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Roswell Rudd
Rudd participated in key free jazz recordings, notably with the New York Art Quartet, on the soundtrack recording for Michael Snow's 1964 film New York Eye and Ear Control, and Michael Mantler & Carla Bley's 1968 "Jazz Composer's OrchestrA- Communications" featuring Cecil Taylor, Don Cherry, Pharoah Sanders, Larry Coryell and Gato Barbieri. A major factor in Rudd's career has been his lifelong friendship with Steve Lacy and their numerous recordings and performances of the music of Thelonious Monk.
Rudd graduated from Yale University, and later taught music-ethnology at Bard College and the University of Maine. On and off for a period of three decades, Roswell Rudd assisted Alan Lomax with his world song style project and the wealth of information on the music of this planet inspired him to collaborate beyond the periphery of western music.
Rudd was a frequent visitor to the African nation of Mali, performing and recording with Malian musicians. His 2001 CD MALIcool, a cross-cultural collaboration with kora player Toumani Diabaté and other Malian musicians represented the first time the trombone had been featured in a recording of Malian traditional music.
In 2004 he brought his TROMBONE SHOUT BAND to perform at the 4th Festival au Désert in Essakane, Tombouctou Region, Mali.
In 2005 he extended his reach even further, recording a CD with a traditional Buryat music group from Mongolia, entitled Blue Mongol.
Rudd conducted master classes and workshops both in the United States and around the world.
He co-led an ensemble with Archie Shepp, as well as toured with MALIcool, the Mongolian Buryat Band.
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Roswell Rudd, Minnie Riperton, Tomoko Omura and Others
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by Jerome Wilson
This vintage show from October 2021 has the usual eclectic mix of artists, including Roswell Rudd, Minnie Riperton, Herbie Hancock, Tomoko Omura, Denis Charles, and much more. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 John Nyerges Life" from Jazz, Pictures and Poems (NBR Jazz) 00:54 Lee Morgan Boy, What A Night" from The Sidewinder (Blue Note) 7:38 Host Speaks 15:10 ...
read moreTerry Adams: Terrible [Deluxe Edition]
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by Dave Linn
Terry Adams is best known for his work with the seminal band, NRBQ (New Rhythm & Blues Quartet). Their self-titled debut (Columbia, 1969), included Sun Ra's Rocket Number Nine." The follow-up was a collaboration with early rock legend Carl Perkins called Boppin' The Blues. In 1974 singer, songwriter, and guitarist extraordinaire, Big Al Anderson and drummer Tom Ardolino joined the band. For the next 20 years that lineup thrilled live audiences around the world. In 1994, Anderson (dismayed by the ...
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by Alberto Bazzurro
Questa preziosa (ancora una volta) riedizione di oltre un'ora e un quarto di musica riunisce i primi due album di uno dei gruppi più leggendari della stagione free, il primo intitolato semplicemente col suo nome e pubblicato dall'altrettanto leggendaria ESP fondata nel 1963 da Bernard Stollman (incisione del 16 novembre 1964), il secondo, Mohawk, di pochi mesi successivo (17 luglio 1965), edito su Fontana. Il gruppo è per tre quarti identico in entrambe le occasioni, allineando figure nodali di quella ...
read moreArchie Shepp: Fire Music To Mama Too Tight Revisited
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by Chris May
In 2022, it is widely accepted that, when free jazz (aka the New Thing) was in its ascent in New York in the 1960s, there was, despite superficial appearances, no fundamental incompatibility between it and the historical jazz tradition. More contentiously, revisionist historians are now suggesting that there was no real conflict between New Thing and changes-based or modal-based musicians either. They should try telling that to Archie Shepp. In autumn 1966, during the Miles Davis quintet's ...
