![]() ![]() The heart of the disc is Bley’s three-part suite, Andando El Tiempo, Bley’s compositional retelling of watching a friend overcome addiction. Pianist Carla Bley, her partner, the bassist Steve Swallow, and saxophonist Andy Sheppard got together in 2016 to record Andando El Tiempo as a follow up to their 2013 disc, Trios. In a set that includes compositions from Joe Henderson, Wayne Shorter, Gerry Mulligan and Antonio Carlos Jobim is a gem from Renee Rosnes, the cinematic tune, The Saros Cycle. In 2010, husband and wife pianists Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes recorded a piano duo disc entitled Double Portrait. We’ll hear two tunes from Diatom Ribbons, Sympodial Sunflower, a duet with Terri Lyne Carrington and Stone’s Throw from a quartet of Davis and Carrington with Ches Smith on vibes and Trevor Dunn on bass. While she started her career solidly in the avant-garde circles that brought her into projects with stalwarts of the genre like Ingrid Laubrock, Tyshawn Sorey, Tom Rainey and Tony Malaby, that hasn’t stopped her from forging connections with other musicians not typically included in that category.” Diatom Ribbons includes contributions from guitarists Nels Cline and Marc Ribot, tenor saxophonist JD Allen in addition to Tony Malaby, Esperanza Spalding and Teri Lynne Carrington. Of her much celebrated 2019 disc, Diatom Ribbons, Troy Dostert wrote, on AllAboutJazz, “To call pianist Kris Davis stylistically omnivorous would seem to be an understatement. The Jazz Journalist Association selected Kris Davis as the composer of the year and pianist of the year in 2020. There’s no better place to start than Kris Davis. ![]() In our final program dedicated to women in jazz, celebrating an extended Women’s History Month, we’ll hear from some great pianist / composers. While women have expanded their contributions, women players still excel in both roles and there are an amazing group of women pianists enriching the music today, many of whom are top-flight composers. “These songs came at a time that I was coming to terms with the positives and negatives of medication, as well as the reality of having to gather the mental strength to push through hardship.”Ĭarla Geneve’s “Dog Eared” is out now, while Learn To Like It will be released on April 23rd via Dot Dash Recordings/Remote Control Records, with pre-orders available now.Until recently women in jazz were predominantly singers and pianists. “ very much a way for me to make sense of and explain my emotions to myself,” Geneve explains. The track is set to appear as the midpoint of Geneve’s forthcoming debut album, Learn To Like It, which, while serving as something of a reflection on the young artist’s own life experiences, also presents itself as an exercise in finding strength through vulnerability and raw emotion. Capture a bit of that violence that I mostly stay away from on this record.” It took me a while to finish the music because I really wanted to get it moving a bit more than my other songs. “I dictated the words to ‘dog eared’ into my phone. ![]() I had taken some of that recklessness and it felt incredibly nostalgic. “I didn’t really know why but I realised it was because I had been in a room of teenagers playing music with the pure, raw emotion that most people grow out of as you enter adulthood. “I was driving home one night and I felt so excited and full of energy for music, and I guess life in general,” Geneve explains. Inspired by her work as a music teacher, the track sees Geneve harnessing the same enthusiasm showcased by her students. ![]() Premiering on triple j’s Good Nights earlier this week, “Dog Eared” is a crushing piece of rock that sits in perfect contrast to recent single, “The Right Reasons”. ![]()
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