Artist description David Haney, pianist, prepared piano with mallets, ebow, glass bottlesinstant composing, and original work.

Music Style Jazz

Musical Influences Tomas Svoboda, Roswell Rudd, Thelonius Monk

Similar Artists Instant Composers Pool Orchestra

Artist History As bandleader toured with Roswell Rudd, Julian Priester, John TchicaiAdditional perforances with Han Bennink, Obo AddyPerformances mainly on West Coast of US and Canada

Group Members Part time associates:Julian PriesterJohn TchicaiHan BenninkMat Marucci

Instruments piano

Albums Arctic Radio, Arctic Radio Canada, Off the Cuff, Khanitra

Press Reviews The Oregonian, January 26, 2001 Critic's Choice by Lynn DarrochPianist Haney plays free-form with Obo AddyThough baffling and intriguing for many listeners, free-form music, "instant composing," as pianist David Haney calls it - can be a delight for the musicians playing it.Haney, a former Portlander living in his home town of Calgary, Alberta is focusing on free playing rather than the liturgical pieces and music for ballet that he explored earlier in his career. His spontaneousapproach can be heard on his 1999 CD "Off the Cuff", which includes Portland vocalist Nancy King and bassist Glen Moore.For his Friday performance at Jimmy Mak's Haney will spotlight another Portland master, Ghanaian drummer Obo Addy. Though is may be a surprise,Addy also likes playing free music."Free music gives you more chance to express yourself," he said recently"You have to have a good ear, though. And you've got to be aggressive: you got to be there when there's a chance to put in your notes."Addy recently collaborated on a free-form piece with Seattle trombonist Julian Priester (also appearing Friday), whose storied career includes stints with Duke Ellington and Sun Ra. Priester is a frequent Haney collaborator, and that familiarity - in addition to the players' knowlegeof composition and nonverbal commication - helps make spontaneous improvisation work well.The goal is to capture the new, though, not the familiar. Haney likens it to a conversation: "I start and usually choose the subject and I depend on Obo and Julian and other guests to contribute, to extrapolate and to generate an exciting conversation.If you share their passion for the new, you may be able to find as muchdelight in listening as they do in creating.Willamette Week January 24, 2001 Critic's Pick by Bill SmithDavid Haney with Julian Priester, Obo Addy and FlatlandHaney was a student of PSU composer-in-residence Tomas Svoboda, yet his open ended works are more about jazz freedom than chamber-music structure. Using brief headless sketches (what the composer call "seeds from which to improvise"), the ensemble stumbles freely in the musical darkness with only a beam or two to findit's way. It's challenging, skilled music, and Haney's assembled a diverse crew to bring it home: Sun Ra trombone alumnus Priester, master drummer Addy and the rough'n'ready youngsters from Flatland. Jazzscene, January 2001 Friday January 26, 2001, for one night only Jimmy Mak's will presenta night dedicated to instant composing. Trombonist Julian Priester and Ghana master drummer Obo Addy join Canadian pianist/composer David Haney for this remarkable event. David Haney performance groups have featured jazz artists providing the melodies for pre-composed sketches. These melodies are developed on stage rather than in rehearsal. The sounds are always new, allowing the musicians, as well as the udience to enjoy the newness of the piece. The current group will feature instantly composed pieces interspersed with seed form pieces, that is, tunes without heads or melodies. It is up to the musician as composer to develop the melodies.The audience can expect adventurous music, that pushes the current limits of acoustics and non-verbalcommunication while striving for aural beauty. During the past five decades Julian Priester has contributed to an amazing array of jazz artist including, Dinah Washington, Sun Ra, Max Roach, Dave Holland, Herbie Hancock, Duke Ellington, and Sam Rivers, to name a few. Obo Addy is an international star and a champion of African culture. David Haney studied composition with Tomas Svoboda and hastoured the West Coast and Canada with some of the finest free jazz artist including: Julian Priester, Obo Addy, Roswell Rudd, John Tchicai, Han Bennink, Wilbert de Joode, Rob Scheps and Dylan van der Schyff.This is the first meeting of the trio though they have performed and recorded with each other separately. East Bay Express, April 21, 2000 Critics choice: David Haney Collective by Andrew GilbertThe adventurous pianist and composer David Haney makes his Bay Area debut with a fascinating group at Yoshi's on April 24th for the monthly event sponsored by Jazz in Flight, the all-volunteer organization