Jazz Articles about Aaron Bennett

About Aaron Bennett

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Lisa Mezzacappa's Bait & Switch: What Is Known

Read "What Is Known" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 12, 2010

"Baith & Switch è il mio garage jazz quartet che suona musica da me composta, ispirata ai miei eroi musicali, Ornette Coleman, Henry Threadgill, A.E.O.C., Roloand Kirk, Albert Ayler, Sun Ra". Sono le parole di Lisa Mezzacappa, bassista e compositrice molto attiva nella Bay Area, e forniscono le coordinate per orientarsi e addentrarsi nel suo mondo musicale. Ma sono solo riferimenti, perché What Is Known è molto più che un compitino ben svolto e dai chiari punti di riferimento. Semmai, ...

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Aaron Bennett: Luggage

by AAJ Staff
May 1, 2001

With this recording of mostly solo soprano sax improvisations, Aaron Bennett invites the obvious comparisons with Steve Lacy. Both players possess a breathtaking command of the instrument, and both keep an ear open to freer sounds. Bennett, however, has a thicker sound and more of an open approach on Luggage. Where Lacy might doggedly pursue theme and variation, Bennett stretches the concept of variation to its furthest extreme. He explores vast alterations in tonal color; at the same time he ...

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Aaron Bennett: Luggage

by AAJ Staff
May 1, 2001

With this recording of mostly solo soprano sax improvisations, Aaron Bennett invites the obvious comparisons with Steve Lacy. Both players possess a breathtaking command of the instrument, and both keep an ear open to freer sounds. Bennett, however, has a thicker overall tone and uses more of an open approach on Luggage. Where Lacy might doggedly pursue theme and variation, Bennett stretches the concept of variation to its furthest extreme. He explores vast alterations in tonal color; at the same ...

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Album Review

Aaron Bennett: Luggage

by AAJ Staff
April 1, 2001

With this recording of mostly solo soprano sax improvisations, Aaron Bennett invites the obvious comparisons to Steve Lacy. Both players possess a breathtaking command of the instrument, and both keep an ear open to freer sounds. Bennett, however, generally has a thicker tone and utilizes more of an open approach on Luggage. Where Lacy might doggedly pursue theme and variation, Bennett stretches the concept of variation to its furthest extreme. He explores vast alterations in tonal color; at the same ...

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