Articles by Glen Hall

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  Joey Sellers Solo Trombone

  What the…?

  PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2010

  Trombonist/composer Joey Sellers could be called a contrarian. Instead of following the solo trombone precedents set by George Lewis, Alber...

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  Various

  The NYFA Collection - 25 Years of New York New Music

  PUBLISHED Oct 19, 2010

  This five-CD set by the New York Foundation for the Arts provides an expansive, refreshingly open-minded overview of the new music scene in...

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  Mike Vernusky

  Music for Film and Electro-Theatre

  PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2010

  It starts with rasping akin to a locust with asthma and slowly unwinds through metallic drones and sub-woofer rumbles to in-out, breath-lik...

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  The International Nothing

  Less Action, Less Excitement, Less Everything

  PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2010

  No pyrotechnics here ― there isn't a staccato, fortissimo or 16th note to be heard. But Berlin-based clarinettists Michael Theike and...

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  Ben Miller

  Degeneration

  PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2010

  Pinging, sproinging, scratching, humming, droning, guitarist Ben Miller leaves no stone unturned in his investigations into what sounds his...

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  Kelly Jefferson Quartet

  Next Exit

  PUBLISHED Sep 24, 2010

  What is striking about Next Exit is the quality of compositions from this quartet's members. Each piece captivates and, unusually for a jaz...

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  Beta Collide

  Psst…PSST!

  PUBLISHED Sep 24, 2010

  Beta Collide are a strong, new music quartet playing flutes, brass, keyboards and percussion. Each musician is a virtuoso, conveying their...

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  David S. Ware

  Onecept

  PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2010

  With a tsunami-strong saxophone sound, David S. Ware's 50th year of playing is documented on this nine-track disc, to invigorating effect....