read moreRoswell Rudd, Duck Baker: Live
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by Mario Calvitti
La combinazione in duo tra trombone e chitarra (particolarmente se acustica) non è mai stata molto frequente, ma d'altra parte anche Duck Baker non è proprio un chitarrista convenzionale. Partito dal fingerpicking tradizionale nella scuderia di Stefan Grossman, ha ben presto allargato il suo raggio d'azione fino a comprendere tutta la storia del jazz, dal ragtime al free d'avanguardia, soffermandosi in particolare su alcuni nomi (notevoli i suoi omaggi a Herbie Nichols e Thelonious Monk), unendo spesso le forze con ...
read moreAlbert Ayler: New York Eye and Ear Control Revisited
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by Mark Corroto
The backstory of New York Ear and Eye Control is a significant factor in the music and the direction free jazz took in the 1960s. Filmmaker Michael Snow commissioned Albert Ayler's trio with bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Sunny Murray to record a thirty-minute soundtrack for a movie, Walking Woman," he had yet to film. As explained in the liner notes, he wanted to buy a half hour of music." Also invited to the session were trumpeter & cornetist Don ...
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by Chris May
The development of so-called free jazz in New York during the first half of the 1960s was topped and tailed by three landmark recordings: Ornette Coleman's Free Jazz (Atlantic, 1961), John Coltrane's Ascension (Impulse, 1966) and Albert Ayler's New York Eye And Ear Control (ESP, 1966). Of the three discs, only New York Eye And Ear Control broke away completely from jazz's normative structure of theme/solos/theme. Commissioned as an art-film soundtrack, Ayler's recording was also the product of an altogether ...
read moreRoswell Rudd - Blown Bone (Emanem)
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Master of a Small House
Martin Davidson, proprietor of Emanem, has long made it a custom to include helpful File under:" tags on his releases to aid harried record shop clerks in correctly identifying contents. Blown Bone, a reissue of a 1979 Japanese-only Philips platter, carries the colorful signifier Jazz (Free/Blues/Latin)," a definite first in the commonly free improv-focused catalog and one that speaks directly to trombonist Roswell Rudd's career-spanning eclecticism. The cast of characters is just as colorful with Steve Lacy, Enrico Rava, Paul ...
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Programme Jazz Middelheim 2010 Complete with Cassandra Wilson and Archie Shepp Quartet Feat. Roswell Rudd & Leon Parker
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Michael Ricci
This year the 29th edition of Jazz Middelheim takes place from August 12th through August 15th in Park Den Brandt in Antwerp, Belgium. With Cassandra Wilson and the Archie Shepp Quartet with Special Guests Roswell Rudd & Leon Parker the last two names are added to the programme. Toots Thielemans comes to Jazz Middelheim with his Quartet. Earlier the festival announced artists like Wayne Shorter Quartet, Ahmad Jamal, McCoy Tyner Trio feat. Joe Lovano, Dave Holland Flamenco Project for the ...
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El Espiritu Jibaro: A Tribute to Yomo Toro with Roswell Rudd
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World Music Institute presents EL ESPIRITU JIBARO: A TRIBUTE TO YOMO TORO living legend of the cuatro YOMO TORO & ROSWELL RUDD BOBBY SANABRIA & ASCENSIN & special guests DAVID OQUENDO, LOUIS KAHN, TITO CASTRO, NELSON GONZALEZ & AIMEE ALLEN & dancers NYDIA OCASIO & JESUS TITO SANDOVAL SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 2010 8:00 PM Peter Norton Symphony Space, Broadway at 95th Street, NYC $25; $18 students with college I.D. Box ...
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Roswell Rudd / Lafayette Harris Duo Live at the Rubin Museum NYC
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The Roswell Rudd / Lafayette Harris Duo will be performing in concert at The Rubin Museum in NYC on January 16th, 2009 at 7:00PM as part of the 2009 Winter/Spring Harlem in the Himalayas Series. In addition to an original composition inspired by Himalayan art, trombonist Roswell Rudd and pianist Lafayette Harris will play the music of the great jazz pianists including Fats Waller, Herbie Nichols, Thelonious Monk, Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, and James P. Johnson and original music by ...