that produces the Eddie Moore Jazz Festival each August. Haney divides his time between Portland, Ore., and his hometown Calgary. He'll bring Portland-based saxophonist Rob Scheps with him to perform with pioneering avant garde tenor saxophonist John Tchicai, (who's teaching at UC Davis), guitarist Duck Baker, bassist Adam Lane and drummer Mat Marucci. The great trombonist Julian Priester was scheduled to perform with the Collective, but recently underwent a liver transplant.A firm believer in the spontaneous approach to musicmaking, Haney brings musicians together, traces out a few ideas, and lets everyone loose. The results of his approach can be found on his appropriately named 1999 CD, "Off the Cuff" which features Priester, trombonist Roswell Rudd, the great Dutch drummer Han Bennink, the excellent Portland-based bassist Glen Moore and vocalist Nancy King. Combining simple, often lyrical lines with complex group improvisation, the music is both edgy and inviting, as the players develop beautifully flowing themes.San Francisco Bay Guardian, April 19, 2000 Critic's Choice: Music by Derk RichardsonAlthough he writes for ballet and has composed over 100 liturgical pianist David Haney seems to get off most on giving his jazz group a set of sketches and then joining in on collective improvisations rooted in the moment. A recent David Haney Collective CD, Off the Cuff, finds the Calgary-based musician in extemporaneous "instant composing" situations with trombonists Roswell Rudd and Julian Priester, drummer Han Bennink, flutist Rob Scheps, and others. For his Bay Area Jazz in Fight series debut, Haney will commingle musical ideas with a trio of Californians: legendary reed-playing free jazz pioneer John Tchicai; drummer Mat Marucci, and Oakland bassist Adam Lane. In absence of the scheduled Priester (who is recovery from surgery),Scheps and versatile guitarist Duck Baker will sit in.Contra Costa Times, April 7, 2000 CONCERT PREVIEWFreedom from the North by Andrew GilbertThe adventurous pianist and composer David Haney makes his Bay Area debut with a fascinating group at Yoshi's on April 24 for the monthly event sponsored by Jazz in Flight, the all-volunteer organization that produces the Eddie Moore Jazz Festival each August. Haney divides his time between Portland, Ore., and his hometown Calgary. He'll bring Portland-based saxophonist Rob Scheps with him to perform with pioneering avant garde tenor saxophonist John Tchicai, (who's teaching at UC Davis), guitarist Duck Baker, bassist Adam Lane and drummer Mat Marucci. The great trombonist Julian Priester was scheduled to perform with the Collective, but recently underwent a liver transplant. Haney is a firm believer in the spontaneous approach to musicmaking. The results of his approach can be found on his appropriately named 1999 CD, "Off the Cuff" which features Priester, trombonist Roswell Rudd, the great Dutch drummer Han Bennink, the excellent Portland-based bassist Glen Moore and vocalist Nancy King. Combining simple, often lyrical lines with complex group improvisation, the music is both edgy and inviting."These are all basically first takes, or with minimum ehearsal," Haney said of the CD. "What I like is when it's really fresh, you get melodic lines that are just really sweet, and they're not played that way twice."52nd Street Jazz March 10, 2000 CD REVIEWDavid Haney: Wild Wind from the Northwest by Jeff MorrisDavid Haney: Arctic Radio. A hip, listenable record of truly epic scope, Arctic Radio spans Hitcockian mood pieces, tangos and heavy-handed theatrics--but in all is perhaps best described as avant-cabaret. The album opens with the chuffing sounds of a man trudging through snow banks and a vocal montage that's alternately campy and creepy. (Likewise for Haney's singing on a later track: "I love you daddy...lovva.lovva, lovva the things you do..") The first whiff of jazz comes with "What Went Wrong", where Haney--also manning a raft of MIDI instruments--croons with a self-depreciating quality that calls to mind, say, Randy Newman, while Nancy King scats obbligatos. But none of this compares to "Nassau," a hilarious mumble-rant, musically reminiscent of Han Zimmer's True Romance score and sporting a crackpot Haney narrative worthy of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. A sunny "Blue Green Waves" follows, then the somewhat distasteful "I Love You, Daddy" (which might have been pulled off better by Jack Bruce with Kip Hanarahn) and a farcically heavy-handed "Bread of Glory," which comes complete with helicopters and machine gun fire and gregorian chant.ating: * * * *David Haney Collective: Off the Cuff. ...it ought to be to be retitled "David Haney Collected," as it amounts to a survey of several incarnations of Haney's groups through 1998 and 1999. The obvious