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A veritable onslaught of new radio stations adding Little Played Little Bird: Kansas Public Radio, WYCE 88.1 Grand Rapids, KSDS 88.3 San Diego, WPTC 88.1 Penn College, KRCB 91.1 Santa Rosa, WTJU 91.1 Charlottesville, VA, WWSP 90.0 Stevens Point, KKRN 88.5 Bella Vista, CA, WSCA 106.1 Portsmouth, plus more plays on WNMC, TaintRadio, Complete playlists after the break: Jazz Top 10 Reported By John Harris For week of April 30th, 2012 Bill Harris Quintet          Inside Out Dan Cray                      Meridies Ahmad Jamal                Blue Moon Harris Group  Read More →

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Much new airplay for Little Played Little Bird, on KIOS 91.5 in Omaha, WRUV 90.1 in Burlington, WTJU 91.1 in Charlottesville, VA, KRFC 88.1 in Fort Collins, Jazz From Gallery 41 in Berkeley, WWUH 91.3 in Hartford, WPRB in Princeton, and KLCC 89.7 in my home town, Eugene. Thanks to all the MD’s and DJ’s! Complete playlists after the break: KIOS 91.5 Omaha, Nebraska ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL TODD BISHOP GROUP / LITTLE PLAYED LITTLE BIRD / ORIGIN NEW WORLD BEAT / AFTER CARNIVAL / CDM RECORDINGS DANIEL ORI / EMUNA / BLUJAZZ RHIANNON / SPONTANEOUS / SELF RELEASE WAYNE ESCOFFERY /Read More →

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New review on Emusic.com, written by Dave Sumner: Todd Bishop Group, Little Played Little Bird: The Music of Ornette Coleman: Concept album that performs renditions of lesser-known Ornette Coleman tunes (except “Lonely Woman,” which Bishop admits to including because he loves playing it, “concept be damned.”). Bishop on drums and leading a quintet that includes a family of saxes, bass clarinet, piano & Wurlitzer, and bass. A strong recording that brings plenty of swing, fire, and blues to the Coleman compositions. Not a requirement to actually enjoy Ornette Coleman’s music to like this album; Bishop brings his own voice and vision to this excellent album.Read More →

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UPDATE: More plays at WWSP, WFCR, Taintradio.org, and new stations WNMC 90.7 in Traverse City, Michigan, and WPTC 88.1 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Plays are coming fast and furious now; here Little Played Little Bird has been added at KTUH 90.3 in Honolulu, WKPS 90.7 at Penn State, WRTI 90.1 in Philadelphia, KWIT 90.3 in Sioux City, KWMR 90.5 in west Marin, and Portland’s own KBOO 90.7. View playlists after the break:  Jazz Spectrum Playlist for April 18, 2012 JIM HALL—Ragman—Textures—Telarc–1997 MARTY EHRLICH—Movement VI—The Long View—Justin Time—2002 JOEL MILLER—Honeycomb—Swim—Origin Records—2012 AMIT FRIEDMAN SEXTET—Ups & Downs—Sunrise—Origin Records—2012 THE HARRIS GROUP—Cape Hatteras—Choices—The Harris Group and Idiomatic Music—2011 TODDRead More →

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There’s a new Spanish-language review of Little Played Little Bird on the Sax Sounds Magazine site, written by Arion Molina. I speak a little Italian and French, but no Spanish, and I would hesitate to try to translate it for the other anglophones, but Google Translate gives us the following pull quote: Cuesta recommend an album of this whimsical style of jazz, but I would say that fans of the genre and fans of Ornette Coleman, found in “Little Bird Little Played” a very good source of inspiration. Entertainment is assured.  Well, OK!Read More →

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Heading up to Seattle to play the Ballard Jazz Festival in a moment. Tonight is the Brotherhood of the Drum, hosted by Michael Shrieve, which I’ll be playing with saxophonist Rich Cole and bassist Paul Gabrielsen; also featured are Sonny Rollins drummer Kobie Watkins, Eric Eagle,  and the massive King Tears Bat Trip. Friday is the Jazz Walk, where my quartet will be playing downstairs at the Salmon Bay Eagles- that will be a good hang, because upstairs will be the Table and Chairs Label Showcase, which will feature players like Gregg Keplinger, Neil Welch, Greg Sinibaldi, and more. We play at 8pm tonight (Wednesday)Read More →

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Hey, here’s the first review of Little Played Little Bird [that’s my new recording of the music of Ornette Coleman- have you heard?] from our good friend Dan McClenaghan at AllAboutJazz.com. Here’s an excerpt, but go read the whole thing: “Little Played Little Bird sounds unlike any set that Coleman has ever put together, despite the temptation to compare it to his Hidden Man and Sound Museum Three Women—simultaneously-released on his Harmolodic Records label in 1996—mostly because these overlooked gems in Coleman’s discography included pianist Geri Allen. In terms of sound, Cole’s baritone sax—fierce and growling on “Enfant”—recalls tenor saxophonist Dewey Redman’s work during hisRead More →

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More airplay for Little Played Little Bird from WWPV at St. Michael’s College in Burlington, Vermont, WWSP at the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point, as well as our friends at taintradio.org. Thanks LJ Kopf, David Beckett, Bob Rogers, and Russell Haines!  Complete play lists after the break. University of Wisconsin Stevens Point* Russ Haines Jazz/World Music Director* WWSP 90fm* 1608 Reserve Street* Stevens Point, WI. 54481* *2 – 3 spins * 2 Ruth Aguilar – An Invitation – Self Produced 3 John Autin – Piano Town – Rabadash Records 3 Todd Bishop Group – Little Played Bird – Origin 3 Anna Borges & BillRead More →

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Radio play for LITTLE PLAYED LITTLE BIRD is starting to come in. Right now several tracks have been added to the avant-garde channel at JAZZRADIO.com, and taintradio.org (who were the first to add the last record as well), and KKRN 88.5 in northern California, KSVY in Sonoma, CA, and New England Public Radio, WFCR in Amherst, MA. Also, one of my drum students just reported hearing us on KMHD 89.1 here in in Portland. The CDs were only mailed out to the radio people recently, and I expect we’ll be seeing quite a bit more in the coming weeks. Complete playlists after the break: NewRead More →

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Paul Abella, Chicagojazz.com: “Origin Records strikes again with another outstanding disc…” “Oh man, this really is hip!” “I loved Bishop’s disc from the second I put it in the CD player…” “… fat bass lines and funky drum grooves…” C. Michael Bailey, Allaboutjazz.com: “…beautiful decadence, brilliant and bright.” “…psychedelia wisping into the edges of post-war Western society right before the Summer of Love and the sexual revolution.” “Todd Bishop has done something special here, respectfully presenting Gainsbourg’s music with [Bishop’s] own… American flair. [He] readily captures the international sexiness of Gainsbourg’s tunes while buffing them to a 21st Century shine. “ Adam Greenberg, Allmusic.com: “…whatRead More →