Michael Rabinowitz

Michael Rabinowitz (born November 27, 1955 in Bethany , New Haven County ) is an American jazz musician ( bassoon , also bass clarinet ).

Live and act

Rabinowitz played the clarinet in junior high school before switching to the bassoon in high school . He first performed locally in New Haven, took classes with Sal Mosca and studied at the State University of New York at Purchase. After graduating, he lived in Europe for two years. a. in Paris and Amsterdam, in Copenhagen he played with Ed Thigpen , Kenny Drew senior and Horace Parlan . On his return he worked with Ira Sullivan ( Does It All ! , Muse Records , 1981) and Eddie Buster . In 1986 he moved to New York City, became a member of the avant-garde band The Mosaic Sextet in 1988 (album Today, This Moment with Dave Douglas , Michael Jefry Stevens , Mark Feldman , Joe Fonda , Harvey Sorge ). In 1989 he took part in the performance of Charles Mingus ' Epitaph under the direction of Gunther Schuller . In the 1990s, Rabinowitz led his own groups; recordings were made for the labels Cats Paw and Jazz Focus .

In the field of jazz he was involved in 28 recording sessions from 1981 to 2011, including a. with Joe Lovano , Anthony Braxton , Craig Handy , Franz Koglmann , Guus Janssen , Bartłomiej and Marcin Oleś , Lenore Von Stein , Chris Potter , Patrick Bebelaar , Ryan Truesdell ( Centennial - Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans ) and the Mingus Big Band . Aside from Don Redman and Frankie Trumbauer's early experiments with the instrument in the 1920s, Scott Yanow considered Rabinowitz to be the first jazz musician to specialize in the bassoon.

Discographic notes

• Bassoon on Fire (Cats Paw, 1990), with John Hicks , Rufus Reid , Victor Lewis , John Hart , Pat O'Leary , Steve Johns
• Gabrielle's Balloon (Jazz Focus, 1995), with John Hicks, Ira Coleman , Steve Johns
• Peter van Bergen / Vincent Chancey / Michael Rabinovitch / Guus Janssen / Ernst Glerum / Wim Janssen : Hollywood OK Pieces (Geestgronden, 2004)

Web links

• Web presence
• Michael Rabinowitz at Allmusic (English)
• Michael Rabinowitz at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed October 6, 2015)
3. ↑ But remember Karen Borca and Lindsay Cooper .