD features 8 live songs from his first “Great Performances” PBS special. The DVD features 15 sons from the PBS special, including 3 exclusive performances caught off camera, and a behind the scenes clips of the show. After Bublѐ’s major international response with his 3rd album It’s Time he agreed to do his 2nd live album incorporating songs from It’s Time as well as other timeless classics. Michael’s inspiration for performing jazz standards started with his grandfather until he created his own love for jazz and knew he wanted America to fall in love with jazz again just as he
“film about films and about itself” (Page, 2005). This is also exemplified by "Singing in the
simply producing the band, he was also a member of it. Samplers played a huge part in Vig’s work in