Since our last post, Pete Robbins record siLENT Z Live came out on the alto saxophonist’s own imprint, Hate Laugh Music. Pete had two consecutive CD release shows at The Tea Lounge in Park Slope, Brooklyn and at Cornelia Street Cafe in Manhattan which received nice preview coverage from The New York Times who called siLENT Z “a willfully progressive outfit” and Time Out New York who wrote “In saxist Pete Robbins’s siLENT Z project, highly developed harmony, complex meter and searing improv merge with a world of experimental loops, ambient soundscapes, hard beats and general abandon. The ’70s term jazz-rock doesn’t cut it, so the best description of this outfit is probably the artist’s own: Brooklyn prog-modern (post)jazz.”
A few nice things have come out so far for Pete.
- Pete was interviewed and played live in studio at WBGO by Josh Jackson for their new music program, The Checkout.
- There was a nice review by All About Jazz-New York’s Elliot Simon.
- There was a nice review by Derek Taylor on his new blog Master of a Small House.
- Phil Freeman reviewed the record for his excellent new webzine, Burning Ambulance in his 31 Days of Jazz Reviews series.
- Pete was featured in the November issue of Down Beat – as a “Players” feature by John Ephland.
- Pete was the subject of a feature interview on AllAboutJazz.com by Gordon Marshall entitled “Balance Dream.”
- Composer/blogger George Grella wrote a fantastic review of siLENT Z Live back in June.
- About.com concert review by Jacob Teichroew.
Stay tuned for more updates on Pete. You can follow his goings-on with his new blog as well as through the regular channels: Twitter, Facebook and MySpace.
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