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Moraine

Dennis Rea

Born: July 7, 1957

Dennis Rea's adventurous guitar playing blends modern jazz, creative rock, experimental music, and world musical traditions into an approach that is uniquely his own, marked by haunting lyricism, enigmatic textures, agile improvisation, and the raw dynamism of rock. Over the years Dennis has led or been a key contributor to such innovative groups as Moraine, LAND, Iron Kim Style, Zhongyu, Stackpole, Savant, Earthstar, Identity Crisis, and Ting Bu Dong. He has performed or recorded with many prominent creative musicians, including acclaimed French composer Hector Zazou, Dutch jazz legend Han Bennink, trombone virtuoso Stuart Dempster, godfather of Chinese rock Cui Jian, and Korean master musician Young Sub Lee, as well as members of King Crimson, Hawkwind, R.E.M., Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Santana, Ministry, and the Sun Ra Arkestra

Clarinet Tales with Arun Ghosh

by Nick Davies
October 30, 2018

This show features an interview with clarinetist Arun Ghosh from the Cheltenham Jazz Festival. We talk about everything, from music in general to his composing and the recorder. We also discuss his latest album But Where Are You Really From. Plus lots of new music from artists like D.F.A. through to Beledo. Playlist ...

Leonardo Pavkovic: Nothing is Ordinary

by Chris M. Slawecki
March 16, 2018

More than any other person, Leonardo Pavkovic has made me write some crazy shit. Pavkovic is the primal force behind the joyously eclectic MoonJune Records, which he established in 2001. “Established" may not be the right word: “I am truly an unusual and rules breaking call-it-record-company with a 'label' identity despite the fact that ...

Metamorphic Rock

By Moraine

Label: MoonJune Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Irreducible Complexity; Manifest Density; Save the Yuppie Breeding Grounds; Disillusioned Avatar / Dub Interlude / Ephebus Amoebus; Disoriental Suite: a) Bagua b) Kan Hai De Re Zi c) Views from Chicheng Precipice; Kuru ; The Okanogan Lobe; Uncle Tang's Cabinet of Dr. Caligari; Blues for a Bruised Planet; Waylaid; Middlebrau.

Moraine: Metamorphic Rock (Live at NEARfest)

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 4, 2012

Il gruppo Moraine ruota attorno alle poliedriche doti del chitarrista americano Dennis Rea che ben sa come far scorrere la musica nei suoi vari progetti. In questo caso lo scenario prevalente è quello del rock progressivo che curiosamente li porta più dalle parti di gruppi un po' dimenticati come gli East of Eden che non nel ...

Moraine: Metamorphic Rock

by Mark Redlefsen
May 2, 2012

Moraine is a progressive jazz-rock fusion group led by Seattle-based guitarist/composer Dennis Rea. The group's second CD, Metamorphic Rock: Live at NEARfest, from a live show held at the Bethlehem, PA festival in 2010, finds the band growing its sound to a more competitive level, moving beyond ideas covered on its studio debut, manifest deNsity (Moonjune, ...

Metamorphic Rock

By Moraine

Label: MoonJune Records
Released: 2011

MoonJune Records: A Decade of Progressive Rock Documentation

by Mark Redlefsen
October 5, 2011

On a moon of this past June, appropriately enough, Leonardo Pavkovic, owner of the progressive jazz label MoonJune Records, gave All About Jazz an interview at the label's office in Union Square, New York City. The name MoonJune Records, which Pavkovic started back in 2001, is taken from the title of a song, “Moon In June," ...

Moraine: Manifest Density

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 9, 2010

Le prime note di “Save the Yuppie Breeding Grounds," con chitarra, violino e violoncello leggeri ma penetranti e sulle strade del post-rock, contengono una melodia trasognante. Non solo rock evidentemente in questo Manifest Density, ma sicuramente anche jazz, un jazz leggero, tanto soffice da avvicinarsi al third stream, come in “Nacho Sunset," una composizione di vari ...