Born Gene Ashton in 1946, Cooper-Moore grew up in a house built by his great-grandfather in the Virginia hills west of Washington, D.C. Though he’s associated with New York City’s ecstatic jazz scene, where he’s played piano since the 1970s alongside the likes of saxophonist David S. Ware and bassist William Parker, rural self-reliance remains […]
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Pianist Matthew Shipp can make magic with the perfect partner
Pianist Matthew Shipp has released more than a dozen albums with Brazilian saxophonist Ivo Perelman just in the past two years, and their Jazz Festival set is the first time they’ve played together in Chicago.
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The debut album of brilliant tenor saxophonist David S. Ware is back in print
Birth of a Being, David S. Ware’s blazing 1977 recording with Apogee, has been reissued by Aum Fidelity.
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He’s back: Weasel Walter plays Chicago/RIP Kenny Wheeler
The former Chicagoan plays Township with his band Cellular Chaos.
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Pianist Matthew Shipp reaches a new plateau
The New York pianist releases a fantastic new trio album
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The jazz-electronic-funk-whatsit of Thiefs
Thiefs, a cool cross-continental trio featuring drummer Guillermo E. Brown, brings its slippery blend of jazz, electronic music, and funk to the Mayne Stage on Saturday.
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Jazz: Saxophonist David S. Ware dead at 62
Titanic free-jazz saxophonist David S. Ware has died
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Short takes on recent releases from Don Cherry, the Sham Palace label, and Anna Ternheim
Short takes on recent releases from Don Cherry, the Sham Palace label, and Anna Ternheim
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Saxophonist David S. Ware, sound and vision
Saxophonist David S. Ware is the subject of a new documentary coming to the David Lynch Foundation website, and some of his 2010 concert at Elastic Arts will soon turn up on the album “Organic (Solo Saxophones, Volume 2).”
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Matthew Shipp on His Own
New York pianist Matthew Shipp plays one of his increasingly frequent solo gigs tonight at Elastic as part of the Umbrella Music Festival.
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David S. Ware’s new sound and new kidney
Great free-jazz saxophonist David S. Ware, who was in danger of dying of kidney failure six months ago, has undergone a successful transplant.
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David S. Ware needs a new kidney
Great tenor saxophonist David S. Ware is in dire need of a kidney transplant.