brownie Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 Bennie Maupin who has not made many record appearances lately is featured on three tracks from a new album by Polish guitarist Jarek Smietana 'A Story of Polish Jazz' on the Polish JSR label. Mostly fusion music! The album was recorded in 2004. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 Seems he was active in Eastern Europe - he appeared on the Varna Jazz Festival in Bulgaria in the summer of 2004 as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 Also heard a live accoustic thing he recently did somewhere in SE Asia that seems to have slipped completely unde the radar. It's an actual commercial release for some label somewhere (not U.S. obviously), not a bootleg, but I can't recall the details right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 Some web search reveals quite a bit of activity - including a CD by bassist Darek Oles where he guests on one track - Oles is a member of Maupin's chamber ensemble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 He was touring Austria with Californian bassist John B. Williams and local musicians in August, 2004. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 (edited) From http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/c1718cs/Music04-05.htm: December 12th, 2004 (Sunday), 2:00 p.m. - Chamber Music at the Clark - The Bennie Maupin Ensemble Bennie Maupin, Composer, Woodwinds Darek Oles, Acoustic Bass Michael Stephans, Drums/Spoken Word Munyungo Jackson, Percussionist Someone once said that the smaller the ensemble, the fewer places there are to hide. Musicians - notably jazz musicians - are pretty much in agreement that the most intimate small-group settings require greater levels of responsibility on the part of all hands. Taking this notion a step further, when there is no chordal instrument (such as the piano or the guitar) in a small ensemble, then the responsibility is heightened even more. Saxophone-bass-drums trios have been around for quite a while, beginning back in the late 1950's with the Sonny Rollins trio being the most notable example. Since that time, there has been a wildly diverse population of creative saxophonists who have jumped into the fray; there is truly no place to hide in this setting - no chords to weave into and out of, no other horns to play counterpoint with?what you see is definitely what you hear. To negotiate this tough trio terrain, The Bennie Maupin Ensemble creates a different kind of musical tapestry, weaving their music in around and through itself?sort of a musical warp and woof, with all threads different from one another, yet all leading into symmetrical, unified patterns. The Maupin Ensemble came about as a result of Maupin?s continuing musical association and friendship with drummer/percussionist Michael Stephans. Internationally renowned bassist Darek Oles was a natural addition because of his open approach to interpretation and improvisation, as well as his masterful bass playing. In early 2003 world-class percussionist Munyungo Jackson joined the trio and the Ensemble was born. - P R O G R A M - The Journey Tapping Things Vapors Mirror Image Level Three Penumbra - I N T E R M I S S I O N _ Mr. DePriest Trope on a rope Freetown Blinkers Equal Justice Message to Prez _ R E C E P T I O N - Edited January 30, 2005 by mikeweil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted January 31, 2005 Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 A few photos by Skip Bolen taken at the WEST COAST JAZZ JOURNALISTS AWARDS on June 21, 2004 at the Jazz Bakery at 3233 Helms Ave. in Los Angeles can be found here. Here's one: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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