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| 1. | Flowers
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| 2. | Day of the Dead
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| 3. | Old Souls
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| 4. | Afterthoughts
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| 5. | 1974
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| 6. | The Entire State of Florida
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| 7. | Exorcism
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| 8. | Simone's Crumbs
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| 9. | Temporary States
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| 10. | Ghost Writer
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| 11. | Dreaming with Jill
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Jazz / Modern Creative, Modern Free, Avant-Garde Jazz
Mike Reed (drums)
Josh Abrams (bass)
Jason Adasiewicz (vibes)
Tomeka Reid (cello)
Greg Ward (alto saxophone)
Called "one of Chicago's most sublime Jazz outfits" by Time Out Chicago, Loose Assembly features alto saxophonist Greg Ward, vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz, cellist Tomeka Reid and bassist Josh Abrams. Last Year's Ghost documents aural poems Reed created based on the compositional ideas and freeform playing of his band mates, linked by the common theme of what he calls "the traces of people and places past."
Creative improvising drummer and composer Mike Reed has taken up the challenge of making music based on two precepts -- one as netherworld free improvisation, and the other rooted in a modern modal and jazz induced method. Both of these unconventional concepts don't work as much together as the one sets up preludes for the other, depending on their placements during this ambitious program. The ghostly inferences are clear, fairly short, to the point and generally ethereal, working on similar but somewhat varied frameworks. The longer pieces have a solid swing element and fall along lines that are quite accessible and musically valid. Loose Assembly is a young quintet of Chicago based musicians, bassist Josh Abrams being the most prominent. Alto saxophonist Greg Ward sounds like a Marty Ehrlich disciple, vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz uses sparse component phrases, and cellist Tomeka Reid fairly soars and swoops through these pieces. It's a stunning combination of timbres and techniques. There's some very hip music here, headlined by "Ghost Writer," a 6/8 modal figure informed by Reed's insistent, prickly snare riff and forged by loose phraseology that somehow comes together focused, but not surreal. A bass and alto unison line drives the well swung "Day of the Dead," while a bluesy swing and Abrams two-note line and thoughtful solo sets "The Entire State of Florida" apart from the rest of the compositions. A creaky floorboard sound surrounds "Old Souls," "1974" is a free wig-out, "Temporary States" imitates sea shanty chimes, and "Dreaming with Jill" is a sweet, less than half-conscious love song. The contrasts and juxtapositions between the tracks are quite well programmed and not jarring. These be friendly ghosts me hearties, from recent times. Reed gathers them, with gifts, to haunt the evil out of your souls. It's a very interesting and accessible disc worth owning and listening closely to. ~ Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide
"Top Ten 2007" ---- Jay Collins, Cadence
"Top Ten 2007" --- Jerry D'Souza, JazzHouse.org
"Recommended New Release" ---- David Adler, All About Jazz -New York
"...a well-designed collection of hook-filled tunes and atmospheric interludes... a few more recordings like Last Year's Ghost and Mike Reed will be in the first rank of living American bandleaders." --- Bill Shoemaker, Point of Departure
"...a wonderfully unique debut from one of Chicago's great young scenesters. Anyone with an interest in Chicago's vibrant creative music community should not hesitate..." ---Jay Collins, Cadence
"Alternating between short, mostly improvised pieces focused on texture and gestural interplay and fully realized tunes - from elegant ballads with long, lilting melodies to blistering free bop that recalls Chicago's soulful jazz past - it's a collection of raw beginnings and satisfying conclusions. Reed and bassist Josh Abrams lay down propulsive grooves, over which vibist Jason Adasiewicz floats spiky harmonic patterns; this gives alto saxophonist Greg Ward and cellist Tomeka Reid plenty to work with once they break out of their unison melodic lines and turn to improvising. Ward in particular sounds terrific, balancing gorgeous lyric shapes with tightly coiled multiphonic screams." --- Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader Critic's Choice
" Well-paced and parceled, this is one to savor." ---Derek Taylor, Bagatellen
"... a perfect balance between unfettered creativity and formal aesthetics... merges the austere reverence of chamber music with the scalding intensity of Chicago's historically ebullient free jazz, making a case for the re-evaluation of commonly held geographic prejudices. Although conventional wisdom dictates New York as the center of the jazz world, documents like this beg to differ." ---Troy Collins, All About Jazz
Mike Reed is a musician, composer and presenter based in Chicago.
As a drummer, Reed has been part of the vibrant Chicago jazz and improvised music community since 1997. He has performed regularly with local luminaries such as Fred Anderson, David Boykin, Nicole Mitchell, Jeff Parker, Josh Abrams, Jim Baker, and Rob Mazurek, as well as Chicago Jazz legends Ira Sullivan, Julian Priester and Art Hoyle. As a performer he tours extensively in Europe and South America. While performing in a variety of projects locally, nationally and internationally, Reed also leads two widely acclaimed groups, Loose Assembly and People, Places & Things. Reed was named Chicagoan of the Year for Jazz (2008) by the Chicago Tribune and in the 57th annual Downbeat critics poll was distinguished as "Rising Jazz Star". (People, Places & Things also named as "Rising Jazz Group".)
Over the course of a decade Reed has also established himself as a leading producer of musical performances and advocate for the performing arts. He is one of the main organizers for Umbrella Music, a five member team presenting weekly Jazz and Improvised music at various Chicago venues (approximating 280 sets of music per year as well as an accompanying festival). As a fresh addition to the historical collective known as the AACM, Reed was named Vice Chairmen in the spring of 2009. In other areas Reed works with the City of Chicago as a member of the Chicago Jazz Festival planning committee, programing partner for the Downtown Sound series at Millennium Park. Most notably Reed is the Director of the internationally renown Pitchfork Music Festival, drawing over 50,000 attendees to Chicago over 3 days and featuring today's most cutting edge rock and pop artists.
Mike Reed
Birthday: 1974
Birth Place: Biclefeld, Germany
Decades Active: 2000
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Avant-Garde Jazz, Modern Free, Modern Creative
Moods: Ambitious, Intimate, Atmospheric, Organic, Cerebral, Searching, Sophisticated, Uncompromising, Clinical, Wintry, Complex, Intense
Drummer and composer Mike Reed was born in Biclefeld, Germany, in 1974 but spent most of his childhood growing up in Evanston, IL, just north of Chicago. Still based in Chicago, Reed has been a big part of that city's vibrant jazz scene, playing with the Treehouse Project, the David Boykin Expanse, Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra, and the Josh Berman Quartet, among other groups, as well as leading his own bands Loose Assembly and Mike Reed's People, Places & Things. He has been involved in numerous Chicago recording projects, while under his own name releasing In the Context Of in 2006, Last Year's Ghost in 2007, and Proliferation and The Speed of Change in 2008, all on the 482 Music imprint. In 2001 he founded the Emerging Improvisers Organization, a nonprofit group that sponsors a weekly series of jazz and improvised music performances in the city. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide |
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