Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet & 9-tette
Purchase or sample the latest release: The Ambiguity Manifesto on Firehouse 12 Records
- Taylor Ho Bynum - cornet, compositions
- Jim Hobbs - alto saxophone
- Bill Lowe - bass trombone, tuba
- Mary Halvorson - guitar
- Ken Filiano - bass
- Tomas Fujiwara - drums
- with 9-tette: Ingrid Laubrock - tenor and soprano saxophones
- Tomeka Reid - cello
- Stomu Takeishi - electric bass
The Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet (occasionally growing all the way to a 9-tette) has been Bynum’s primary working ensemble since 2005, and has toured throughout the USA and Europe. The group’s latest release, The Ambiguity Manifesto, will be released in the fall of 2019, following the critically acclaimed releases The Middle Picture (Firehouse 12, 2007), Asphalt Flowers Forking Paths (hatOLOGY, 2008), Apparent Distance (Firehouse 12, 2011), and the four-album set Navigation: The Complete Firehouse 12 Recordings (Firehouse 12, 2013).
The ensemble brings together some of the finest musicians from the Boston and New York scenes, demonstrating a remarkable diversity of backgrounds and generations, with members of the group born in every decade from the 1940s to the ‘80s. All the musicians are composers and bandleaders in their own right, and have collaborated with some of the most admired figures in creative music, including Muhal Richard Abrams, Bill Barron, Tim Berne, Bobby Bradford, Anthony Braxton, Connie Crothers, Thad Jones, Warne Marsh, Myra Melford, Nicole Mitchell, Jason Moran, Marc Ribot, Roswell Rudd, Cecil Taylor, Henry Threadgill, and countless others.
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The Ambiguity Manifesto
Firehouse 12 (2019)
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Navigation (The Complete Firehouse 12 Recordings)
Firehouse 12 (2013)
“Bynum has produced something that belongs to a special category, a masterpieces, a work that can shimmer into new identities, bringing multiple narratives into view.” - Stuart Broomer, Point of Departure
Possibility Abstract XIII: KID-WUK -
Apparent Distance
Firehouse 12 (2011)
“Thoughtfully tumultuous new album…It’s all seductively challenging, full of standout moments that nevertheless dissolve into the whole.” Nate Chinen, The New York Times.
Source (excerpt) -
Live at the Vision Festival
Bootleg (2008)
Taylor Ho Bynum – cornet; Matt Bauder – tenor saxophone and bass clarinet; Jessica Pavone – viola and electric bass; Mary Halvorson and Evan O’Reilly – electric guitars; Tomas Fujiwara – drums.
My favorite live concert of the ‘original flavor’ sextet.
JP & the Boston Suburbs, Parts 1 & 2 - Woods - whYeXpliCitieS -
Asphalt Flowers Forking Paths
hatOLOGY (2008)
Same personnel as Live at the Vision Festival.
“One of the most indispensable ensembles in contemporary jazz…five stars.” Theirry Lepin, Jazzman Magazine, France.
whYeXpliCitieS (part three) (excerpt) -
The Middle Picture
Firehouse 12 (2007)
Same personnel as Live at the Vision Festival.
“A measured, highly intelligent project that points the way forward for jazz…four stars.” Richard Cook and Brian Morton, The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings: Ninth Edition.
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