attraction is in the star sidemen--trombonists Roswell Rudd and Julian Priester and the legendary Dutch percussionist Han Bennink, along with such West Coast pillars as Hugh Fraser and Rob Scheps. The call to arms is a quintet cover of Jim Pepper's "Water," a groovy boogaloo with some pungent soloing from Priester. Elsewhere: Haney and Bennink (who, in case you haven't heard, is a complete lunatic, but a fine drummer nonetheless) face off on an improvised "Dueling Poindexters," Rudd's trombone and Scheps' flute waltz on top of "Valse Moderne," and the same group bangs out a dark, swinging "Coyote Learns the Twist." At the piano bench, Haney economizes where he can, yet retains an aggressive attack that favours the lower end. It means the three variations on "Bourbon and Blues" supplied here--recorded at the Yardbird Suite in Edmonton--are never short of propulsion and thunder, if not so much subtlety. (It's no wonder the roaring Scheps is such a frequent collaborator.) Off the Cuff gets some points for some seriously masterful solo work, but Arctic Radio despite some stumbles, winds up the more cohesive, risk-taking project.Rating: * * *1/2Edmonton Journal, October 8, 1999,CONCERT PREVIEWInventive Collective by Roger LevesqueSaturday night...an even more exploratory effort at the Yardbird stage, another visit from David Haney's latest collective. You might recall that the Calgary pianist led a terrific unit here last winter with trombonist Roswell Rudd. This time he's touring with Seattle trombonist Julian Priester, saxophonist Rob Scheps, and connecting up the same local rhythm section of bassist John Hyde and drummer Sandro Dominelli who sounded so great last time...Expect the repertoire to feature mostly Haney's tunes, but in the end those structures or "compositional sketches" as he calls them are really just a jumping off point for improvisers with ingenuity.Priester is the veteran artist here. Born in Chicago 64 years ago, he's had an amazing career straddling Sun Ra's Arkestra and Duke Ellington's Orchestra (he's on the New Orleans Suite recording) along with the bands of Max Roach, Art Blakey, Herbie Hancock and Dave Holland. It's been 20 years now since Priester moved to Seattle to teach at the Cornish College of the Arts in a position with a loose schedule that permits him outside projects.Over that period the college has served as an "incubator" for up and coming jazz talent (like former Edmontonian Eyvind Kand) while the West Coast scene has played home to names like Bill Frisell and Wayne Horvitz.Most recently Priester recorded a duo album with his saxophonist Sam Rives, Hints On Light and Shadow (on the Postcard label) to add to his own discography.These days Priester plays a prototype model British trombone with a special trigger that allows him to capture much of the bass trombone range, and his stylistic bent continues to walk the line between inside and outside playing:When I'm in a free music context I still draw on the form and content of more traditional music. You have to give the audience something they recognize even if it's something subliminal that keeps them in touch with what's going on. And in more traditional settings I look for elements of surprise that can make it more exciting, instead of playing it safe."Haney continues to divide his time between Calgary and Portland, bringing a background of classical training to his continuous study of jazz piano and influences like Theolonius Monk. His current work-in-progress is a fascinating third disc, Off the Cuff, that includes live concert collaborations with RoswellRudd, (taped at the Yardbird), Han Bennink, Oregon's Glen Moore, Hugh Fraser and others from the last few years. He tries to write rhythmic structures that will inspire his collaborators, giving them free rein:"The tunes might have unusual chords but I'm looking for rhythms that other people will like. I kind of like to have players with the potential to play outside, but to do so over inside rhythms. From there we can take group improvisation or solos. My ultimate goal is to transcribe solos and write them into the finished composition so anyone in the world can reach that high."Vue Weekly, Oct. 8, 1999 CONCERT PREVIEWCollective BargainingPianist and composer David Haney isn't shy about sharing his musical creations with the other members of the David Haney Collective . "I look at compositions as sketches for the group to improvise off," he says. And however far off his soloists choose to wander is fine with Haney. "Someone told me I'm easy to play with, because I never tell anyone what to play," he laughs. Instead, he says his goal is to "work with the best improvisers in the world." According to Haney it's their work that lets his compositions take flight, adding that in his opinion, band members Rob Scheps (saxophone and flute) and Julian Priester (trombone) are two of the best improvisers he's ever encountered.Anyone who attended the collective's last visit to the Yardbird Suite in February will remember Scheps: his Rashsaan Roland Kirk-style two-saxophones-at-once shtick proved to be a big hit with the crowd. This resident of Portland, Oregon caught the attention of the jazz world early--Down Beat magazine gave him its prestigious student award four times during the 1980's. He proved that the promise he showed was no fluke, going on to work with Bob Moses, John Scofield, Dave Liebman, the Manhattan Transfer and Mel Torme.Priester's career stretches a little father into the past. During the '50s, he worked with everyone from Muddy Waters to Sun Ra; in the '60s he was a regular with Max Roach and Duke Ellington before moving on to a gig with Herbie Hancock. The '70s saw him accompanying Stanley Cowell, Red Garland and Dave Holland. These days, he's settled into his day job as a faculty member at the Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, but he's still an active performing and touring musician...Haney says the interplay between composition and improvisation he's trying to encourage, draws a lot of inspiration from Thelonious Monk. "Monk always used melodies people knew and took them to other places," says Haney. "I always try to come up with rhythms that are pleasing to hear, and then let the soloist go somewhere else with it." It would be hard to find a better definition of traditional jazz.The Calgary Straight Oct. 7, 1999 CONCERT PREVIEWTrombone Treat, Julian Priester Joins Local Jazz Man David Haney by Sheila ThistlethwaiteWhen Julian Priester raises his trombone to play at Quincy's October 8 (Friday), he will present Calgary jazz ears with a sound that is the culmination of an adventurous five-decade musical career. From his early days in the '50s with the bluesman Muddy Waters, and exotic jazzman Sun Ra, to his higher profile work in the '60s with Max Roach and Duke Ellington, and years of recording and touring in the '70s as a member of Herbie Hancock's sextet, Priester's playing has been considered outstanding. "A powerful player with an inquiring mind: is how one jazz encyclopedia puts it.In the '80s Priester wrote for, and recorded with, Dave Holland, and again with Sun Ra. And it was with the late Sun Ra and His Arkestra that Priester made his only previous visit to Calgary, performing at the 1989 jazz festival. After living in Chicago, New York, and San Francisco, Priester moved to Seattle, where he has taught at the Cornish College of the Arts for the past 20 years. From his base he has toured and recorded with so many big names in jazz, it would be impossible to list them here. At 64, Priester says he has yet to lose interest in exploring the limits of music and has no intention of retiring from his career.In Calgary, Priester is performing with the David Haney Collective, comprised of Haney on piano, Rob Scheps on saxophones and flute, and three of Alberta's most sought-after sidemen: Calgary's John Hyde on bass and Brent Van Dusen on percussion, and Edmonton's Sandro Dominelli on drums.Haney, the organizer of this event, is a composer based in Calgary and Portland, Oregon. His last western Canadian tour was part of the international comeback of major jazz legend Roswell Rudd. In addition to trombonist Rudd, Haney has performed and recorded with Holland's famed percussionist, Han Bennink, Portland's Obo Addy (percussion), Glen Moore (bass) and Nancy King (vocals), Canada's well-known trombonist Hugh Fraser, and several of western Canada's leading jazz artists, including vocalist Cheryl Fisher and flugelhorn/trumpet player Bob Day of Calgary.Haney's music, currently available on two CDs (Arctic Radio and Arctic Radio Canada), has been described by critics as "fascinating...rare...surrealistic...very creative."Haney's compositions are highlighted during this concert, along with tunes by Rudd, Priester, and Scheps... The result of the blending of all these remarkable talents is a highly accessible performance of original music.See Magazine, Oct. 7, 1999 CONCERT PREVIEWHaney and Co. Go With Their GutInstinct is everything for improv-heavy jazz explorers by Scott LingleyOne of the overlooked items on the Yardbird Suite calendar last winter was the Edmonton debut of trombonist Roswell Rudd. A wild, brilliant inventor on trombone for close to 40 years, Rudd took the stage with a band clearly stoked for the occasion. Sax player Rob Scheps deployed his "notey, but hopefully never gratuitious" style over classic Herbie Nichols tunes, backed by local drummer Sandro Dominelli (who Scheps identified an the end of the night as a treasure in our midst) bassist Paul Blaney (sic actually John Hyde) and, at the grand piano, former