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January 13, 2010
Kaufmann / Dresser / Eisenstadt - Starmelodics
An explosive trio formed by the German pianist Achim Kaufmann, the American double bassist Mark Dresser and the Canadian drummer/percussionist Harris Eisenstadt.
All three musicians are also composers, with a significant presence as leaders or members of well-known ensembles as well as in works released by talented labels (Clean Feed, Leo, Red Toucan, Tzadik).
Nine pieces here: six are compositions (the longest ones), the remaining three are improvised takes, all showing a surprising cohesion among the players (despite their refined artistic individuality exhibited elsewhere).
Each composition could be described with attributes such as: naturalness and simplicity (“Starmelodics”), irregularity and unpredictability (“Vancouver”), monochromy and abstraction (“Birdz”) melody and rhythm (“FLAC”), resonance and dynamism (“Qualtinger”), poetics and inspiration (“Seattle”).
Inspiration, it's so, three inspired artists with a distinguishing conceptual approach, skilled to manage both free improvisation passages and more "regular" sounds with excellent results.
Another superb collaborative recording available for fans of this kind of music.
All three musicians are also composers, with a significant presence as leaders or members of well-known ensembles as well as in works released by talented labels (Clean Feed, Leo, Red Toucan, Tzadik).
Nine pieces here: six are compositions (the longest ones), the remaining three are improvised takes, all showing a surprising cohesion among the players (despite their refined artistic individuality exhibited elsewhere).
Each composition could be described with attributes such as: naturalness and simplicity (“Starmelodics”), irregularity and unpredictability (“Vancouver”), monochromy and abstraction (“Birdz”) melody and rhythm (“FLAC”), resonance and dynamism (“Qualtinger”), poetics and inspiration (“Seattle”).
Inspiration, it's so, three inspired artists with a distinguishing conceptual approach, skilled to manage both free improvisation passages and more "regular" sounds with excellent results.
Another superb collaborative recording available for fans of this kind of music.
Personnel:
Achim Kaufmann: Steinway B piano
Mark Dresser: double bass
Harris Eisenstadt: drums, percussion
Label: Nuscope Recordings
Cat. #: CD 1021
Format: CD
Release date: 2008
Tracklisting:
01 - Starmelodics (08:27)
02 - Fifteen Languages (03:52)
03 - Vancouver (07:17)
04 - Birdz (08:19)
05 - FLAC (04:35)
06 - Sigma (03:37)
07 - Qualtinger (06:44)
08 - Seattle (08:21)
09 - Myth (03:36)
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Achim Kaufmann's solo releases/projects/collaborations:
- Achim Kaufmann Trio - Weave (1998, jazz4ever, J4E 4737) (w/ Ingmar Heller, Jochen Rückert)
- Achim Kaufmann Quartet - Double Exposure (2000, Leo Records, CD LR 289) (w/ Michael Moore, John Schröder, John Hollenbeck)
- Gueuledeloup (2002, Red Toucan, RT 9319) (w/Michael Moore, Henning Sieverts, John Hollenbeck)
- Knives (Solo Piano) (2004, Leo Records, CD LR 409)
- Kwast (2004, Konnex, KCD 5129) (w/ Frank Gratkowski, Wilbert De Joode)
- Dylan Van Der Schyff - The Definition Of A Toy (2005, Songlines, SGL SA1554-2)
