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Malachi Thompson
Malachi Richard Thompson (August 21, 1949, Princeton, Kentucky — July 16, 2006), was an American avant-garde jazz trumpet player. In addition to his own work as a bandleader, Thompson was known for his work in the brass ensemble led by fellow trumpeter Lester Bowie. Biography Born in Princeton, Kentucky, Malachi Thompson moved to Chicago as a child. He credited his interest in the trumpet to hearing Count Basie's band at the Regal Theatre when he was 11 years old. Thompson worked in the rhythm and blues scene on Chicago's South Side as a teen. In 1968, he joined the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), spending some time in the AACM big band. He performed and toured with the Operation Breadbasket Big Band, which was affiliated with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.''The Guardian'' (UK), obituary, September 9, 2006, by Peter Vacher. Thompson graduated from Governors State University in 1974 with a degree in music composition. He worked with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lester Bowie
Lester Bowie (October 11, 1941 – November 8, 1999) was an American jazz trumpet player and composer. He was a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and co-founded the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Biography Born in the historic village of Bartonsville in Frederick County, Maryland, United States, Bowie grew up in St Louis, Missouri. At the age of five he started studying the trumpet with his father, a professional musician. He played with blues musicians such as Little Milton and Albert King, and rhythm and blues stars such as Solomon Burke, Joe Tex, and Rufus Thomas. In 1965, he became Fontella Bass's musical director and husband. He was a co-founder of Black Artists Group (BAG) in St Louis. In 1966, he moved to Chicago, where he worked as a studio musician, and met Muhal Richard Abrams and Roscoe Mitchell and became a member of the AACM. In 1968, he founded the Art Ensemble of Chicago with Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, and Malachi Favors. He remained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spirit (Malachi Thompson Album)
''Spirit'' is an album by the American jazz trumpeter Malachi Thompson recorded and released by the Delmark label in 1983.Jazzlists: Delmark Records discography: 400/500 series accessed October 14, 2019 accessed October 14, 2019 Reception reviewer Scott Yanow stated: "This is a varied advanced jazz set by trumpeter Malachi Thompson ... the strong band plays five originals that cover a lot of different moods ... Worth exploring".[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avant Pop (album)
Avant-pop is popular music that is experimental, new, and distinct from previous styles while retaining an immediate accessibility for the listener. The term implies a combination of avant-garde sensibilities with existing elements from popular music in the service of novel or idiosyncratic artistic visions. Definition "Avant-pop" has been used to label music which balances experimental or avant-garde approaches with stylistic elements from popular music, and which probes mainstream conventions of structure or form. Writer Tejumola Olaniyan describes "avant-pop music" as transgressing "the boundaries of established styles, the meanings those styles reference, and the social norms they support or imply." Music writer Sean Albiez describes "avant-pop" as identifying idiosyncratic artists working in "a liminal space between contemporary classical music and the many popular music genres that developed in the second half of the twentieth century." He noted avant-pop's basis in expe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Only Have Eyes For You (Lester Bowie Album)
''I Only Have Eyes for You'' is the third album by Lester Bowie recorded for ECM and the debut album of his "Brass Fantasy" group. It was released in 1985 and features performances by Bowie, Vincent Chancey, Craig Harris, Steve Turre, Malachi Thompson, Stanton Davis, Bob Stewart and Phillip Wilson. Reception The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars, stating, "The music is both whimsical and explorative, making for a colorful set".Yanow, SAllmusic Reviewaccessed August 12, 2011 Track listing # "I Only Have Eyes for You" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) - 10:32 # "Think" (Bruce Purse) - 1:31 # "Lament" (Thompson) - 13:55 # "Coming Back, Jamaica" - 5:17 # "Nonet" (Stewart) - 14:32 # "When the Spirit Returns" - 7:44 :''All compositions by Lester Bowie except as indicated'' Personnel *Lester Bowie: trumpet *Vincent Chancey: French horn *Craig Harris: trombone *Steve Turre: trombone *Malachi Thompson: trumpet * Stanton Davis: trumpet, flugelhorn * Bob S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twilight Dreams
