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Wilber Morris
Wilber Morris (November 27, 1937 - August 8, 2002) was an American jazz double bass player and bandleader. He was the brother of the cornetist, composer, and conductor Butch Morris.[ Allmusic] Wilber Morris recorded widely, and performed with such musicians as Pharoah Sanders, Steve Habib, Sonny Simmons, Alan Silva, Joe McPhee, Horace Tapscott, Butch Morris, Arthur Blythe, Charles Gayle, William Parker (musician), William Parker, and Billy Bang, Charles Tyler (musician), Charles Tyler, Dennis Charles, Roy Campbell, Jr., Roy Campbell, Avram Fefer, Alfred 23 Harth, Borah Bergman and Rashied Ali. Discography As leader or co-leader *1981: ''Collective Improvisations'' (Bleu Regard) *1983: ''Wilber Force'' (DIW Records) *1995: ''Breathing Together'' (Freedom Jazz) *1996: ''The October Revolution (album), The October Revolution'' (Evidence) with Rashied Ali, Borah Bergman, and Joe McPhee; recorded in 1994 *2001: ''Drum String Thing'' (CIMP) *2001: ''Live at Tonic (Rashied Ali, Louis B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, hymns, marches, vaudeville song, and dance music. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in traditional and popular music. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. As jazz spread around the world, it drew on national, regional, and local musical cultures, which gave rise to different styles. New Orleans jazz began in the early 1910s, combining earlier brass band marches, French quadrilles, biguine, ragtime and blues with collective polyphonic improvisation. However, jazz did not begin as a single musical tradition in New Orleans or elsewhere. In the 1930s, arranged dance-oriented swing big bands, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borah Bergman
Borah Bergman (December 13, 1926 – October 18, 2012) was an American free jazz pianist. Training and influences Bergman was born in Brooklyn to Russian-Jewish immigrant parents.Kelsey, Chris (December 2004Chris Kelsey ''Borah Bergman: His Fatha's Son''.JazzTimes. His grandfather Meir Pergamenick was a cantor. Accounts of when he began to learn the piano vary: some assert that he learned clarinet as a child and did not commence his piano studies until adulthood;Kelsey, Chri''Artist Biography''.AllMusic. Retrieved September 22, 2013. others, that he had piano lessons from a young age; one of his own accounts is that he took piano lessons as a child, then changed to clarinet, before returning to piano after being discharged from the army.''Borah Bergman: You Must Judge a Man by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Untitled Gift
''Untitled Gift'' is an album by violinist Billy Bang. It was recorded on February 7, 1982, at OAO Studio in Brooklyn, New York, and was released on vinyl later that year by Anima Productions. On the album, Bang is joined by trumpeter Don Cherry, double bassist Wilber Morris, and drummer Dennis Charles. The recording features three Bang originals plus one composition by Cherry and two by Ornette Coleman. In 2004, the 8th Harmonic Breakdown label reissued the album on CD along with Bang's 1979 release ''Sweet Space'' on the compilation ''Sweet Space/Untitled Gift''. Reception In a review for ''All About Jazz'', Rex Butters wrote: "Charles spins a strong web of invisible rhythms as Morris drops chewy subharmonic power. Cherry bristles with brilliance in a quartet apparently electrified by their interplay." Regarding the 2004 reissue, ''AAJs Terrell Kent Holmes stated that it "will enhance Bang's stature as one of the most vital and original voices on the scene today." Critic Tom H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainbow Gladiator
''Rainbow Gladiator'' is an album by the American jazz violinist Billy Bang, recorded in 1981 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.Soul Note discography accessed July 11, 2011 Reception The editors of awarded the album 4 stars, and reviewer called it "a good introduction to his music for those who have an open mind toward adventurous jazz".Yanow, S[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweet Space
''Sweet Space'' is a live album by the Billy Bang Sextet, led by violinist Bang, and featuring tenor saxophonist Frank Lowe, alto saxophonist Luther Thomas, cornetist Butch Morris, pianist Curtis Clark, double bassist Wilber Morris, and drummer Steve McCall. It was recorded on November 15, 1979, at the Loeb Student Center of New York University in New York City, and was released on vinyl later that year by Anima Productions. In 2004, the 8th Harmonic Breakdown label reissued the album on CD, with four alternate takes, along with Bang's 1982 release '' Untitled Gift'' on the compilation ''Sweet Space/Untitled Gift''. Reception The authors of ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' noted "Bang's skittering fiddle shapes weaving in and out of the two saxophonists... Thomas relatively anonymous for all his stridency, Lowe working his usual furrow between the 'avant-garde' and the great tradition of Chu Berry and Coleman Hawkins." ''One Final Notes Derek Taylor stated that the album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PoZest
''PoZest'' is an album by saxophonist Marshall Allen. It was recorded at The Spirit Room in Rossie, New York on May 10 and 11, 1999, and was released in 2000 by CIMP. On the album, Allen is joined by Lou Grassi's PoBand, featuring Perry Robinson (clarinet), Paul Smoker (trumpet), Steve Swell (trombone), Wilber Morris (bass), and Grassi (drums). Reception In a review for AllMusic, David Dupont wrote: "This session very much belongs to the ensemble as a whole, with the honored guest taking his place within the ensemble." The authors of ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' stated that Allen blends with the "dry, slightly academic sound" of the PoBand "rather well," and commented: "On '(Midnight) Blues', the horn-lines are trenchant but contemplative. 'Bird Symphony' and 'LouRa' are different kinds of ensemble piece, the former a sprawling, intense thing, the latter more upbeat and affirmative. Allen isn't a showy or conventionally expressive soloist, but he commands." Glenn As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marshall Allen
