Exciting events converging at Cryptogramophone! The forthcoming Ben Goldberg and Erik Friedlander CDs (both out on Feb.21) are already getting positive advanced press: Soundsoftimelessjazz.com posted glowing reviews (see below) and many other reviews have been lined–up in all the right places. Radio copies haven’t even gone out yet but some members of the press, who double as DJ’s are already giving the discs spin! Allaboutjazz.com will feature free downloads of both new cds by Goldberg & Friedlander the week of February 21!
We all had a chance to see Ben Goldberg’s masterful clarinet-work last night as a part of guitarist Nels Cline & Friends “Tribute to Andrew Hill” show at the weekly CryptoNIGHT concert here. Nels, Ben, Bobby Bradford(cornet), Andrea Parkins(accordion), and the other two thirds of the Nels Cline Singers Scott Amendola(drumset) and Devin Hoff(upright bass) played two stunning sets of challenging, rewarding, and spot-on perfect testimonial to the GENIUS of Andrew Hill. Crypto’s own Alex Cline jumped up to add some heavy tribal thump to a burning/percussive “Compulsion”. A packed house roared in amazement after each of the individual numbers and “Suites” of Hill compositions unified and arranged by Cline. The band will take that fire into the studio today and tomorrow to record the “Tribute” for an upcoming Cryptogramophone fall release! It is safe to say we’re more than a bit excited about these releases and are going to have a hard time trying NOT to sneak out of the office to go to the recording session instead of minding the shop! Whoooooo!
Reviews for Goldberg/Friedlander: www.soundsoftImelessjazz.com