Chuck Nessa Posted August 11, 2015 Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/August-2015/Cellist-Tomeka-Reid-Plays-Sounds-from-the-Soul/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Facebook+below+story+27847+Aug+10+2015+14%3A30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uli Posted August 12, 2015 Report Share Posted August 12, 2015 Tomeka Reid will also be featured with the aacm large ensemble in the millenium park this month Thursday, August 20, 2015AACM Chicago presents Great Black Music Ensemble: Move: An Afrofuturistic Ijó In celebration of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) 50th anniversary, the Chicago organization’s flagship big band presents an ambitious three-part opus examining its own rich history, “ancient to the future.” The evening will feature three sections, each written by a commissioned member of the AACM – representing the founding period with trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, the middle period with reedist Mwata Bowden and the contemporary period with cellist Tomeka Reid. Each part will integrate choreography from three Chicago dance groups: the Ayodele Dance and Drum Corp, Deeply Rooted Dance Company and Kings Eye View. The work concludes with a video component featuring TK, the electronic musician working with the Great Black Music Ensemble in the third section, offering a visual history of the AACM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmce Posted August 12, 2015 Report Share Posted August 12, 2015 Nice to see. She is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted August 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2015 She is also a delightful person. Nice to see her getting some attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted August 12, 2015 Report Share Posted August 12, 2015 100% agreed. The new record is really nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted August 12, 2015 Report Share Posted August 12, 2015 What's the title, Clifford? Her website doesn't have anything more current than 2013I'd like to hear more of her. What do folk suggest beyond her work with Nicole Mitchell and Mike Reed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeway Posted August 12, 2015 Report Share Posted August 12, 2015 Plan to see her at the end of August in the DC area. Her ensemble includes Mary Halvorson, Tomas Fujiwara and Jason Roebke. Very promising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted August 12, 2015 Report Share Posted August 12, 2015 (edited) What's the title, Clifford? Her website doesn't have anything more current than 2013 Tomeka Reid Quartet on Thirsty Ear. Maybe out this fall? I have a review copy and it's very strong. Working band is as above. Edited August 12, 2015 by clifford_thornton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted August 12, 2015 Report Share Posted August 12, 2015 What's the title, Clifford? Her website doesn't have anything more current than 2013 Tomeka Reid Quartet on Thirsty Ear. Maybe out this fall? I have a review copy and it's very strong. Working band is as above.Thanks. I'll keep an eye on that one. Good to hear Thirsty Ear's still about too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted August 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2015 What's the title, Clifford? Her website doesn't have anything more current than 2013I'd like to hear more of her. What do folk suggest beyond her work with Nicole Mitchell and Mike Reed?I recommend her recent work with Roscoe Mitchell. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnblitweiler Posted August 12, 2015 Report Share Posted August 12, 2015 What's the title, Clifford? Her website doesn't have anything more current than 2013I'd like to hear more of her. What do folk suggest beyond her work with Nicole Mitchell and Mike Reed?Check out, if you can, her quartet and the Hear In Now trio - there either are or surely will be CDs. And Roscoe Mitchell's "Celebrating Fred Anderson." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.:.impossible Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 What's the title, Clifford? Her website doesn't have anything more current than 2013I'd like to hear more of her. What do folk suggest beyond her work with Nicole Mitchell and Mike Reed?I recommend her recent work with Roscoe Mitchell. :-)Seconded! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 (edited) What's the title, Clifford? Her website doesn't have anything more current than 2013I'd like to hear more of her. What do folk suggest beyond her work with Nicole Mitchell and Mike Reed?I recommend her recent work with Roscoe Mitchell. :-)I certainly shall when I can track down a half-affordable copy this side of the Atlantic :-)edit to add: ordered it from Dusty G and will take US postage costs and customs on the chin. It better be good Edited August 13, 2015 by mjazzg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmce Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 I'll check it but I'll admit to being a bit unenthusiastic about the band. What's wrong with Jeff Parker & Frank Rosaly or Chad Taylor...? Kidding aside, I like Halvorson and Fujiwara in most contexts but together they seem to go on autopilot more often than not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 ^ Agreed with you on H & F to an extent; maybe they know one another too well at this point? I like the Thirsty Ear disc quite a bit, though. It's well-recorded and the choice of tunes is good. They start off with Dolphy's "17 West," and Reid storms on this one. It's clearly her record throughout. I've heard some very good Jeff Parker but I've also heard a number of things that didn't sit well and were a little too 'gauzy' for my tastes. That might actually be majority and I am not sure Reid's music would benefit from that approach. Rosaly is strong, inventive, and fun to watch live - I'm not sure if he's been captured on record as well as I've seen him play, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TedR Posted August 21, 2015 Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 I'm excited to know that the Tomeka Reid Quartet with Mary Halvorson are playing in Cleveland (at Mahall's, the same place where Frode Gjerstad and Bobby Bradford played last winter) on Friday, August 28th, 9:00 PM. Also Ken Vandermark/Paal Nilssen-Love Duo, Oblique Orchestra are playing on September 2 at the Beachland Ballroom. It seems like there are a few more venues opening up throughout the Cleveland area making it a convenient place to play when groups travel from Chicago to the East Coast. Good to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeway Posted August 21, 2015 Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 I'll check it but I'll admit to being a bit unenthusiastic about the band. What's wrong with Jeff Parker & Frank Rosaly or Chad Taylor...? Kidding aside, I like Halvorson and Fujiwara in most contexts but together they seem to go on autopilot more often than not.I can't disagree with you more. I've not seen Halvorson or Fujiwara on "autopilot" in concert and I've seen each of them a bunch of times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 I've never seen them play on autopilot but some of the records are a bit too dialed-in for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uli Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 (edited) new portrait and interview in point of departure. don't buy many records anymore but think i have to get Artifacts http://www.pointofdeparture.org/PoD53/PoD53Reid.html Edited December 10, 2015 by uli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uli Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 (edited) Congrats! http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/reich/ct-ae-1227-coty-jazz-20151223-column.html Edited December 26, 2015 by uli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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