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Instrument: Clarinet, bass
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by Jack Bowers
Bandleader Russell Scarbrough has an intriguing motto: If it's not fun, we're not doing it right!" He also had an intriguing way of recording his debut album, Fun Times, to which an entire review could be devoted. Suffice to say that the individual parts were taped in isolation owing to the Covid pandemic and sent to Scarbrough for inclusion on the album, sometimes taking up to a year to complete. Scarbrough could afford to be patient," he writes, as [he] ...
read moreDave Rivello Ensemble: Facing the Mirror
by AAJ Italy Staff
Deve essere stato frustrante per Rivello incidere questo splendido CD nel 2002 e vederlo pubblicato solo sette anni dopo. Da parte del recensore, è triste constatare l'asfissia di un mercato discografico che del jazz accetta a braccia aperte solo bop ed hard-bop. Ma ci sono casi in cui la forza delle idee vince sul conformismo ed ecco quindi all'opera uno straordinario compositore/arrangiatore, allievo di Bob Brookmeyer. Rivello eccelle nel rinnovare con autonomia la lezione del suo mentore, Gil Evans e ...
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