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Guillermo Bazzola: Lost & Found
by Friedrich Kunzmann
Argentinian guitarist Guillermo Bazzola's deep admiration for late flugelhornist and composer Kenny Wheeler began to blossom back in 1979, when Bazzola was only 17 years old and first discovered the trumpet player's early oeuvre. His love for the Canadian pioneer of post-romantic jazz manifests itself in, among other things, the name of the independent label the guitarist created as an outlet for releasing his music. It's called Gnu Town"--a play on Wheeler's much revered 1975 studio album Gnu High (ECM), ...
read moreGnu Trio: Gnu Trio
by Matt Marshall
True to its homophonic name, the Gnu Trio offers an ever-evolving musical canvas on its self-titled debut release. Often further minimizing the trio format to duet (with the odd man out supplying the occasional, well-placed accent), the group nevertheless produces an expansive sound that traces the hills and valleys of modern music. Moving organically from the mournful to the exultant, through melodic and free progressions, the three Argentinean madrileños remain in touch with musical traditions the world over, while contemporaneously ...
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