Marshall Belford Allen (born May 25, 1924) is an American free jazz and avant-garde jazz alto saxophone player. He also performs on flute, oboe, piccolo, and the EWI. Allen is best known for his work with Sun Ra, having recorded and performed mostly in this context since the late 1950s, and having led The Sun Ra Arkestra since 1995, after Sun Ra's death in 1993 and John Gilmore's death two years later.Jason Ankeny"Marshall Allen biography" AllMusic. Critic Jason Ankeny describes Marshall as "one of the most distinctive and original saxophonists of the postwar era." Biography Early life and military service Marshall Belford Allen was born on May 25, 1924, in Louisville, Kentucky. During the Second World War he enlisted in the 92nd Infantry Division, known as the Buffalo Soldiers Division, and was stationed in France. Allen studied alto saxophone in Paris. Music career Allen played in Europe with jazz pianist Art Simmons and saxophonist James Moody. Allen is best known fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunny Murray
James Marcellus Arthur "Sunny" Murray (September 21, 1936 – December 7, 2017) was an American musician, and was one of the pioneers of the free jazz style of drumming. Biography Murray was born in Idabel, Oklahoma, where he was raised by an uncle who later died after being refused treatment at a hospital because of his race. He began playing drums at the age of nine. As a teen, he lived in a rough part of Philadelphia, and spent two years in a reformatory. In 1956, he moved to New York City, where he worked in a car wash and as a building superintendent. During this time, he played with musicians such as trumpeters Red Allen and Ted Curson, pianist Willie "The Lion" Smith, and saxophonists Rocky Boyd and Jackie McLean. In 1959, he played for the first time with pianist Cecil Taylor and, according to Murray, " r six years all the other things were wiped from my mind..." "With Cecil, I had to originate a complete new direction on drums." Murray stated: "We played for abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monks (album)
''Monks'' is an album by pianist Borah Bergman, bassist Wilber Morris, and drummer Sunny Murray. Featuring interpretations of music by Thelonious Monk, it was recorded on April 30, 1996, in New York City, and was issued in 2019 as a two-CD set by the Some Real Music label. Plans for the album's release were initially abandoned due to errors made by the original recording engineers, resulting in unusable DAT master tapes; however, in late 2018, producer Joe Chonto located alternate versions of the tapes, which were then used by engineer Jeff Willens to reassemble and remaster the final version. Reception In a review for ''All About Jazz'', John Sharpe praised the trio's "startling reinvention" of Monk's music, and wrote: "Like a rich dessert, the session is perhaps best sampled in small portions to avoid calorific excess, but it is irresistible nonetheless." ''Point of Departures Ed Hazell called the album "a disc that will loosen the floorboards in your listening room," and state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live At Tonic (Rashied Ali, Louis Belogenis, And Wilber Morris Album)
''Live at Tonic'' is a live album by drummer Rashied Ali, saxophonist Louis Belogenis, and bassist Wilber Morris. It was recorded on January 6, 2001, at Tonic in New York City, and was released later that year by DIW Records. Reception The authors of ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' wrote: "Ali is boilingly intense throughout and Belogenis gives his usual convincing performance," and singled out "Heavenly Star" for praise. Mark Corroto of ''All About Jazz'' noted that "the first track 'Invocation: Trane Is in the House'... just about describes it all," and stated that "The beauty of this session is the equal balance between these three." A writer for the ''Downtown Music Gallery Newsletter'' called the trio "outstanding" and the music "inspired," and commented: "John Coltrane continues to inspire this trio as they spin their web of swirling and overflowing sheets of sound. They spiral together as one solid force - a perfect triangle in which each side is of equal impor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CIMP
Creative Improvised Music Projects, usually abbreviated CIMP or C.I.M.P., is an American jazz record company and label. It is associated with ''Cadence'' magazine and Cadence Jazz Records. The label is noted for its minimal use of electronic processing and its spare microphoning technique. Bob Rusch founded CIMP in 1995, with his son Marc Rusch as the recording engineer and his daughter Kara Rusch producing cover art. The label recorded its first session in 1995 for an album that featured Evan Parker, Barry Guy, Paul Lytton, and Joe McPhee. From the beginning, it has concentrated on avant-garde jazz. Its catalogue includes Marshall Allen, Herb Robertson, Paul Smoker, Glenn Spearman, and Steve Swell. Most of its releases are recorded in its own studio in Rossie, New York. Eighteen compilations of music released on the label have been released, titled the ''Cimposium'' series. Artists *Aaron James * Adam Lane *Ahmed Abdullah * Akira Ando *Alex Blake * Alex Harding * Alex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The October Revolution (album)
''The October Revolution'' is a live album that documents a concert celebrating the 30th anniversary of the 1964 music festival known as the October Revolution in Jazz. It contains two long tracks, dedicated to composer, trumpeter, and festival organizer Bill Dixon, by a quartet that features drummer Rashied Ali (a participant in the festival), pianist Borah Bergman, saxophonist Joe McPhee, and bassist Wilber Morris, plus a single short track featuring the Myra Melford Trio, led by pianist Melford, and featuring bassist Lindsey Horner and drummer Tom Rainey. (Saxophonist Zane Massey and his trio also performed at the event, but the music was not included due to technical problems.) The album was recorded on October 22, 1994, at the Fez Room under the Time Cafe in New York City, and was released in 1996 by Evidence Music. Reception In a review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow called the quartet piece "quite coherent, full of energy, and worth a few listens" despite the fact that the four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
