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Jon Raskin: Synergy Signals

Read "Synergy Signals" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian


Saxophonist Jon Raskin does not need an introduction as he is one of the most accomplished improvisers alive today. Both as a member of the renowned Rova Saxophone Quartet and with his other ensembles, Raskin has been at the forefront of creative music for over four decades. On the brilliant Synergy Signals, he joins forces with two intrepid Bay area artists, pianist Chris Brown and bassist Jason Hoopes, as well as the venerable Russian drummer Vladimir Tarasov for a genre-defying ...

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Fred Frith - Chris Brown: Cutter Heads

Read "Cutter Heads" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Due tra i massimi sperimentatori della libera improvvisazione, danno vita in questo disco (registrato ad Oakland, nel gennaio 2002 e nell'agosto 2004) ad una relazione intensa e visionaria, capace di integrare i riferimenti più vari, entro un tessuto coerente e fantasioso. Fred Frith imbraccia come di consueto le sue chitarre elettriche ed acustiche mentre Chris Brown usa sia il pianoforte che la strumentazione elettronica, in cui ha un discreto ruolo anche la sperimentazione rumoristica. Ogni brano ha una sua identità ...

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CBD Trio: Suspension

Read "Suspension" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Il titolo Suspension sembra perfettamente adatto a questa musica - improvvisata - con il suo andamento quasi da ballad spaziosa, ambigua, dalle pause che accolgono l’interazione lucida tra il pianoforte e le atmosfere elettroniche di Brown ed il sax/flauto della Vinkeloe insieme alla batteria di Don Robinson. I tre sono veterani dell'improv e per la sassofonista svedese la formula del trio in particolare ha costituito un terreno in cui a lungo si è espressa insieme al batterista Peeter Uuskyla cambiando ...

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Wadada Leo Smith: Luminous Axis

Read "Luminous Axis" reviewed by Farrell Lowe


Wadada Leo Smith has been a leading proponent of the creation of a new world music since the late '60s, in confluence with Chicago's AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians). Much like Don Cherry, Smith draws from a broad palate of world musics, and he's a musical pioneer of the highest order.Luminous Axis features music for trumpet with electronics, flugelhorn, computer-driven electronics, and percussion. The music presented here is spacious, thoughtful, and imbued with an overall ...


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