Calgarian, David Haney.By Haney's own admission, it was an odd gig for him. He'd never worked in a setting where the compositions weren't all his own. Still, the band did take up a few of his loose, free-flowing tunes to see how they'd fare within Haney's framework for improvisation. One of Roswell Rudd's reactions was to howl like a dog.So how did it turn out? Find out on Off the Cuff, Haney's latest CD which compiles a number of live tracks, including numbers by aforementioned band at aforementioned gig. Plus, you hear spontaneous music from other shows with the likes of Han Bennink, Hugh Fraser, Glenn Moore (sic), and a host of talented Canadian sidemen...."I'm trying to do something that's spontaneous improvisation. There aren't any set up solos and it takes a real comfortableness in playing, that you're almost playing on top of everything."Haney keeps house in Portland, Oregon, where he and Scheps met on gigs and later decided to try a touring band. Haney's apparently taken with the idea, because he's bringing Scheps back for another gig with Dominelli and Blaney (sic - Hyde) at the Yardbird Suite this Saturday Oct. 9. This time, Julian Priester fills the legendary trombonist chair."To me this is a dream come true, to continue to work with people who are just incredible improvisers," Haney says...."The music is supposed to be fresh and spontaneous but on the other hand, it's supposed to have the expertise of being a show."Scheps says there's something in it for him too. "I appreciate the fact that he's a guy that you can play a four-hour gig with him, playing his own compositions, and never once with he tell you what he wants you to do. He just trusts your instincts and leaves you out there to do what you think is right and it seems to make him happy. I'd describe him as a kind of atmospheric, jazz-based explorer."....The Reflector, February 11, 1999 CONCERT REVIEWJazz Great Visits City: by Patrick CaronCalgary had a once in a life-time chance to witness one of the great jazz musicians of the 20th Century play at the Kaos cafe last Sunday. Jazz trombonist Roswell Rudd played with such greats as Steve Lacey, Cecil Taylor, Bill Dixon, Archie Schepp, John Tchicai , and a litany of the greatest of the jazz era and he landed in Calgary for the first time ever on Feb. 7th.Rudd, 63, is one of the innovator of free, or avant-garde, jazz-the wild improvisational jazz the most people new recognize as jazz. This eccentric genius has stayed true to his origins talking like the jazz hipster of the '50s who player the dives of New York developing his unorthodox style. "Improvisational jazz is life," said Rudd. "It's unpredictable and when it works it works well, man." Rudd hasn't been to the West Coast in 33 years when in 1966 he played with Archie Shepp in San Francisco. He ended up contributing to the Coastal community jazz scene in more ways than simply playing there. Rudd said they were originally invited to play for a week at a local bar. "This place was empty, man," said Rudd. "It used to be some sort of union hall and people had to stand all night to listen. It was crazy. "Rudd said the owner then took the money from the week's profit and bought some chairs and tables and built up a better stage for them to play on. He then invited Shepp and Rudd to stay another week. This went on for four weeks and by the end the bar had taken a respectable appearance. "It was wild, we actually grew with the community," said Rudd.So now has made his come back to the West Coast touring his way up the U.S. coast to Vancouver...Rudd and the other four members of the gig were 'on' as they blew away the audience at the packed jazz bar on 17th ave. A visibly awed crowd was astounded by the synchronized way the band followed along with Rudd's crazy trips in the musical unknown."We're lucky to have him come to Calgary," said David Haney, the local musician who organized the Canadian leg of Rudd's tour.Haney, who grew up in Calgary is a composer of some renown. He's recorded several albums the most recent being "Arctic Radio Canada," released this year. He's an artist whose training and style is everywhere from jazz to classical and his recordings reflect this fun and free type of music...The Calgary Herald, Feb. 6, 1999 CRITIC'S PICKAppropriately titled for this time of season (chinook or no chinook), the Arctic Radio Canada musical collective-featuring famed jazzman Roswell Rudd, flutist Rob Scheps and Calgary pianist and composer David Haney-brings its cool, progressive jazz sounds and style to Kao Jazz and Blues Bistro on Feb. 7.Edmonton Journal, February 6, 1999, CONCERT PREVIEW Composer, Trombonist Takes Dixieland Tradition to Next Level by Roger LevesqueTo the average listener there might seem to be a wide gulf between dixieland and the free improvising of '60s avant