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Article: Album Review

Dan Willis and Velvet Gentlemen: The Satie Project II

Read "The Satie Project II" reviewed by Maurizio Zerbo


Più che un mero omaggio a Erik Satie, Dan Willis opera una superba ristrutturazione delle già rivoluzionarie partiture originali mediante l'aggiunta di parti composte per l'occasione. Il musicista statunitense si conferma così autorevole esponente contemporaneo di una musicalità trasversale, aperta alle contaminazioni. È sufficiente l'ascolto del brano di apertura, “Gnossienne # 7," per rendersi conto di ...

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Article: Album Review

Dan Willis and Velvet Gentlemen: The Satie Project

Read "The Satie Project" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose


French composer Erik Satie (1866--1925), a contemporary of Claude Debussy, was often scorned and, had it not been for his friend, Debussy would have been largely ignored as well by his generation. Debussy not only supported Satie, but championed his work as well, and saw to it that some very forward thinking pieces, such as the ...

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Second Gnoissienne

Featuring the music of Dan Willis and Velvet Gentlemen
Duration: 6:57

Dan Willis and his Velvet Gentlemen ensemble perform "Second Gnoissiene," from the multi-reedman's The Satie Project (Daywood Drive, 2010), an album that reinvents the music of classical composer Erik Satie for a jazz context...and the 21st Century.

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