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10/10 Saturday
7:00 PM “new’d music” CD Release Concert
Chris Chalfant -piano:
“Chalfant’s swirling improvisations assimilate the directions and
perspectives of Don Pullen, Cecil Taylor, and Dave Burrell…highly original
music.” “All in Good Time” Marshall Zucker, JazzImprov Magazine
Chalfant lays down droning piano lines that mix the grandeur of McCoy
Tyner with the expressionism of Cecil Taylor. The percussion lays down
deep, rolling rhythms that evoke ancestral Africa.”
– David Dupont, One Final Note
“Chris Chalfant is that rare combination of first-rate jazz composer and
improviser. [She is a] rugged individualist in the tradition of the best
players.” - Chris Kelsey
Dennis Warren-drums:
An unleashed crate-of-marbles percussion work of Dennis Warren - the music
remains nothing other than what is exactly right for the moment. And that
commitment to the evolving Now is what makes the music.
Short Takes: Boston Stu Vandermark
Warren, who studied with Black music theorists like trumpeter Bill Dixon
and drummer Milford Graves, was around to experience the tail end of that
Free Jazz psychedelic epoch. Jazz Weekly.com
He plays a kind of funk/rhythm & blues/jazz that balances intense groove
and creative freedom, Rui Eduardo Paes
www.chrischalfant.com
www.fmrje.com
10:00 PM Quantum Jams II
Full Metal Revolutionary Jazz Ensemble:
Michael Shea-keyboard
Forbes Graham-trumpet
Jim Hobbs-alto saxophone
Hilary Noble-tenor saxophone/flute/congas/percussion
David Warren-electric bass
Jose Arroyo-congas/percussion
Dennis Warren-drums/timbales
Warren, who studied with Black music theorists like trumpeter Bill Dixon and drummer Milford Graves, was around to experience the tail end of that Free Jazz psychedelic epoch. The FMRJE draws on those ideas to produce a gyrating, hypnotic sound, which as he says "demonstrates our ancient roots
and our future communications, swirling through our biochemical spheres and igniting our souls for the hope of love in humanity." Jazz Weekly.com
FMRJE is 21st century fusion before it's time... this is what they'll be listening to in the 22nd, no doubt! There are only 3 cuts, but 2 of them are over 25 minutes long... they call their tracks "events", & you'll understand that immediately upon listening (in th' old days, we called 'em jams, methinks). This goes much further/deeper than just a jam session, however... think Mahavishnu, then perhaps Weather Report, maybe even Sharrock; or any other group with opera length jazz fusion laced with
heavy percussion.Improvijazzation Nation.
More than ever before, the FMRJE has incorporated the free-funk ideologies of Miles Davis and Ornette Coleman's working bands of the 1970s. However, the virtual percussion troupe formed by the confluence of Warren and Jose Arroyo keeps the group far less rhythmically confined than even Agharta /Pangaea era Miles.
One Final Note Scott Hreh
Jump in to the flow of Dennis Warren's music any place you desire. His music, the music of the Full Metal Revolutionary Jazz Ensemble (FMRJE) is a continuously flowing river of sound with (seemingly) no starting or ending points
All About Jazz CD Review Marc Corroto