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The Either/Orchestra at Tishman Auditorium, NYC, November 19, 2011. Photo by Dave Kaufman We're taking a little break from live performing to finish work on the recording of the Collective Unconscious. Watch this space for more information.Thanks to those of you who attended the John Tchicai tribute back in December - it was an honor to have known him and to play his music. We'll do it again. Contact us: phone: (617) 899-9685 mail: 343 Medford St. #4A, Somerville MA 02145 USA ___________________________________________________ News on The Collected Unconscious, leader Russ Gershon's big new piece, which received smashing reviews for its live performances: We've recorded it, and are in the process of mixing, etc. We hope to have it out on CD and for downloads before the end of the year. "Either/Orchestra At the Peak of Their Power at the New School This band’s creativity just gets more and more amazing...one of the two or three best New York concerts of the year...[The Collected Unconscious] revealed an unexpected gravitas and lush, majestic power to rival or maybe surpass anything this band’s ever done, effortlessly and imaginatively bridging the gap between Cuba and Ethiopia...the shifting textures and voicings of these new compositions are equal to anything Gil Evans ever came up with.”
"Bandleader/composer Gershon’s greatest hour (or closer to an hour and a half)...[the] long-form piece bridged the sounds of Ethiopia with Latin music as well as the diverse jazz and rock elements in the composer’s DNA. His arrangements conjured rich, sublimely wound horn cadences...the musicians hit their marks with precision and finesse. "They wrapped up the concert with Gershon's tasty slab of New Orleans street funk, Somethin' for NOLA, proving without a doubt that a band of eclectic, esoteric jazzbos could get down and get funky, too." –Greg Haymes, Albany Times-Union Photos from the NYC show Photos by Dave Kaufman; Rudy Lu; Rudy Lu Ethiopia, May 2011:
![]() Final note of EO25, Le Poisson Rouge NYC. Photo by Michael Weintrob The Really Big 25th Anniversary Concert, NYC Edition was a sold-out smash success. Three hours of continuous music, and the audience was ready for more. Russ Gershon and the Either/Orchestra wish to thank our alumni: John Medeski, Matt Wilson, Josh Roseman, Mike Rivard, Harvey Wirht, Dan Kaufman, Jeremy Udden, Douglas Yates, John Carlson, Bob Nieske, John Dirac, Curtis Hasselbring, Jerome Deupree, Dan Fox, Russell Jewell, Henry Cook, Godwin Louis, Jeremy Udden, Douglas Yates, Teshome Mitiku - all onstage - and a.minor (video art), Phil Davidson (sound), David Fisher and Brad Braufman (video documentation), Linda Somma, Gabrielle Agachiko and Israel Dejene (various other tasks), Terri Hinte (publicity), along with the incredible staff of Le Poisson Rouge! The December 16 edition of the concert in Arlington MA was "an unforgettable confluence of talent" - here's a review.
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Ethiopiques 20: Live in Addis
"Astonishing...monumental...the best live album of the year—in any genre" –Paul Olson, AllAboutJazz.com
"Live in Addis is a total triumph as music, once again, is shown to be able to bring together diverse peoples in mutual love."
–Budd Kopman, AllAboutJazz.com "Incredible" –Tim Perlich, Now Magazine, Toronto
"[A] completely remarkable recording...I think the performance of Shellela is actually the greatest recorded example of an ecstatic
and informed audience response to supreme jazz in the history of recorded jazz...
give five stars to the audience and musicians both. This recording is the flower of their profound embrace."
–Norman Weinstein, AllAboutJazz.com "Sends the senses into the very heart and soul
of communal human love...A force that dares to break barriers." -Lofton A. Emenari III, WHPK, Chicago
"I have seen the future of big-band music, and it is this 10-piece band from Boston." "The leading little big-band in the jazz world." "A world-class ensemble." "Worldwide, the Either/Orchestra has precious few rivals." "This amazing ensemble does just about everything right." |
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