New Math

Mick Rossi (Artist), Russ Johnson (Artist), Mick Rossi/Russ Johnson (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Mick Rossi/Russ Johnson
• Audio CD (December 9, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: ToneScience
• ASIN: B00015WMXM
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #634,100 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. _2.70

2. _3.30

3. _2.90

4. _1.91

5. _1.10

6. _1.22

7. _1.50

8. _2.20

9. _1.13

10. _2.14

11. _4.30

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist

Mick Rossi.  Pianist, percussionist, composer and conductor Mick Rossi (currently touring with Philip Glass) is known in the Downtown scene and beyond. He has performed and recorded with Alex Acuña, Steven Bernstein, Billy Drewes, Dave Douglas, Peter Erskine, Eric Friedlander, Vinny Golia, Eddie Gomez, Hall & Oates, Gerry Hemingway, Andy Laster, Carly Simon, Leo Smith, and Cuong Vu, among others. Performances include the Knitting Factory, Fringe, Singapore, and Montreux jazz festivals, and NPR’s All Things Considered, the Metropolitan Opera, Jay Leno, and David Letterman. Recent films include The Vagina Monologues (HBO) and the hit Standing in the Shadows of Motown.  His most two recent recordings are They Have a Word for Everything (Knitting Factory Works) and the upcoming One Block from Planet Earth (OmniTone). Russ Johnson.   Trumpeter Russ Johnson is one of the most sought after performers in NY’s "downtown" music scene. In addition to leading his own groups and co-leading The Other Quartet, Russ has performed and recorded with a long list of musical heavyweights including Joe Lovano, Lee Konitz, Steve Swallow, Kenny Wheeler, Richie Beirach, Mark Ribot, David Liebman, Joe Maneri, The Jazz Passengers, Brad Shepik, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Charles Earland, Oliver Lake, Jim Black, Elvis Costello, Debbie Harry, Curtis Fowlkes, Roy Nathanson, Tony Malaby, Mat Maneri, and Jenny Scheinman.

Product Description

In a world that can leave us sensorily inundated and dependent on recreation seekers picking least common denominator entertainments, we find ourselves looking for sense and humor, comfort and respite, for people who pay attention and to whom we should pay attention. Mick Rossi and Russ Johnson are two people worthy of our attention.

Their music is not New Agey or folky or what is popularly thought of as "comfort music," but it is organic: real, unadulterated, non-Pasteurized playing, filled with sonically nutritious things. Out? Not really. New. Organized and organizing.  In and out of each other's orbit, affected and affecting, in one place and everywhere, illuminating the understanding of "consciousness" and "intuition" in a post-quantum physics world of entanglement where nothing (and everything) is as it might seem.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New sounds for hungry listeners, December 18, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: New Math (Audio CD)

Wow! What a beautiful album! This is like some of the best ECM records of the 80s. The liner notes talk about "out" music, but this record is just great sounds to have on. There's a little of everything in these vignettes. Something for every ear. Even people I know who hate avant garde music say this is cool, because it's not hard edged. It's two incredibly talented musicians conversing musically as we the lucky listener get to evesdrop. Check it out!