String Trio of New York
| String Trio of New York | |
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 String Trio of New York (2008) |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Creative jazz |
| founding | 1977 |
| Founding members | |
| James Emery | |
| Billy Bang (until 1986) | |
| John Lindberg | |
| Current occupation | |
guitar |
James Emery |
violin |
Rob Thomas |
double bass |
John Lindberg |
| former members | |
violin |
Charles Burnham (1986-1991) |
violin |
Regina Carter (1991-1994) |
violin |
Diane Monroe (1994-2001) |
| Guests | |
singing |
Jay Clayton |
piano |
Anthony Davis |
saxophone |
Oliver Lake |
The String Trio of New York is an American jazz trio that performs chamber jazz on the stringed instruments guitar, violin and double bass.
The polystylistic group, founded in 1977, initially served to perform both collective improvisations and the compositions of their founders. The jazz-based trio also touches on bluegrass and other musical traditions in which ensembles with a similar line-up are active. Over the years the ensemble has also performed cover versions of standards by Erik Satie , Fats Waller , Duke Ellington , John Lewis , Thelonious Monk , Charles Mingus , Charlie Parker , John Coltrane , Jimi Hendrix and the Rolling Stones, and since 1991 they have also been specially commissioned Compositions on. The sound of the group is characterized by a specific swing and a melodic attitude. While the founding members James Emery and John Lindberg have remained loyal to the trio to this day, the violin position has been changed several times after Billy Bang left the trio. According to some critics, the strongest albums were made with the violinist Regina Carter ( Intermobility , 1992; Blues ...? , 1993). The trio has recorded several albums with a guest musician.
Discographic notes
- First String ( Black Saint , 1979)
- Area Code 212 (Black Saint, 1981)
- Common Goal (Black Saint, 1983)
- Rebirth of a Feeling (Black Saint, 1983)
- Natural Balance (Black Saint, 1986)
- As Tears Go By (New Edition, 1987)
- String Trio of New York & Jay Clayton (West Wind Records, 1988)
- Time Never Lies (Vintage Jazz, 1990)
- Ascendant (Stash Records, 1991)
- Intermobility (Arabesque Records, 1992)
- Octagon (Black Saint, 1992) with compositions by Marty Ehrlich , Muhal Richard Abrams , Mark Helias , Wadada Leo Smith and Bobby Previte
- Live au Petit Faucheux (AA, 1993)
- Blues...? (Black Saint, 1993)
- An Outside Job (France 1993) (Radio France Tours, 1993)
- With Anthony Davis ( Music & Arts , 1996)
- Faze Phour: A Twenty Year Retrospective (Black Saint, 1998)
- Gut Reaction (Omnitone Records, 2003)
- Frozen Ropes (with Oliver Lake) (Barking Hoop Recordings, 2005)
Individual evidence
- ^ Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia . London 2006, p. 599
- ↑ See Steve Huey , All Music Guide