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Loren Stillman
Monday, November 19, 2007
((((((( Greetings )))))))

When it comes to Loren Stillman, So we are rethinking and

read any liner notes or any review reworking things here... if you
and you will learn how he have any ideas, drop a line...
performed with drummer Bob
Meyer when he was fourteen years About Me
old at a jam session in New York. A
year later, in 1996, he was in a
studio with pianist Russ Lossing
and bassist Scott Lee recordings
Cosmos for Soulnote. And now with nine albums under his belt (and
one co-op group called Jackalope with Meyer and John Abercrombie), I
think one can dispense with the amazement in relation to his age and M I C HA EL MC C AW
just revel in Loren Stillman's sound. Listen with open ears. My AAJ
profile can be found here.
So let's move from there. VI EW M Y C O M PLETE PRO FI LE

Somewhere between Lee Konitz and his angular, sinewy lines and the What is this place?
technique of Jackie McLean (more so than the tartness), Stillman has
forged a stimulating sound unique in conception both To read about music.
improvisationally and compositionally. I could try and formulate his To hear music.
sound in words, but his own voice, which you can hear below, will To see music performed.
suffice just fine.
In short, this blog is about jazz.
And so the question hangs out there... if someone is so stimulating to
hear, has recorded nine plus albums, is lauded by luminaries including Furthermore, this blog is not
Dave Liebman, Joe Lovano, Ted Nash, Konitz, Abercrombie, and is about providing free music like
consistently gigging around the globe with the likes of Charlie Haden's many of the mpfree blogs et
Liberation Music Orchestra, Andy Milne, John McNeil, Michele cetera. Rather, this blog is more
Rosewoman, Tyshawn Sorey, Paul Motian's Trio+2, as well as his own in line of providing one another
groups ...why (most likely) haven't you heard of him? with digital mixtapes and the
opportunity to hear albums in a
Good question... manner that allows one to
explore this music called jazz
without the legality issues of
distributing single song mp3s.

If you like some of the sounds,

I’d like to encourage you to buy
the album from a local
independent record shop, online
or download it through eMusic or
through
Sup port the a rti sts b y see ing them live and/or purcha sing their m usic! Music provided here is for other legal services
promotional p urposes that
only. Se e
"Supp ort Artists" in the sid eb ar. support artists.

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In the end, I’ll have a couple

things up every week like album
spotlights (listening sessions),
reviews (listening notes),
mixtapes, and things found on
the web including videos, et
cetera. If you dig it, hopefully
you will pursue the album or
artist. Other randomness may
show up occasionally as well.

Extensions of this blog include:

All About Jazz
The answer probably comes in the form of a commentary about the
fractionalisation of jazz. It also probably goes hand in hand with why All About Jazz Forums
John Lurie's Jazz Lizards weren't as popular as they should have been,
Last FM Group
and how there is just a plain wealth of talent that is marketable to a
relatively small segment of the overall population with varying podOmatic extension page
degrees of heart and musicality for listener's ears (you know, that
whole college vs. bandstand dichotomy that is both full of truth and
falsehoods).

This place is designed in Firefox.

Another factor of why many don't know him is the fact that he has
nine albums on six labels and none of them are readily available
within the US. They can be had easily enough though through online
retailers. His latest, Blind Date should be available on eMusic shortly,
Support Artists
assuming Pirouet continues that association. The German label Nagel-
Support the artists by seeing
Heyer's How Sweet It Is release and the European Fresh Sound New
them live and/or purchasing their
Talent release Gin Bon are available on Cd Baby and are highly
music!
recommended. Cd Universe and Amazon claim to have them as well,
but personally I have had somewhat of a hard time pulling through
Music provided here is for
those sources.
promotional purposes only.
Furthermore, this is an artist
Nonetheless,
supported blog. Every living
Stillman is an
artist is contacted concerning
artist who will
content here. If for some reason,
rise over time
you as an artist would not like
simply by the
your music featured, simply
virtue of his
email me and we will remove
music. His
your feature. It is our hope
albums are
however, that in this ever
stimulating
expanding digital realm of
affairs full of
(hopefully) DRM free music, you
surprises even
will embrace whatever
after multiple
opportunities you have to
listens and he
introduce the general public to
works within the current mainstream but is unafraid to move beyond
your sound.
the standard fare without losing the listener when seeking higher
ground. Part of this comes from the fact that he often composes
melodies first and fits forms later for a more liberal 'stream of Labels
consciousness' style.
Interview (1)
So the sounds below are 14 tunes compiled from his first seven
Jazz Defined (2)
albums. And since AMG offers nothing in the way of even a review of
nearly any of these albums, here is a quick snapshot of each with links Listening Notes (5)
to info
Support the(sometimes not worth
artists by seeing much
them liveatand/or
all - when will labels
purchasing theirlearn the
music! MusicListening
provided here is
Session for promotional
(34)
importance of Internet presence?), a review
purposes only. See and the corresponding
"Support Artists" in the sidebar.
track numbers to the songs you can hear in the widget: Mixtapes (1)

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Musicians A - G (25)

