Craig Taborn Quintet: Live In Concert

by Patrick Jarenwattananon
Fearless keyboardist Craig Taborn, prolific on acoustic piano as well as electric pianos and synthesizers, has a gift: making experimental improvisation immediately enjoyable. For this, he has long backed many of the most forward-thinking improvisers on the planet, including James Carter, Tim Berne, Chris Potter and Dave Douglas.

He's so in-demand that he rarely gets the chance to perform as a leader of his own bands, despite a series of critically acclaimed recordings under his own name. Thursday presented a chance for him to demonstrate to a U.S. audience his compositional vision. As part of the CareFusion Jazz Festival New York, he presented a stellar new quintet at the Jazz Gallery, the intimate Manhattan venue where he has often appeared — but never under his own name.

WBGO and NPR Music hosted a live webcast of the Craig Taborn quintet online on this page. A downloadable recording will be made available here after the show.

Personnel:
Craig Taborn, piano
Jonathan Finlayson, trumpet
Chris Speed, reeds
Thomas Morgan, bass
Dan Weiss, drums http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2010/06/16/127893350/craig-taborn-concert



Craig Taborn speelt Untitled II/American Landscape tijdens live broadcast VPROJazzLive in het Bimhuis in Amsterdam op 6-3-2010. Craig Taborn - piano. Meer video's op vprojazzlive.radio6.nl