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Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant avec folie à quatre: Séances

Read "Séances" reviewed by Vic Albani


Nel peculiare universo del “jazz obliquo" contemporaneo il bassista Trevor Dunn, ben conosciuto a chi approda spesso sulle spiagge del signor John Zorn, esiste da sempre un ben conosciuto e mai ben definito mondo di ricerca complessa e collegata ai mille meandri della mente umana. Racconta dunque Dunn che nella Francia del XVIII secolo esisteva una setta di cristiani, considerata eretica dai compagni servi di Dio, chiamata i Convulsionari di Saint-Médard. Dopo la morte di un amato diacono, ...

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Trevor Dunn: Séances

Read "Séances" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


Holy bank shot Batman! Is Seances, (bassist Trevor Dunn's dissertation on the how humans tend to forget and repeat, ever a radical and electrifying take on things. Anything and everything goes the distance for Dunn and the combined mad genius of his Trio-Covulsant cronies, wickedly cool guitarist Mary Halvorson and the chaotic meter of drummer Ches Smith. It has been eighteen turbulent years since this threesome last convened for the opaquely conversant Sister Phantom Owl Fish (Ipecac, 2004) ...

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Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant avec Folie À Quatre: Séances

Read "Séances" reviewed by Mark Corroto


If you thought the Hang Mike Pence and Three Percenters crowd are just a phenomenon of the 21st century, let me introduce you to the Convulsionnaires of Saint-Médard, an 18th century Christian sect with the hysterical practices of coprophagia (yes, eating feces), spontaneous milk-vomiting and levitation. After the established religious authorities cracked down on the Convulsionnaires, many were sent to mental asylums, but others continued with less public séances or 'sessions.' Composer and bassist Trevor Dunn unearths this ...

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Cheer-Accident: Fear Draws Misfortune

Read "Fear Draws Misfortune" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


E' un lungo percorso, un pò inaspettato, quello di questa band di Chicago. Iscritti nella scena now-wave per aver pubblicato tre albums per Skin Graft Records (la stessa di US Maple, The Flying Luttenbachers, Brise-Glace, Arab On Radar e altri), più che per effettiva comunanza stilistica tra le musiche, la band di Thymme Jones (You Fantastic!, Yona Kit con Jim O'Rourke) butta un'anima scura in questo nuovo Fear Draws Misfortune. E' un album da ascoltare dall'inizio alla fine, senza pause, ...

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Satoko Fujii - Carla Kihlstedt: Minamo

Read "Minamo" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Coniugano libera improvvisazione ed estetica classico-contemporanea gli incontri tra Satoko Fujii e la violinista Carla Kihlstedt, registrati a S.Francisco nell'ottobre 2002 e tre anni dopo al festival austriaco di Wels. Se la pianista è ormai nota al pubblico italiano, il nome della Kihlstedt resta circoscritto in specifiche nicchie d'ascolto, come i seguaci del Tin Hat Trio. Da anni residente nella Bay Area, quest'ultima ha collaborato con i membri del Rova Saxophone Quartet ma anche con John Zorn e occasionalmente con ...

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Carla Kihlstedt: 2 Foot Yard

Read "2 Foot Yard" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Carla Kihlstedt, the violinist for the Tin Hat Trio, steps out to create her first solo project on Two Foot Yard. Ms. Kihlstedt seems equally comfortable in classical, jazz, pop, and the avant-classical/jazz/pop arenas. The ultimate compliment paid is to call her the female equivalent of Tom Waits.

Like Waits she is a master in the vignette, painting 20 short scenes or sketches for listeners. As with her work in Tin Hat Trio, the music choice is eclectic, ...


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