- Unearth (2005, Nuscope Recordings, CD 1016) (w/ Frank Gratkowski, Wilbert De Joode)
- Kamosc (2006, Red Toucan, RT 9329) (w/ Michael Moore, Dylan Van Der Schyff)
- Palaë (2007, Leo Records, CD LR 504) (w/ Frank Gratkowski, Wilbert De Joode)
- Playstation 6 - #1 (2007, Evil Rabbit, ERR03) (w/ Eric Boeren, Tobias Delius, Meinrad Kneer, Paul Lovens, Maartje Ten Hoorn)
- Kyrill (2008, Pirouet, PIT3034)
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Mark Dresser's solo releases:
Mark Dresser's solo releases:
- Bass Excursions (1983, Dresser/Wolfe)
- The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari - Music For The Silent Film By Mark Dresser (1994, Knitting Factory Works, KFW 155)
- Force Green (1995, Soul Note, 121273-2)
- Invocation (1995, Knitting Factory Works, KFW 173)
- Banquet (1997, Tzadik, 7027)
- Eye'll Be Seeing You (1997, Knitting Factory Works, KFW 211)
- Marinade (2000, Tzadik, 7063)
- Unveil (2005, Clean Feed, CF043)
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Mark Dresser's collaborative releases:
Mark Dresser's collaborative releases:
- Sonomondo (1999, Cryptogramophone, CG 104) (w/ Frances-Marie Uitti)
- Toward, "TO WEST" (2000, Enja Records, ENJ-9382 2) (w/ Satoko Fujii, Jim Black)
- Later... (2000, Victo, Victo CD070) (w/ Fred Frith, Ikue Mori)
- C / D / E (2001, Jazz Magnet Records, JAM 2007) (w/ Andrew Cyrille, Marty Ehrlich)
- Duologues (2001, Victo, Victo CD073) (w/ Denman Maroney)
- Satoko Fujii - Bell The Cat! (2002, Tokuma, TKCB-72369) (w/ Satoko Fujii, Jim Black)
- Nine Songs Together (2003, CIMP, CIMP 295) (w/ Ray Anderson)
- Tone Time (2003, Wobbly Rail, wob014) (w/ Susie Ibarra)
- Time Changes (2005, Cryptogramophone, CG 124) (w/ Denman Maroney)
- Air Walkers (2006, Clean Feed, CF066) (w/ Roswell Rudd)
- House Of Mirrors (2008, Clean Feed, CF117) (w/Ed Harkins, Steven Schick)
- Live In Concert (2009, Kadima, Kadima 18) (w/ Denman Maroney)
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Mark Dresser's other projects:
Mark Dresser's other projects:
- Arcado String Trio - Mark Dresser / Mark Feldman / Hank Roberts (1989, JMT Productions, 834 429-2) (w/ Hank Roberts, Mark Feldman)
- Arcado - Behind The Myth (1990, JMT Productions, 834 441-2) (w/ Hank Roberts, Mark Feldman) (reissued in 2003, Winter & Winter, 919 039-2)
- Arcado / Kölner Rundfunk Orchester / David De Villiers - For Three Strings And Orchestra (1992, JMT Productions, 849 152-2) (w/ Hank Roberts, Mark Feldman) (reissued in 2004, Winter & Winter, 919 050-2)
- Tambastics - Tambastics (1992, Music & Arts, M&A 4704) (w/ Robert Dick, Gerry Hemingway, Denman Maroney)
- Arcado String Trio - Live In Europe (2002, Avant, Avan 058) (w/ Ernst Reijseger, Mark Feldman)
- The Marks Brothers (2001, W.E.R.F., W.E.R.F. 022) (w/ Mark Helias)
- Mark Dresser Trio - Aquifer (2002, Cryptogramophone, CG 111) (w/ Denman Maroney, Matthias Ziegler)
- Double Trio (Arcado String Trio/Trio De Clarinettes) - Green Dolphy Suite (2005, Enja, ENJ-9011 2) (w/ Ernst Reijseger, Mark Feldman, Louis Sclavis, Armand Angster, Jacques Di Donato)
- Trio M - Big Picture (2007, Cryptogramophone, CG 134) (w/ Myra Melford, Matt Wilson)
- Mauger - The Beautiful Enabler (2008, Clean Feed, CF114) (w/ Gerry Hemingway, Rudresh Mahanthappa)