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Sheila Jordan and Roswell Rudd Birthday Celebrations Nov. 17-18 at the Iridium Jazz Club
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IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121 http://www.iridiumjazzclub.com/ Sets At 8:00 & 10:00PM
Nov. 17-18 SHEILA JORDAN (79) AND ROSWELL RUDD (72) BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS!
Lafayette Harris - piano; Cameron Brown - bass; Barry Altschul - drums PLUS GUESTS
Sunday Guests: Jay CLAYTON Theo BLACKMAN Katie BULL
Sheila Jordan (Nov 18, 1928, ...
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Sheila Jordan and Roswell Rudd Birthday Celebrations! Nov. 17-18 at the Iridium Jazz Club
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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121 Sets At 8:00 & 10:00PM Nov. 17-18 SHEILA JORDAN (79) AND ROSWELL RUDD (72) BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS! Lafayette Harris - piano; Cameron Brown - bass; Barry Altschul - drums. PLUS GUESTS The Iridium Jazz Club is very pleased to present SHEILA JORDAN AND ROSWELL RUDD BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS! Sheila Jordan (Nov 18, 1928, Detroit, MI) and Roswell Rudd (Nov 17, ...
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Roswell Rudd and David Oquendo Harlem in the Himalayas at the Rubin Museum of Art Friday, April 27
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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART & THE JAZZ MUSEUM IN HARLEM PRESENT A jazz concert
FRIDAY, APRIL 27 7:00 PM
HARLEM IN THE HIMALAYAS $15 IN ADVANCE; $20 DAY OF THE EVENT Roswell Rudd and David Oquendo
Roswell Rudd, trombone, and David Oquendo, electric and acoustic guitar, team up on some of their personal favorites as well as some originals and songs rooted in the Afro-Cuban tradition.
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Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters Play with Special Guest Jazz Legend Roswell Rudd at Winterjazzfest 2007 Saturday January 20th
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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
GARY LUCAS & GODS AND MONSTERS PLAY WITH SPECIAL GUEST JAZZ LEGEND ROSWELL RUDD AT WINTERJAZZFEST 2007 SATURDAY JANUARY 20TH KNITTING FACTORY MAINSPACE 74 LEONARD STREET NYC 7PM
GARY LUCAS--guitar, vocals BILLY FICCA--drums ERNIE BROOKS--bass JASON CANDLER--alto sax ROSWELL RUDD--trombone
GARY LUCAS, The Thinking Man's Guitar Hero" (The New Yorker), brings his band GODS AND MONSTERS into the Knitting Factory Mainspace on Saturday January 20th at 7pm, opening ...
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Roswell Rudd and Badma Khanda: the Mongolian Buryat Band 9-City Tour
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Roswell Rudd and Badma Khanda - the Mongolian Buryat Band
9-city tour starting October 28th
Blue Mongol (Sunnyside) http://www.sunnysiderecords.com/
Wow! Simply put, this recording is almost indescribable ... There isn't another recording like this on the planet; it's stunning"--Thom Jurek
Blue Mongol acquaints trombonist Roswell Rudd's unmatched tonal mastery and the musical tradition of Mongolia with each other, the result the most culturally respectful, spiritually uplifting and musically interesting release of the year"--Elliott Simon, All About Jazz NY ...
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Roswell Rudd & Badma Khanda's Mongolian Buryat Band Announce US Tour Dates
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All About Jazz
ROSWELL RUDD & BADMA KHANDA'S MONGOLIAN BURYAT BAND ANNOUNCE LONG-AWAITED NINE CITY US TOUR
In Support Of Critically-Acclaimed Recording Blue Mongol On Sunnyside Records
Brooklyn, NY - All good things in all good time. Over a year in the making, the legendary trombonist Roswell Rudd has finally announced a long-awaited string of performances with Badma Khanda's Mongolian Buryat Band. The tour will include concerts in nine US cities. The unique collaboration of Rudd and Khanda's Buryat Band first came to ...
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