NEVER BEFORE ON CD For our latest FMP offerings, we've dug deep into the vaults. Both of these titles come from the SAJ sub-label whose vinyl releases quickly went out of print. Neither title has ever been available on CD! They've been remastered especially for this exclusive digital release and have never sounded better. Get them via the links above or at the Destination: OUT store. TRIBUTE TO NOAH HOWARD The recent passing of Noah Howard was a sad event for jazz fans, [...]
FIRE MARCH Noah Howard Quartet Schizophrenic Blues SAJ/FMP : 1977 NH, alto; Itaro Oki, trumpet; Jean-Jacques Avenel, bass; Oliver Johnson, drums. LECKE Noah Howard Quartet Live at the Swing Club SNIR : 1974 NH, alto; Michael Smith, piano; Bob Reid, bass; Noel McGhie, drums. AND ABOUT LOVE [...]
IN THE WORKS, and coming soon ...a D:O memorial post for the late Noah Howard, featuring some truly rare and beautiful tracks. Please stay tuned; post likely to appear tomorrow. ALSO, a sincere, heartfelt THANK YOU to all who came out to the Salt Space and made our inaugural Loft/Lab concert such a smashing success. Joe Giardullo and Harvey Sorgen anointed the room with some thrilling songs, both new and old. Hope to see y'all again in October - Thursday the 14th - when the Darius Jones Trio rolls in. Bring your friends!
Filed under: News , R.I.P. Jazz saxophonist Noah Howard died at the age of 67 on Sept. 3 while on vacation in southern France. The cause of death is currently unknown, Howard's agent, Florian Eisele, told Billboard . Born in New Orleans, Howard performed with Louis Armstrong and was a force in the early Free Jazz movement. He became a leader for New York-based label ESP in 1966 with the Noah Howard Quartet.
Give the Drummer Some's Favorite Downloads from the MP3 Blogosphere Though I hardly avoid using it, I really do dislike the term "free jazz." For adherents to the Marsalis orthodoxy, the term is often just a snide reference to some musicians' assumed lack of formal education; for more open-minded artists and enthusiasts, the arbitrary label "jazz" is itself insufficient to signify the full omniverse of improvised musical expression—and, to me, adding the qualifier "free" only doubles down on the rigid compartmentalization. (I mean, what could be freer than Louis Armstrong's earthy but untethered [...]
When we ran our Vijay Iyer-penned piano mixtape last year, one of the kindest comments came from fellow blogger Hank Shteamer, who noted that he hoped it wouldn't be our last such compilation. Little did we know at the time that our next mix would come courtesy of Hank himself, who volunteered to create the following mind-bending, eye-opening playlist featuring the piano stylings of the underappreciated Bobby Few. So without much more ado, we are truly pleased and honored to present, on the occasion of Few's Vision Festival appearance scheduled for Friday, 13 June, "Hung Up on Nothing," [...]
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