garde jazz. But not to trombonist and composer Roswell Rudd. He was there at the evolution of free jazz trying to bridge that gap."There was a certain amount of atonality around the edge of dixieland. I came up in the New Orleans dixieland tradition of free counterpoint and collective improvisation, the modal-chromatic diatonic part, the shouts and hollers and the noise that goes along with it. It was a question of taking those elements to another level."He still is. New Yorker Rudd is the senior statesman in an intriguing jazz collective happening tonight only at the Yardbird Suite dubbed Arctic Radio Canada. Calgary pianist David Haney leads the project which also features Portland saxophonist Rob Scheps, bassist John Hyde and drummer Sandro Dominelli.The date is part of a mini-tour through the western United States and Canada which comes on the heels of Haney's second CD release, Arctic Radio Canada Live, an eclectic compilation of concert recordings. In practice the sound of this touring project should be at least as varied when the quintet tackles material by the late greats Herbie Nichols and Theolonius Monk, and by Scheps, Haney and Rudd himself..For Connecticut-born Rudd it's another entry in an exhaustive career resume. His enthusiasm for improvised music really took off back in the late 1950's when he moved to New York and began collaborating with fellow muscial adventurers Steve Lacy, Cecil Taylor and Archie Shepp...For his part, Haney as been playing piano since age nine but his work took on a greater focus when he moved to Portland in 1977 and began studying composition with Tomas Svoboda.As a composer he's had commissions from groups like the Oregon Ballet Theatre and Alberta Film Works, but he continues to work with improvising artists like Glen Moore, Nancy King, John Stowell and Cheryl Fisher.FastForward, Feb. 4, 1999 CONCERT PREVIEWPianist Harnesses His Arctic Power: Calgarian Returns by Brent KawchukAnything can happen is jazz. But there probably aren't that many jazz composers who can say they had their gig crashed by The Moffatts.David Haney was in town last summer on a hot afternoon setting at Beat Niq when the four Hanson-esque lad were brought downstairs for a last-minute TV interview. But improvisation isn't always cool. Haney marched the boys back upstairs. He had little time to set up and rehearse with some of Calgary's finest musicians. Not only that, he already paid for parking.But looking back, on can understand the confusion. It wasn't just that Haney wasn't a fan of The Moffats. It was that he had a CD to record that night--live off the floor. The pianist brings the finished product to Kaos this week. Entitled Arctic Radio Canada, this disc is the result of road trips between Haney's home of Portland, and Calgary, where he grew up. The tunes are collaborations of the composer and some of jazz's most inventive improvisers. .."I seek out the best (players) I can and develop the pieces that way. It's free form as to what they can do with it. It only works if you get the really good ones (players). Joining Haney's compositions at the altar this time is legendary trombonist Roswell Rudd. The improvisational nature of the show will require the audience "to listen a lot," but Haney insists it will still be accessible.The Calgary Straight, Feb. 4, 1999 CONCERT PREVIEWArctic Radio of Dreams by Les SiemeniukDavid Haney left Calgary more than 20 years ago to pursue a career as a composer. He wandered as far as New Orleans and San Francisco before settling in Portland, Oregon, to complete this studies in composition. But Calgary is a hard town to leave, so now he splits his time between here and Portland.Haney is a composer with a difference--he composes in the studio instead of on paper. It's an expensive way to write music, but whatcha gonna do when you love your work as much as Haney does? Well, you get a day job suggesting suitable hymns for each Sunday in the liturgical calendar used by Catholic churches all over North America--an unconventional way to both pay the bills and allow for the pursuit of an expensive passion.Haney begins his pieces with just a few chords and forgets about the melody--he and the musicians work that out later in the studio. He then goes over the tapes endlessly, holding onto the best bits before returning again and again to flesh out the piece until it's finished. He says that to really make this type of composition work he needs the best improvisers in the business--and he worked with many of them.One of Haney's dreams--which has now come true--has been to work with Roswell Rudd, the legendary and reclusive jazz trombonist. Rudd joins Haney on piano and Rob Scheps on saxophone and flute for a tour the ends in Calgary on Sunday (February 7) at Kaos Jazz and Blues Bistro; the tour also marks