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Links to Interviews:
All About Jazz Interview, April '07
Boston
Globe article, July '06
El Intruso (Argentinian jazz magazine) interview, May '06
English translation here
All
About Jazz interview, March '03
Press Quotes:
(click on author for link to full article)
“One of the most brilliant of the new third millennial masters
of his generation.”
Anthony Braxton, in an interview
with Bill Beuttler, The Boston Globe
“The most remarkable trumpet player at the moment is without
a doubt Taylor Ho Bynum...a jazz musician in the best Armstrong
tradition: if the trumpet or the cornet don’t sing, something’s
wrong. But of course the man chooses a contemporary idiom and a
soundpalet of the 21st century.”
Didier
Wijnants, De Morgen (Belgium)
“A
lungful of quick-witted growls, squeals, guffaws, and other transient
bursts of sound make Bynum's playing as animated as a vintage Loony
Tune...one of the most exciting figures in jazz's new power generation.”
Steve
Dollar, Time Out Chicago
“The
cornet player with the Braxton pedigree and the soundscape skills
has been turning lots of heads. One reason is his clever designs
for this two-guitar ensemble, which lets disintegration have its
say while still stressing structure.”
Jim Macnie, Village Voice
“Bynum's
horn playing is consistently delightful. He moves fluidly between
elaborate, piquant figures, salty rasps and plaintive laments.”
Bill Meyer, Downbeat Magazine
“The
great solo of the evening belonged to trumpeter Taylor Ho Bynum…the
trumpet was mainlined to the pianist's right hand, and, it seems,
figured out its logic for a moment, and, in that moment, launched
into full discourse with the master, filling in the spaces HE was
leaving. Cecil seemed at first unaware of the challenge, perhaps
being used to such challenges falling away, but when Bynum persisted,
the master engaged fully and practically began to glow.”
Review
of Cecil Taylor Big Band, James Beaudreau, One Final Note
“With his infinitely expressive range on tone colors - slurs,
whinnies, growls, and bright open horn - and daunting technique,
Bynum is our Bubber Miley.”
Jon
Garelick, The Boston Phoenix
“Many musicians who study and perform with reedist and composer
Anthony Braxton end up defined by the association, but cornet player
Taylor Ho Bynum has escaped the master's shadow. There was never
any doubting Bynum's technical excellence, but on a number of recent
recordings he's proved he has his own ideas, and they're good ones.”
Peter
Margasak, Chicago Reader
“He is one of those once-in-a-lifetime talents who can play
everything and always sound like himself. Remarkable technique,
inventiveness, energy...Bynum can really "talk" with that
horn of his and the tunes he's written are mad genius.”
Robin
D.G. Kelley, seeingblack.com
“Amidst the ongoing anniversary celebrations for the AACM,
along comes one of the organization's leading spiritual progeny.
Trumpeter Taylor Ho Bynum shares the group's divided fidelities
between free improvisation and modern composition…(and) has
managed to keep pace with his mentor, Anthony Braxton, on duet and
group outings.”
Shaun
Brady, Philadelphia City Weekly
“To judge from last year’s album of duets with Anthony
Braxton, Bynum has it all, including a devilish sense of humor...one
of the savviest trumpeters to come along in recent years, a growling
sound-and-space man in the tradition of Lester Bowie.”
Francis Davis, The Village Voice
“Taylor Ho Bynum seems committed to defying those for whom
music needs to be neatly compartmentalized…sure to intrigue
those unafraid to have their music travel to unexplored places and
use less than conventional instrumental combinations to get there.”
John
Kelman, All About Jazz
“Cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum has made a name for himself in
the bands of maverick leaders such as Cecil Taylor and Anthony Braxton,
but lately he’s been turning heads leading his own spry, subtle
units...His keen ear and extensive repertoire of brass techniques
both vintage and cutting-edge allow him to move comfortably between
sophisticated and playful settings.”
Time Out New York
“Here's a rare thing: a musician, aware of the expansive possibilities
of jazz, who also swings...Bynum's bristling trumpet transmits the
bravura of radical jazz, yet offers perfectly construsted solos.”
Mike Butler, Newcastle Metro (UK)
“A marvelous cornetist with an outwardly directed post-bop
sensibility…He extends the possibilities of the trumpet, yet
includes us along for the ride.”
Mark
Corroto, All About Jazz
“Taylor Ho Bynum was the dominant soloist this evening…I
lost track of how many times he whipped out a different instrument
and played it with polished vim, but I believe his main tools were
cornet, trumpet, trombone, conch, finger cymbals, kickable objects,
and flugelhorn. He took a flugelhorn solo that completely blew my
mind…Bynum also has an animated and invigorating stage presence,
an asset he deploys to special effect in the free jazz contexts
that have earned him a healthy reputation in the avant-garde jazz
world.”
Review
of Anthony Braxton Sextet, Michael Anton Parker, Bagatellen
“Taylor Ho Bynum achieves the same sort of balance between
articulation and unpredictability as Braxton himself.”
Review
of Anthony Braxton Quintet, John Eyles, All About Jazz
“Every member plays hard and passionately, but Jim Hobbs,
the alto saxophonist, and Taylor Ho Bynum, the trumpeter, have developed
one of the special, mutually beneficial relationships in jazz.”
Review of the Fully Celebrated Orchestra, Ben Ratliff, The New York
Times
“Cecil Taylor’s Aha: The leonine father figure of free-jazz
piano has lost none of his percussive fire, as he’ll demonstrate
with…such stalwart improvisers as trumpeter Taylor Ho Bynum.”
Preview of Cecil Taylor, Nate Chinen, The New York Times
“Mr. Bynum is a strong cornettist and serious minded composer.”
Nate Chinen, New York Times
“Bynum has demonstrated his favored sideman status with masters
like Braxton and Taylor by combining a technique of unparalleled
proficiency with an exploratory edge that recalls Lester Bowie and
Don Cherry at their most outré.”
Troy
Collins, All About Jazz
“Bynum’s performance was funny, poignant, spicy, monstrous
and beautiful all at once.”
The Disembodied Ear
“A distinct voice who never succumbs to simple paths.”
Steve Loewy, Cadence Magazine
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