Musicians H - N (21)
Cosmos (SoulNote)
Record info here Musicians O - S (11)
Track 11 below
Musicians T - Z (12)

How Sweet It Is (Nagel-Heyer) Other Places (13)

Record info here / Review here
Photography / Art (2)
Track 3, 6, 9 below
podcast (5)
Gin Bon (Fresh Sound New Talent) Random Thoughts (5)
Record info here
Track 2, 8 below Resource (7)

YouTube / Other Video (24)

Jackalope - Saltier Than Ever(Challenge)
Record info here / Concert review here
Track 12 below
Session Archive

It Could Be Anything (Fresh Sound New Talent) ► 2009 (1)

Record info here / Review here ▼ 2007 (80)
Track 1, 13 below
► December (12)

Trio Alto Volume 1 (Steeplechase) ▼ November (25)

Record info here / Review here
Track 4, 7 below Thelonious Monk

Mikkel Ploug (Featuring

Brother's Breakfast (Steeplechase) Mark Turner)
Record info here / Review here
Billy Hart
Track 5, 10, 14 below
Wes Montgomery
Trio Alto Volume 2 (Steeplechase) eden ahbez's Nature Boy
Record info here
KOAN (Stillman / Noelle /
Not included below
Kneeland / Poor)

Blind Date (Pirouet) Loren Stillman

Record info here Thelonious Monk
Not included below
Buy handmade year round

Triptych Myth
I chose the tracks that have been hitting my ear the most lately. As
with any compilation, I know I have missed some gems but honestly, Music & the Mind
that's why you should buy the albums... And by the way, April of '05 Jazz Defined
was a productive month producing It Could Be Anything, Trio Alto
Michael Musillami
Volume 1, and Brother's Breakfast. Three albums, three different
groups and styles. All strong sounds. Ron Miles

Bill Frisell
'His future, in my opinion, is so bright it's almost blinding.
Mal Waldron
If he follows that light through, we will benefit from his
creative exploration along with him. I love this beautiful Randy Weston
world of music we live in. It has given us another John Coltrane / Martin
wondrous gift: Loren Stillman.' Luther King (Follow Up)
- Joe Lovano, from the Cosmos liner notes
David Murray

Langston Hughes (w/

You can listen below by double clicking a particular song or start from
Leonard Feather &
the front by simply pressing the play button below. You can visit
Charles Ming...
Stillman's official website here or on Myspace here. Offer some
Support the artists
feedback on thisby seeing
type them
of post live while
as well and/oryou
purchasing their
listen. It has music! Music provided
been here is/ for
John Coltrane promotional
Martin
purposes
time consuming, but hopefully only.
a few of you See
will "Support Artists"
find you really dig in the sidebar. Luther King
him as much as I do and some of the other people I have recommended

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9 COMMENTS:
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Bri a n sa i d . . .
illasounds
Ni c e Mi ke . I'm li king this guy
Jazz Beyond Jazz (Howard
Nove mbe r 20, 2007 8:20 AM Mandel)
Mi c ha e l Mc Ca w said ... Jazz Portraits
Good to he a r. Jazz Wax (Marc Myers)

les mixtapes de mes amis

By the wa y, the first trac k Evil Olive is available a t AAJ a s free download (here ).
Point of Departure (Bill
Nove mbe r 20, 2007 11: 17 AM
Shoemaker)
Pa ps sa i d. . .
Rifftides (Doug Ramsey)
Exce lle nt m i x. I ac tually ha ve How Swee t it Is and must revisit a fter listening to
thi s m i x. Eve rything he re sound s good though. Shadows of a People

Nove mbe r 20, 2007 6:53 PM Song With Orange

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Se cond on tha t last c om me nt

Nove mbe r 24, 2007 12: 24 AM

Mi c ha e l Mc Ca w said ...

Be e n out of town.. .

Tha nks Pa p s, I sa w you pic ke d up Gin Bon ove r at the latest purchase thread on
AAJ.

Anonymous, Me ta l R at is an inte resting rec ord. Pe rsona lly I prefe r Lossing in a

more stra i g ht a head c onte xt. But Me ta l R at is an intere sting re cord. For others,
i t's on the fa nta stic la be l Clean Fe ed a nd is a va ila ble at eMusic.

Bri a n a nd the se c ond (sam e?) anonymous, I am planning on doing some sort of
pod c a st i n the ne ar future but not artist a ssocia te d like this one because I think
tha t would b e shortc ha ng ing Lore n Stillman as a ll of this music is from his own
a lbums whi c h a re all in p rint in some ma nner. Howe ve r, with something like the
Na ture Boy post I just p ub lished above , tha t would be some thing I could maybe
put tog e the r le g a lity issue s not withsta nding. Hone stly, I ha ve not decided about
thi s. . .

Nove mbe r 26, 2007 10: 35 AM

Anonymous sa i d . ..

Lore n Sti llm a n i s fa ntastic , his new one is his be st though.

De c e mbe r 4, 2007 11:44 AM

Anonymous sa i d . ..

Thi s i s ve ry ni c e .

Da le

De c e mbe r 18, 2007 2:11 PM

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