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Jared Sims: Hellbender: the Resistance
by Geannine Reid
Saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Jared Sims has taken a bold step with his latest project. Hellbender: The Resistance, released April 7, 2023, captures Sims' desire to blend the improvisational freedom of jazz with the intense rhythms of rock. Inspired by such groundbreaking jazz albums as Steve Grossman's Some Shapes to Come (PM, 1974) and Miles Davis' On the Corner) (Columbia, 19720, Sims also weaves in the deep grooves of dub reggae and funk music. For Hellbender: The Resistance, Sims ...
read moreJared Sims: Against All Odds
by Jack Bowers
Any tenor saxophonist with the surname Sims is certain to draw the attention of a seasoned reviewer, if only out of curiosity. The first name in this instance is Jared, not Zoot (well, not John). As it turns out, Sims has an impressive resume as a performer, writer, educator and leader; Against All Odds is at least his tenth album as foreman of his own group. Jared Sims is a capable player who knows his way around a horn; what ...
read moreJared Sims: Change Of Address
by Dan Bilawsky
Jared Sims isn't a purist, that's for sure. On Change Of Address, an album that marks his return to life in West Virginia after two decades spent in New England, he wields his baritone saxophone on a set of slick tunes that speaks to jazz's soul and funk extensions. Sims places his weighty horn squarely in the middle of an organ outfit, but he's not trying to take on the legacy of Ronnie Cuber or looking to juxtapose his bari ...
read moreDead Cat Bounce: Chance Episodes
by AAJ Italy Staff
Basso, batteria e quattro fiati. Si presentano così i Dead Cat Bounce ensemble fondato nel 1997 da Matt Steckler e giunto con Chance Episodes (lavoro originariamente commissionato dalla Chamber Music America) alla quarta pubblicazione. Potenza e ricchezza espressiva da big band, duttilità da piccolo combo, flessibilità nell'attraversare con leggerezza gli stili e i generi più disparati è la cifra espressiva di Dead Cat Bounce. Che considerano la loro musica una sorta di rielaborazione catartica di storie ed eventi personali sottoposti ...
read moreThe Blueprint Project: People I Like
by AAJ Italy Staff
C’è da scommettere che Han Bennik non vedeva l’ora di suonare con una band di pazzi scatenati come The Blueprint Project. Sembra di vederlo quel diavolo di Han, con la sua bandana rossa calata sulla fronte, divertirsi come un matto dietro i suoi tamburi e inventarsi strampalate figurazioni ritmiche. Come lo stomp iniziale, frizzante e imprevedibile nel suo alternarsi di situazioni, come l’omaggio a Herbie Nichols, uno dei più grandi sottovalutati della storia del jazz, reso in una deliziosa versione ...
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