this weekend is ..... [4-6/2/12]

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

Bob Brookmeyer on JL whooppeeee etc

JLU with some clarinet interludes circa 1944 but remember Superbowl Sunday ...

a performance by New York quartet The Thirteenth Assembly. The ensemble is a meeting-point for four leaders of the younger generation of avant-garde musicians: trumpeter/cornettist Taylor Ho Binum, viola player Jessica Pavone, guitarist Mary Halvorson and drummer Tomas Fujiwara. The combined array of influences on the quartet - including contemporary classical, art-rock and folk - are absorbed into an intricate, subtly adventurous approach sound that emphasises the collective over individual virtuosity.

way to go Jon3

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

perfect Sunday morning listening Bob Brookmeyer on JL


it is a repeat from Jan 2010 .... to mark Bob's death 15 Dec 2011


the Mulligan Concert Jazz band is one of the greatest ensembles in Jazz history ... oh to have seen it live


any special reason for the omission of Stan Getz or did he just not rate the records?

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

jazzwax interview with Brookmeyer

[Alyn_Shipton]

Calum
Bob did indeed talk quite a bit about Getz. It was just a question of time. Seemed more narrative flow to what was included...

[cloughie]

perfect Sunday morning listening Bob Brookmeyer on JL


it is a repeat from Jan 2010 .... to mark Bob's death 15 Dec 2011


the Mulligan Concert Jazz band is one of the greatest ensembles in Jazz history ... oh to have seen it live


any special reason for the omission of Stan Getz or did he just not rate the records?

Calum
Did you catch Bob Brookmeyer on last Monday evening's BBC Big Band - it was from 2007 - on iPlayer 'til tomorrow eve!

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

Tonight, an assembly you’ll want to attend! Jazz on 3 brings you four of New York’s experimental elite, individuals at the heart of an ever-exciting Brooklyn based music scene who come together as The Thirteenth Assembly. We caught them late last year at The Vortex, north London, and the band delivered a lesson in blending the composed and the improvised.

Mary Halvorson (guitar), Jessica Pavone (viola), Tomas Fujiwara (drums) and Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet) are all leaders in their own right, but share the compositional duties here for the unusual instrumentation of this quartet. And in between sets, we get a sense of the minds in which tonight’s music has developed, as Mary and Tomas join me down the line to talk about key tracks that inform their work. What comes across is a love of unusual textures and off-kilter grooves, as well as an obsession with Robert Wyatt verging on the fanatical! (Mary confesses to having listened to his Rock Bottom album more than 500 times, that’s more than me! Something of this immersion is reflected in her Unfinished Ballad, one of the pieces performed tonight).

Back in the UK, the BBC Introducing scheme continues to turn up interesting new music from British bands, and tonight’s programme opens with a pick from alto player Seb Pipe. With three albums under his belt Seb is no new-comer to the UK jazz scene, but still moving somewhat 'under the radar' he's definitely deserving of wider recognition.

doin da biz innit

[handsomefortune]

i enjoyed bob brookmeyer jl on saturday ....

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

... me too!

[Tenor Freak]

Tonight on Radio £3

Listing for this evening in tonight's Radiotimes


11.00 Jizz on £3

Jez Nelson presents a performance by New York quartet The Thirteenth Assembly, which features trumpeter/cornettist Taylor Ho Binum (sic), viola player Jessica Pavone, guitarist Mary Halvorson and drummer Tomas Fujiwara.



I'll have to try to remember to listen to this, because I think Mary Halvorson is one of the best guitarists I've heard (currently on a guitar kick as I'm shedding mine). She's one of the most original, too - she's not trying to sound like Jim Hall, Pat Metheny or Bill Frisell.

Here's a clip I found of The Thirteenth Assembly - very good:

[Tenor Freak]

[Quarky]

agreed re. Mary Halverson - think she was the subject of Jon3 a little while ago.

Important to throw away preconceptions when listening to her - an individual approach with strong ideas about music - well worth listening to.