March 3, 2008

We’re honored to run this John Zorn review written by Jeremy Welsh. Jeremy comes to NYC via Pittsburgh and South Bend, and we hope to run more of his in-depth reviews in the future…

Up until Friday night, I had never had the pleasure of seeing the legendary John Zorn, play or conduct. The debut of his upcoming album The Dreamers in at St. Ann’s Warehouse was well worth the wait.

Photo by Imaginary Jazz

I should start by admitting that I am not too familiar with Zorn’s music. I think I first heard of the saxophonist/composer while on the Medeski Martin and Wood listserv; and for whatever reason, I was prejudiced simply because of his associations with “noise” or “squonk.” These past few years, though, I have grown to enjoy Masada when I hear it. And just this past year, I have really appreciated his 2001 album The Gift, which I was first turned on to by WNYC’s John Schaefer late one night. The Gift is a gem of an album, combining world music with Marc Ribot-lead surf rock — with a bit of everything else mixed in. Quite melodic and even quiet. (I have never really delved into his soundtrack or more exotica music.) Read on for more of Jeremy’s review…

Check out this incredible lineup that’s been put together for an amazing cause: Music producer and good friend, Scott Harding, has recently been partly paralyzed in a car crash in

Three years after playing their last shows together, the OM Trio reformed for a three-night run in its adopted hometown of San Francisco. Drummer Ilya Stemkovsky was kind enough to write down his thoughts about getting together with his old bandmates for a two-part edition of Tour Diary:

Thursday, February 14, 2008 6:00 PM
Lennon Rehearsal Studios
San Francisco, CA

All photos by Larry Mills

So…you really can’t get further apart from each other than the members of the OM Trio. Bassist Pete Novembre lives in Santa Cruz, CA… keyboardist Brian Felix in Chicago, IL… and drummer Ilya Stemkovsky in Lakewood, NJ. When the opportunity to come together and play our first concerts in over three years arose, naturally, we knew we would have limited rehearsal time. Read on…

I know we are a fews days late on this one, but we want to take a moment to remember the legacy of legendary drummer Buddy Miles – who passed

Now that they’ve finished covering the Biscuits three-night run at the Starland Ballroom, the iClips crew is off to Florida where they will webcast all four days of action from