''Twilight Dreams'' is an album by Lester Bowie recorded for the UK based Venture label and the third album by his "Brass Fantasy" group. It was released in 1987 and features performances by Bowie, Vincent Chancey, Frank Lacy, Steve Turre, Malachi Thompson, Rasul Siddik, Stanton Davis, Bob Stewart (musician), Bob Stewart, and Phillip Wilson (drummer), Phillip Wilson. Reception The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated that "one imagines that this approach works better in concert than on record. There are some strong moments on this hard-to-find LP (such as Bowie's trumpet-drums duet with Phillip Wilson on 'Duke's Fantasy') but this is a hit-and-miss affair".Yanow, SAllMusic Reviewaccessed August 12, 2011 ''Spin (magazine), Spin'' wrote, "Brass Fantasy weaves between the more billowy arrangements of 'Duke's Fantasy' and the title track, and rave-ups like 'Thriller'. The music, like his attire, is adorned in ways that keep you wondering, 'Is Bowie serious?'" Track listing # "I Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Jazz
''Blue Jazz'' is the final studio album by the American jazz trumpeter Malachi Thompson released by the Delmark label in 2003.Jazzlists: Delmark Records discography: 500 series accessed October 14, 2019 Reception reviewer Thom Jurek stated "Trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader Malachi Thompson has outdone himself with ''Blue Jazz'' ... Thompson and his notion of reinventing the manner in which a brass-driven big band explores the relationships between harmony and rhythm, and the more tenacious linguistic commonalities between bebop and free jazz have never been as articulately or gracefully rendered as they are in this pair of suites. ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timeline (Malachi Thompson Album)
A timeline is a display of a list of events in chronological order. It is typically a graphic design showing a long bar labelled with dates paralleling it, and usually contemporaneous events. Timelines can use any suitable scale representing time, suiting the subject and data; many use a linear scale, in which a unit of distance is equal to a set amount of time. This timescale is dependent on the events in the timeline. A timeline of evolution can be over millions of years, whereas a timeline for the day of the September 11 attacks can take place over minutes, and that of an explosion over milliseconds. While many timelines use a linear timescale—especially where very large or small timespans are relevant -- logarithmic timelines entail a logarithmic scale of time; some "hurry up and wait" chronologies are depicted with zoom lens metaphors. History Time and space, particularly the line, are intertwined concepts in human thought. The line is ubiquitous in clocks in the fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rising Daystar
''Rising Daystar'' is an album by the American jazz trumpeter Malachi Thompson, released by the Delmark label in 1999.Jazzlists: Delmark Records discography: 500 series accessed October 14, 2019 Reception reviewer Alex Henderson stated: "When Malachi Thompson calls his music 'free bop,' it isn't empty rhetoric; he really does take a free, open-minded approach to bop, and he savors 'the tradition' without being enslaved by it. Recorded at three separate sessions in 1997, 1998, and 1999, ''Rising Daystar'' is primarily a hard bop/post-bop CD ... But while ''Rising Daystar'' is more inside than outside ... the Chicagoan isn't limited to that app ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freebop Now!
''Freebop Now!'' (subtitled ') is an album by the American jazz trumpeter Malachi Thompson recorded and released by the Delmark label in 1998.Jazzlists: Delmark Records discography: 500 series accessed October 28, 2019 Reception reviewer Don Snowden stated "''Freebop Now!'' is designed both as a manifesto for Malachi Thompson's aesthetic principles and a 20th anniversary celebration of his Freebop Band concept. But it's a rather disjointed disc jamming together two sextet sessions with different goals ... while that doesn't derail ''Freebop Now!'', it's not the strongest disc in Thompson's consistently interesting catalog".[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
47th Street (album)
''47th Street'' is an album by the American jazz trumpeter Malachi Thompson, released by the Delmark label in 1998.Jazzlists: Delmark Records discography: 400/500 series accessed October 14, 2019 The album formed part of Thompson's efforts to revitalize the one of the last remaining links to the 47th Street Jazz Scene in Chicago. Reception reviewer Tim Sheridan stated that "Thompson's terrific ode to a unique time and place in African-American history is filled with exciting musical ideas whil ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy Bolden's Rag
''Buddy Bolden's Rag'' (subtitled '' 00 Years of Jazz') is an album by the American jazz trumpeter Malachi Thompson, recorded and released by the Delmark label in 1995.Jazzlists: Delmark Records discography: 400/500 series accessed October 14, 2019 accessed October 14, 2019 Reception reviewer Alex Henderson stated: "On ''Buddy Bolden's Rag'', Thompson and his band Africa Brass salute Bolden in an unconventional way; instead of playin ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
