Ellery Eskelin w/ Andrea Parkins & Jim Black

Ellery Eskelin with Andrea Parkins and Jim Black

trailer for the band's DVD
http://home.earthlink.net/~eskelin/

"From bright, punky melodies to diaphanous ruminations, the leader and his cohorts touch on practically every imaginable musical base to the point that Eskelin is loath to call his group a jazz band. Certainly, his own playing is steeped in the blues, retaining an affable warmth and lanky swing even at its most abstract. Limbs flying in all directions, Black plays with unorthodox techniques that have yet to be named, let alone described. Sentimental kitsch and disquieting rumble emanate in equal measure from Parkins's bellows. On piano, she girds the band with stately figures; a moment later, she may steer her colleagues into a hall of fun-house mirrors with her sampler, occasionally pitting Eskelin against his own horn in an impromptu duet. Together, the three have taken jazz to previously unexplored areas; their string of hatOLOGY releases is without question one of the signal oeuvres of '90s improv." (Steve Smith, Time Out New York).

Category:

Music

Tags:

• jazz
• saxophone
• improvisation
• Ellery
• Eskelin
• Andrea
• Parkins
• Jim
• Black
• Jessica
• Constable