News of the Band
AUGUST 29, 2011
Rescheduled! An Die Musik Live Presents The Microscopic Septet
The Microscopic Septet proves yet again that it's more powerful than a hurricane when it performs August 31 at An die Musik Live in Baltimore, Maryland, bouncing back from a storm that scratched its weekend engagement at the venue.
The 75-minutes-plus concert begins at 7:30 pm and will feature music from the band’s critically accaimed CD, “Friday the 13th: The Micros Play Monk” as well as highlights from the Micros’ enormous book of innovative and swinging original compositions.
JULY 25, 2011
Vote for the Micros in the 76th Annual DownBeat Readers Poll
You’ve seen the critics’ choices; now you can weigh in. Results on newsstands November 15.
JULY 22, 2011
The Gershwin Hotel Presents The Microscopic Septet
Join the Micros in New York City’s Gershwin Hotel on Sunday, September 6, 2011, at 7:00 pm.
JULY 17, 2011
Barbès Presents a Double CD Release Party
On Friday, September 2, 2011, Brooklyn's Barbès brings you back-to-back new jazz. At 7:00 pm The Spokes (Andy Biskin: clarinet; Phillip Johnston: soprano saxophone; Curtis Hasselbring: trombone), celebrate their new Strudelmedia recording Not So Fast.
Later that same evening at 8:30 pm, Barbès brings you Joel Forrester & Phillip Johnston debuting their new Asynchronous Records recording Live at the Hillside Club (Joel Forrester: piano; Phillip Johnston: soprano saxophone).
JULY 15, 2011
Microscopic Septet Rises to Top 5 in DownBeat Poll
All About Jazz covers the Micros’ rise to fifth-favorite Jazz Group in DownBeat’s 59th Critics Poll. See it here in DownBeat’s own archive.
MAY 11, 2011
The Micros Featured in the Village Voice Jazz Consumer Guide
Friday the 13th receives an “A Minus” in a list focusing on saxophonists who “get up to mischief and engage in a little drama.”
MARCH 2011
JazzTimes Reviews Friday the 13th
JazzTimes’ Steve Greenlee praises Friday the 13th: “It is splendid fun.”
FEBRUARY 24, 2011
PopMatters Magazine Reviews Friday the 13th
Expanding upon his blog review, Will Layman further details his praise of Friday the 13th.
FEBRUARY 24, 2011
Big Butter and Egg Man Reviews Friday the 13th
Will Layman on the new Friday the 13th release: “Boy, is it fun!...They bring a fresh sense of quirk to these (mostly) familiar jazz standards.”
FEBRUARY 8, 2011
The Microscopic Septet Play Monk to a Tie
Lucid Culture reviews Friday the 13th.
FEBRUARY 7, 2011
Microscopic Septet: Chance Meeting with the Future
All About Jazz interviews Joel Forrester and Phillip Johnston about Monk, the Micros, and musical collaboration.
JANUARY 14, 2011
2011 Nightlife Award Winners Announced
The Microscopic Septet are awarded the prize for Outstanding Jazz Combo or Big Band at the 9th Annual Nightlife Awards.
DECEMBER 11, 2010
The Micros Keep Monk ‘Knotty’
The Wall Street Journal covers the Micros’ release of Friday the 13th: The Micros Play Monk.
NOVEMBER 24, 2010
Voice Choices: The Microscopic Septet
Jim Macnie in the Village Voice says “Monk’s music deserves to be interpreted by artists who know what a funny bone feels like.”
NOVEMBER 18, 2010
Vince Outlaw Interviews Phillip Johnston
San Diego jazz station KSDS-FM's The New Jazz Thing features an interview with Phillip Johnston about Friday the 13th.
OCTOBER 7, 2010
Clouds and Clocks reviews Friday the 13th
The Italian music criticism web site Clouds and Clocks reviews the new CD.