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Schlippenbach Trio: Features
by Maurizio Zerbo
Quindici brevi bozzetti testimoniano la libertà espressiva di tre menti culturalmente aperte quali sono quelle di Alexander von Schlippenbach, Evan Parker e Paul Lovens, protese verso l'ignoto. C'è tutto in questo CD: slancio, energia, volatile progettualità, elementi precipui di una musica materica che vola in alto verso forme astratte ed atonali. Gli esiti espressivi di questi tre maestri dell'improvvisazione jazzistica europea non sono di facile lettura e sono caratterizzati da un incontro-scontro fra personalità diverse. La vibrante tensione che unisce ...
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by Derek Taylor
In the free improv Book of Lists the Schlippenbach Trio holds an enviable distinction. Together since 1972, they’re the longest running ensemble in the history of the music. This new UMS reissue augments their debut for FMP with an additional 20 minutes worth of material, making an already indispensable slab of music even more so. Yet another added extra is the trove of sessions photos included. It’s a trip to see Parker outfitted in paisley print shirt and sweater vest; ...
read moreSchlippenbach Trio: Swinging the BIM
by Derek Taylor
A trend is developing with the Schlippenbach Trio and schematics. Their third FMP recording Complete Combustion took as its cover the diagram of a disassembled motor mirroring aspects of the group’s method and maneuverability. On Swinging the BIM, their fourth set for the label, the image (along with the message behind it) is somewhat more esoteric- that of a man swinging a millstone from his testicles. Evan Parker offers some clarity in his notes to the image suggesting that the ...
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