Michael Formanek - Aka the Stinger
#JazzFM #Jazz #NowPlaying #MichaelFormanek

The Cave Of Winds by Tony Malaby's Sabino, released on Pyroclastic Records in 2022

Free Jazz Collective wrote:

Tony Malaby has not escaped the notice of the Free Jazz Collective. Last August we posted a fine review by Stef Gijssels’ of Malaby’s Turnpike Diaries. With live jazz music shut down tight, Malaby convened a series of performances under a New York turnpike bridge. You can find a nice, luxuriously long clip here. I love the oblivious cars passing behind the group and the young man who pauses to dance. As I understand it, Malaby came to refer to this venue as the cave of winds...

Cave of Winds opens with a short Malaby solo. Slowly the wind picks up, bringing a nice percussive thump from the bass, a flute-like melody from the guitar, and some slither from the drums. Like a string quartet, it is divided into sections...

https://www.freejazzblog.org/2022/03/tony-malabys-sabino-cave-of-winds.html

https://tonymalabypyroclastic.bandcamp.com/album/the-cave-of-winds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow4FqHF5YQA&list=RDOw4FqHF5YQA&start_radio=1

#TonyMalaby #BenMonder #MichaelFormanek #TomRainey #freejazz #music #jazz

#MyraMelford #piano
#MichaelFormanek #contrabajo
#ChesSmith #batería

Myra, pianista indispensable, vuelve a hechizarnos con su talento en este gran disco junto a músicos fantásticos.

#Splash
#IntaktRecords 2025

https://intaktrec.bandcamp.com/album/myra-melford-splash

#música #jazz #improvisación

#Bandcamp

Myra Melford Splash, by MYRA MELFORD with Michael Formanek and Ches Smith

10 track album

Intakt Records
Wingbeats, by Thumbscrew

10 track album

Cuneiform Records
Wingbeats, by Thumbscrew

10 track album

Cuneiform Records
New #review today: "The Last Quiet Place is the first time we’ve reviewed a release with #IngridLaubrock as leader, though she’s showed up on quite a few albums by others. This album sees her leading a sextet consisting of herself on tenor and soprano saxophones, #MazzSwift on violin, #TomekaReid on cello, #BrandonSeabrook on guitar, #MichaelFormanek on double bass, and #TomRainey on drums." #ExposeOnline #jazz #AvantJazz http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/ingrid-laubrock-the-last-quiet-place-2.html
Reviews | Ingrid Laubrock - The Last Quiet Place

Exposé Online

A true treasure:

As Things Do
by MICHAEL FORMANEK ELUSION QUARTET with Tony Malaby, Kris Davis, Ches Smith

https://michaelformanekintakt.bandcamp.com/album/as-things-do

#BandcampFriday #music #Jazz #MichaelFormanek #TonyMalaby #KrisDavis #ChesSmith #treasure

As Things Do, by MICHAEL FORMANEK ELUSION QUARTET with Tony Malaby, Kris Davis, Ches Smith

8 track album

Michael Formanek

Now listening - brand new and somewhat older:

Michael Formanek Elusion Quartet, "As Things Do" (Intakt, 2023 - w/Tony Malaby, Kris Davis, Ches Smith)

Angelica Sanchez, "Mirror Me" (OmniTone, 2003 - w/Malaby, Formanek, Tom Rainey)

@jazz
#MusicAgainstMadness #NowListening #AngelicaSanchez #MichaelFormanek #TonyMalaby #KrisDavis #ChesSmith #TomRainey

Angelica Sanchez Trio with Michael Formanek and Billy Hart

YouTube

“ [A] decade after its founding Thumbscrew is still at the summit of creative music.” - John Chacona,

Check out John Chacona’s review of Thumbscrew’s latest album, Multicolored Midnight, out now on Cuneiform Records.

https://postgenre.org/thumbscrew-multicolored-midnight/

#thumbscrew #maryhalvorson #tomasfujiwara #michaelformanek #cuneiformrecords #music #art #newrecords #newmusic #avantgarde #creativemusic #albumreview