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Tag: Jazz
Reviews & Commentary
Matthew Shipp Live in Philadelphia
Pianist Matthew Shipp and bassist Michael Bisio essay intimate jazz duets and torrential improvisations live in Philadelphia
Reviews & Commentary
Echoes in the 2016 Grammy Awards
It’s another Grammy Award season. The nominees has been announced and it seems like every year is more mundane than the one before when it comes to new music, adventurous music and even New Age music.
Program Highlights, Reviews & Commentary
John Zorn’s Simulacrum Live at Johnny Brenda’s.
John Zorn creates avant-progressive rock with a simulacrum in the form of a power organ trio with organist John Medeski, guitarist Matt Hollenberg and drummer Kenny Grohowski. They tore up a full house at Johnny Brenda’s in Philadelphia.
Interview Podcast
Silencio in the Echoes Podcast
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Named for a theater in David Lynch’s film, “Mulholland Drive”, Silencio plays music inspired by Lynch films and Angelo Badalamenti’s scores for them. We talk to the band about their evocative and haunting sound.
Interview Podcast
Twilight Archive in the Echoes Podcast
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Twilight Archive is a trio of musicians from Southern California exploring an ambient jazz sound. They get together to make a dark, swampy ambient jazz, channeling Miles Davis through Jon Hassell Fourth-World grooves and electronica modes. They talk about their evolution and new album, Mood Chain.
Reviews & Commentary
Sun Ra Arkestra Halloween
It seems like an annual ritual in Philadelphia; the descent of the Sun Ra Arkestra on Halloween. This year, it took place in the cramped, balcony wrapped confines of Philadelphia’s Johnny Brenda’s in a show produced by the Ars Nova Workshop. Led by 91 year old Marshall Allen, the band brought the joy.
Playlists
Tuesday, October 27th, 2015-Echoes Program 1543B
Silencio is a band that plays music inspired by the films and soundtracks of David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti. From Twin Peaks to Mulholland Drive to Wild at Heart, they trip through Lynchian motifs to make their own film noir sound.
Playlists
Tuesday, October 20, 2015-Echoes Program 1542B
Eberhard Weber is the legendary German bassist who created one edge of the ECM sound. He can’t play bass anymore, but guitarist Pat Metheny has orchestrated his bass solos into an epic big band composition. Metheny, vibraphonist Gary Burton, and Eberhard Weber talk about this important musician.
Playlists
Wednesday, October 14th, 2015-Echoes Program 1541C
Twilight Archive is a trio of musicians from Southern California exploring an ambient jazz sound.