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Harris Eisenstadt's releases/projects/collaborations:
Harris Eisenstadt's releases/projects/collaborations:
- I.C. Trio - West Coast Tour 2000 (Questionable) (w/ Michael Dillon, Travis Just)
- Last Minute Of Play In This Period (2000, Questionable)
- AMH Trio - Live At Field & Frame (2001, Plutonium, PLU001) (w/ Alan Lechusza, Mark Weaver)
- Adam Rudolph - Go: Organic Orchestra: 1 (2002, Meta Records, Meta 006)
- Mark Weaver' Brassum - Warning Lights (2003, Plutonium, PLU003)
- Adam Rudolph - Go: Organic Orchestra: Web Of Light (2003, Meta Records, Meta 007)
- Adam Rudolph - Go: Organic Orchestra Featuring Yusef Lateef - In The Garden (2003, Meta Records, Meta / YAL 008)
- Harris Eisenstadt / David Rothbaum - (2003, EMR) (w/ David Rothbaum)
- Fight Or Flight (2003, New Sonic, newsonic 32)
- Boxes Of Water - Boxes Of Water (2003, Evander Music, Em 017)
- Kraig Grady - The Stolen Stars (An Anaphorian Dance Drama) (2003, Anaphoria, AOA 1:0)
- Ian Smith / Simon H. Fell / Harris Eisenstadt - K3 (2003, Bruce's Fingers, BF 58)
- Nathan Hubbard - Skeleton Key Orchestra (2004, Circumvention Music, CD039A-B)
- VV.AA. - High Mayhem Festival '04 (2004, High Mayhem)
- VV.AA. - Albuzerxque, Vol. 18 (2004, Zerx Records, Zerx #059)
- Harris Eisenstadt Quintet - Jalolu (2004, CIMP, CIMP 300)
- Sam Rivers / Adam Rudolph / Harris Eisenstadt - Vista (2004, Meta Records, Meta 009)
- Ahimsa Orchestra (2005, Nine Winds Records, NWCD0237)
- The Soul And Gone (2005, 482 Music, 482-1042)
- The Diplomats - We Are Not Obstinate Islands (2006, Clean Feed, CF061) (w/ Rob Brown, Steve Swell)
- Brassum - Live (2006, pfMENTUM, PFMCD036)
- Paul Rutherford / Torsten Müller / Harris Eisenstadt - The Zone (2006, Konnex, KCD 5176)
- Tin/Bag - And Begin Again (2007, Evander Music, Em 044)
- Build An Ark - Dawn (2007, Shaman Work, SWWK 34)
- The Convergence Quartet - Live In Oxford (2007, FMR, FMRCD223-0307) (w/ Taylor Ho Bynum, Alexander Hawkins, Dominic Lash)
- The All Seeing Eye + Octets (2007, Poobah Records, POOBAH 007)
- Jeb Bishop / Harris Eisenstadt / Jason Roebke - Tiebreaker (2008, NotTwo, MW 789-2)
- Adam Rudolph - Go: Organic Orchestra: Thought Forms (2008, Meta/Ruby Red, Ruby Red Editora 18)
- Guewel (2008, Clean Feed, CF123)
- Canada Day (2009, Clean Feed, CF157)
Latest releases on Nuscope:
Guillermo Gregorio / Pandelis Karayorgis / Nate McBride - Chicago Approach
Guillermo Gregorio: clarinet
Pandelis Karayorgis: Steinway D piano
Nate McBride: double bass
Cat. #: CD 1019
Format: CD
Release date: 2007
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Denman Maroney / Ned Rothenberg / Reuben Radding / Michael Sarin - Gaga
Denman Maroney: piano
Ned Rothenberg: reeds
Reuben Radding: bass
Michael Sarin: drums
Cat. #: CD 1020
Format: CD
Release date: 2008
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Alberto Braida - Talus
Alberto Braida: piano
Cat. #: CD 1022
Format: CD
Release date: 05/2009
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Links:
Achim Kaufmann
Harris Eisenstadt
Mark Dresser
Nuscope Recordings
Originally from Spiritual Archives, ReBlogged by newmusicrebloggers on Jan 13, 2010 at 12:29 PM