Jazz Articles about Julien Desprez

Indica - Surreal Sound Festival, Part 1

by Luciano Rossetti
February 21, 2023

Südtirol Jazzfestival Alto Adige 2021 - Seconda parte

by Libero Farnè
July 13, 2021

Bolzano e dintorni Varie sedi 1—4/07/2021 [Per la recensione della prima parte del festival clicca qui] Un assaggio del Südtirol Jazzfestival Alto Adige 2021, avendo partecipato ai suoi giorni conclusivi, ha confermato un'impostazione che ha previlegiato gruppi provenienti da ogni angolo d'Europa, ma comunque giovani, spesso con il loro CD d'esordio all'attivo e disponibili a progetti e collaborazioni inedite. È stata quindi un'occasione per ascoltare nomi, proposte e tendenze che difficilmente si possono incontrare altrove. ...

Moers Festival Interviews: Julien Desprez

by Martin Longley
May 12, 2021

It might seem that the Parisian guitarist Julien Desprez has made a recent storming of the jazz and improvisation scenes. He did make lightning moves and sounds at Jazzfest Berlin and the Moers Festival in 2018 and '19, but Desprez was active nearly a decade ago—though enjoying a much lower profile. He even toured the UK in early 2015 as one third of In Bed With alongside drummer Sylvain Darrifourcq and keyboardist Kit Downes. He was also a member of ...

Nate Wooley: Seven Storey Mountain VI

by Jerome Wilson
November 3, 2020

Since 2007 trumpeter Nate Wooley has been producing compositions in a song cycle collectively called “Seven Storey Mountain." The first one was performed by a trio and each succeeding version has included a greater number of musicians. The newest one, the sixth of an eventual seven iterations, is performed here by fourteen players including three vocalists. It is a compelling and heart-wrenching musical epic. one uninterrupted 45-minute piece which combines pre-recorded tapes and live performance. Part of the ...

Nate Wooley: Seven Storey Mountain VI

by Karl Ackermann
October 31, 2020

From 2010 onwards, composer-trumpeter Nate Wooley has explored creative music as a solo artist and through a spectrum of collaborators such as Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Mary Halvorson, Ken Vandermark, and Matthew Shipp. These projects have been offset by Wooley's Seven Storey Mountain succession of releases; Seven Storey Mountain VI is a masterwork of expressionist passion and discord, taking the series to a new level. The sound that Wooley debuted in 2009 was compact in scale, with drummer Paul ...

Nate Wooley: Seven Storey Mountain VI

by Troy Dostert
October 11, 2020

Long considered one of the most innovative and idiosyncratic trumpeters in the improvised music community, Nate Wooley has for many years astonished listeners with his formidable technique and broad-minded vision. Nowhere is this more evident than in his Seven Storey Mountain series, a sequence of recordings going back to 2007 that is now in its sixth iteration. With an ever-expanding cast of associates who share Wooley's iconoclasm, this is improvised music of a distinctive and ambitious character, determined to bridge ...