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Trio HLK: Anthropometricks
by Neil Duggan
Albums featuring standards are fairly common. Trio HLK start with this approach and then bend and invert it to create their own musical dialect. All seven compositions on Anthropometricks use sections of jazz standards as their base. The trio then put these ingredients through their version of a musical blender to create something unique. As pianist and composer Richard Harrold says “Each piece is new but shards of the original can be glimpsed within." He does mean shards; these are ...
read moreEvelyn Glennie, Jon Hemmersam, Szilárd Mezei, M.J. Stevens: The Core-tet Project
by Alberto Bazzurro
Quattordici improvvisazioni di durata varia (da poco più di un minuto a quasi nove) compongono questo album dagli esiti abbastanza diversificati. La partenza, e tutta la prima parte, regalano in effetti momenti degni di attenzione, costruzioni non banali, anche ricche (a tratti), diremmo ispirate. Col trascorrere dei brani, tuttavia, viene un po' a mancare non tanto l'elemento sorpresa, quanto proprio momenti capaci di tener viva l'attenzione in quanto tale. Non è neanche tanto un fatto di ripetitività di situazioni già ...
read moreEvelyn Glennie Inducted into Pas Hall of Fame / Endorses Hammerax Hybrid Instruments
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All About Jazz
Clearwater, Florida – Hammerax, famed for making cymbal-like instruments with sustain and musical effects that go well beyond the sonic possibilities of ordinary cymbals, has made Dame Glennie an official endorser. The first artist to sustain a full-time career as a touring solo percussionist, Glennie performs on the company's Boomywhang hybrids, which produce deep, fluttering sounds with cymbal-like highs. She also is playing Hammerax glass hybrids, instruments that can be crashed, raked or rolled with one hand. This approach to ...
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