Bill Anschell in the February 2012 Issue of JazzTimes
In the February issue of JazzTimes, pianist Jason Moran takes the “Before & After Challenge” administered by writer Thomas Conrad. The challenge included recordings by Jaki Byard, Keith Jarrett, Wynton Kelly, Brad Mehldau and Vijay Iyer. Bill Anschell’s solo piano take on the Eagles’ song “Desperado” from his record Figments on Origin was featured in the piece. Of Anschell’s playing before the performer and the name of the tune is revealed, Moran says: “I like that this has a lot of sustain pedal. With those two lines being at equal volume, the sustain pedal gives it a very nice, very specific space. This is a studied pianist – studied like … he’s not bullshitting.” After the details of the tune are revealed, Moran says, “I enjoyed that. That’s bad.”
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Jam Session News
Amore Infused, host to Tim Kennedy and John Terpin’s Monday session, suffered an electrical kitchen fire in January and has closed for renovations. Stay tuned for the return of this Monday-night session. A recent Seattle transplant, drummer Claudio Rochat-felix hosts a new session on Wednesdays at 418 Public House in Ballard, 418 NW 65th Street, beginning at 9pm. The session opened in December and has featured a rotation of house musicians, including bassists Ian Sheridan and Paul Gabrielson, pianist Eric Verlinde, and guitarist Brendan O’Donnell. Young pianist Gus Carns launched a new session at the Royal Room. The session is on Wednesdays, beginning with house band Brendan O’Donnell (guitar), Carmen Rothwell (bass) and Chris Icasiano (drums) at 9:30pm. Carns states on the web, www.royaljazzsession.com, that he’s hosting the session “with the intention of providing an outlet for a community of improvising musicians that strive for achieving form-based collective improvisation.” Tula’s is closed February 5; look for the Reggie Goings Jazz Offering again in March. Don’t forget to check out other Tula’s monthlies: Greta Matassa jam, first Mondays, and Daren Clendenin jam, third Mondays.
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Sonarchy February Lineup Announced Sonarchy is recorded live in the studios at Jack Straw Productions, Seattle. This hour-long broadcast features new music and sound art made in the Pacific Northwest. Sonarchy is now into its 16th year of airing on KEXP. The broadcast can be heard live every Sunday evening at midnight at 90.3 FM and on www.KEXP.org. It is also available in its entirety for two weeks following the broadcast in several streaming audio formats. This month’s shows will also be available as podcasts shortly after they air. Doug Haire is the producer and mixes these live shows. On February 5, using two microphones, Rob Millis and Jesse Paul Miller create a sonic interaction with Millis’ Jack Straw gallery installation Fragments of the Story. On February 12, Eric Barber’s Metrilodic features new fusion jazz with Barber on saxophones, pocket synth and iPad, PK on bass and Olli Klomp on percussion. On February 19, Kagel Textural presents electro-acoustic improvisations on this Sonarchy Archive Series show from 1997. James Wood is joined by Doug Theriault, Mark Collins and Matthew Sperry. Finally, on February 26, Fluke presents Jim Knapp’s compositions, with Brian Kinsella on piano, Chris Symer on bass and Chris Icasiano on drums.
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