Anderson Taped with Kelvyn Anderson brings Jazz and creative music back to radio, everything from vintage vinyl recordings to digital newcomers. Tune in weekly for reviews, event calendars, interviews with musicians and coverage of the local scene. Anderson Taped opens your ears to the history and social context of America's greatest art form, from Be-bop to Avant-Garde and beyond. Learn more about the host here.
This week we'll listen to the works of composer & trumpeter Bill Dixon, who died quietly in his sleep on June 16th at 84. Best known for his stewardship of the so-called "October Revolution" and as an organizer of the Jazz Composer's Guild in the tumultuous early 1960s, Dixon's somewhat scant recorded output belies his greatest influence as an educator and stylistic visionary of the avant-garde. Dixon's dark lyricism and use of silence changed the way improvisers viewed the trumpet, as noted by Taylor Ho Bynum's thoughtful memorial. Dixon's influence extended far beyond the language of the trumpet, into dance, painting, teaching & mentoring. In addition to Bynum, Dixon's influence is reflected the approach of other modern trumpeters like Peter Evans, Cuong Vu, Nate Wooley & Rob Mazurek.
My first exposure to pianist Geri Allen came when she was briefly a student of Jazz educator Nathan Davis at the University of Pittsburgh, circa 1979-1981. Summers on Flagstaff Hill were punctuated by concerts featuring Allen and a host of young lions in the doctoral Ethnomusicology program led by Davis. 2010 finds Allen (wife of Philadelphia native and trumpeter Wallace Roney) releasing two outstanding albums on the heels of her Guggenheim Fellowship; the solo effort "Flying Toward the Sound" and her first live release Geri Allen & Timeline Live.
An important part of Drummer Luther Gray's musical education took place while he cut grass for a living, hence the name of his latest group Lawnmower, which teams up Gray with indie rock guitarists Dan Littleton & Geoff Farina, and Jim Hobbs, alto (Fully Celebrated Orchestra). We'll check out their CD "West" on the Clean Feed Label.
Modern alto mavens Rudresh Mahanthappa & Steve Lehman go head-to-head, side to side and every other direction on the latest Clean Feed release Dual Identity. Toss in a rhythm section with guitarist Liberty Ellman, bassist Matt Brewer, and drummer Damion Reid and you've got a potent brew of tricky, oblique time signatures and complex harmonics that unfold and recombine in odd, beautiful ways.
For the love of the avant-garde, punks, freaks and headz across the planet, this show is dedicated to the late impresario Macolm McLaren, who died today . Student of the french absurdists and the bombastic king of the Sex Pistols and the New York Dolls among many others, McLaren claimed to have invented punk. Since this is primarily a Jazz venue, I'll leave the more detailed musical offerings to more qualified DJs and bloggers. But genres aside, we all owe a great deal to folks like McLaren, who delightfully assault our comfort zones, melt our brains and funnel nihilistic rage into sounds and shapes. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!!
Tonite's show features the work of an artist who has earned the title "World Musician," percussionist & ethnomusicologist Adam Rudolph , whose large ensemble Moving Pictures will be in Philadelphia at the Painted Bride on April 9 at 8pm. We'll be exploring four of Rudolph's recordings, including two larger groups (Thought Forms, Dream Gardens) and two trio recordings featuring Rudolph paired with two other percussion giants (Hamid Drake & Harris Eisenstadt), and two tenor masters (Sam Rivers & Pharoah Sanders).
We'll also hear more from Giuseppi Logan's new release the Giuseppi Logan Quintet, who will be live at the Philadelphia Art Alliance this evening (April 1) as part of the Ars Nova Workshop Series. Logan, a Philadelphia native and 60s avant-garde icon, disappeared from the scene for more than 40 years until his extraordinary return to recording and live performances last year.
Celebrating Women's History Month, tonight's show features women who have challenged & destroyed the notion of Jazz and improvised music as a men's club; including tracks from drummer Allison Miller’s new release Boom Tic Boom on the Foxhaven label . Miller's group, which includes pianist Myra Melford on piano, Todd Sickafoose on bass, and Jenny Scheinman on violin will be in Philadelphia tomorrow night at the Philadelphia Art Alliance , as part of the Ars Nova Workshop concert series.
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