the release of Haney's second album, Arctic Radio Canada. In addition to Haney's compositions, the evening will feature the music of Thelonius Monk and Herbie Nichols--two composers with whom Rudd has been associated for most of his career. Join the trio will be Garry DeBoeck on drums and John Hyde on bass.Jazz Notes October 1, 1998 CONCERT REVIEWDAVID HANEY-BEAT NIQ PERFORMANCE by Dianne WorleyFor those who like their music diverse, David Haney and Arctic Radio Commission, who played at Beat Niq Jazz and Social Club July 24 and 25, were a welcome invitation to grab your passport and be swept along on a journey.The music transported you into uncharted, yet familiar mindscapes. And what places they were. The musicians were very capable, and knew when to accept centre stage or blend into the background, letting the music speak for itselfPeople who like to pigeonhole their music into neat categories would have been hard-pressed to defineHaney's style. His range was eclectic, drawing on diverse elements, but the overall effect for the small but appreciative audience was one of savoring the unmitigated enjoyment music can bring. He wrote all the compositions played.Haney alternates time between Calgary and Portland. He recently released the CD Arctic Radio and is working on his second, Arctic Radio Canada. His work showcases his confidence in the musicians he plays with and, considering the calibre of their collective performance, his trust is not misplaced. In fact, when cutting his premiere release, musicians were not given access to his compositions until the day of the recording. The established artists he chose for his debut at Beat Niq offered the same new, crisp feeling.The Calgary Herald, April 4, 1998 CD REVIEWDavid Haney: Arctic Radio (Arctic Records) by Brian BrennanArctic Radio is a bit like WKRP in Cincinnati, the imaginary radio station in the old TV comedy series that programmed its music according to the whims of the disc jockeys.The programming here is similarly eclectic. Haney, a Calgary-based keyboards musician and vocalist, uses elements of jazz, reggae, world beat and Gregorian chant in a self-produced CD that the record stores will be hard pressed to pigeonhole.The featured musicians include Ghana master drummer Obo Addy, jazz guitarist John Stowell, and vocalist Nancy King, one of the undiscovered treasures of the Pacific Northwest. If one were to draw a comparison--which might be risky given the diversity of the music--it would be to the progressive rock of the 1970s, produced by the likes of Brian Eno and Edgar Froese. Hypnotic, soothing and surrealistic, this CD is available from several Calgary record stores, and through the Lethbridge Public LibraryRating ***Jazz Notes March 1, 1998 CD REVIEWDAVID HANEY-ARCTIC RADIO by Anthony ApplebyArctic Radio, David Haney's first CD is a collection of ten very different cuts which fall, variously, into categories as different as jazz, reggae, world beat, and contemporary composition." The idea behind this project is one of process rather than a planned and polished composition. Each piece was "composed" by Haney beforehand, but none of the musicians were given access to them until the day of the recording. The musicians themselves are an eclectic group ranging from jazz guitarist John Stowell, Ghano master drummer Obo Addy and vocalist Nancy King. Haney's goal, a rare one for composers who are often unwilling to give any creative control to the artists involved, is to produce a "fresh" approach to his own music. His attempts to do this, both through the artists chosen, and through the method of recording, are noble and rare. The disc listens like ten different sound tracks to ten very different movies. Many of the cuts rely on sampled sounds, conversational din, and spoken text in addition to music. This is a moody release. It is, in turn, soothing, sad, unsettling, and even humorous. Some people may really enjoy the variety of genres and themes on Arctic Radio, but others may find it distracting, especially those expecting one genre or the other such as jazz, world music, etc...The improvisory nature of this project results in a sound that is sometimes fresh, and sometimes tips over to the dissonance side. Arctic Radio will not please everyone, but if you enjoy very emotive sondscape pieces which emphasize spontaneity, you'll love this.of reviews

Location Calgary, Alberta - Canada

Copyright notice. All material on MP3.com is protected by copyright law and by international treaties. You may download this material and make reasonable number of copies of this material only for your own personal use. You may not otherwise reproduce, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, or create derivative works of this material, unless authorized by the appropriate copyright owner(s).