Jazz Articles about Aram Shelton

Arrive: There Was...

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 26, 2011

Che la separazione tra nuovo e vecchio nel jazz rischi di far prendere abbagli ce lo insegna a suo modo anche questo bel disco, registrato da un quartetto i cui componenti dovrebbero fornire di per sé sufficienti garanzie all'ascoltatore più accorto e aggiornato. Shelton è uno dei protagonisti assoluti del jazz chicagoano degli ultimi tempi, Adasiewicz è tra i musicisti più intelligenti dell'ultima generazione, come si capisce dalle sue collaborazioni con Mazurek o dall'accurata intervista che gli ha fatto recentemente ...

Arrive: There Was...

by Troy Collins
May 20, 2011

A longtime fixture of the fertile Chicago jazz scene, Aram Shelton's relocation to Oakland, California has not diminished the alto saxophonist's presence among his peers in the Windy City. Courtesy of a rigorous touring schedule, Shelton maintains memberships in numerous ensembles, including Jason Adasiewicz's Rolldown, the collective ensemble Fast Citizens, and Arrive, his quartet with vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz, bassist Jason Roebke and drummer Tim Daisy--three of Chicago's finest improvisers.Recorded in 2008 after a two week tour of the ...

Aram Shelton Quartet: These Times

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 20, 2010

Provengono dalla fervida scena di Chicago, filone Vandermark per intenderci, fanno parte dei più noti Fast Citizens e These Times è il loro album di debutto. Il leader è il sassofonista e clarinettista Aram Shelton che sceglie la poco consueta durata dei vecchi vinile, nemmeno trentotto minuti, per offrire un saggio delle proprie capacità di leader, compositore e solista. E ci riesce perfettamente perché nelle sei composizioni presentate - quattro sono di Shelton - vi è una tale varietà di ...

Aram Shelton's Fast Citizens: Two Cities

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 23, 2010

A tenere le redini dei Fast Citizens questa volta non c'è il fondatore Keefee Jackson, ma Aram Shelton, sassofonista originario della Florida che è approdato a Chicago negli anni Novanta, dopo aver studiato a Oakland. Come già in passato, i Fast Citizens immaginano il jazz come la mappa di una metropoli, con uno sguardo che comprende centro e periferia. In questo senso il titolo del disco Two Cities (che può essere interpretato come una nuova versione di Jazz of Two ...

Aram Shelton's Fast Citizens: Two Cities

by Jerry D'Souza
January 18, 2010

The Fast Citizens was formed by Keefe Jackson in 2002, who led the band on its debut recording Ready Everyday (Delmark Records). The sextet rotates leaders, and this time around it's led by saxophonist/clarinetist Aram Shelton. Shelton is based in Oakland, California but also has an ongoing musical relationship with Chicago. Hence the title, Two Cities.

One of the core strengths of this group is its ability to transform the shape and texture of a composition, doing so with a ...

Aram Shelton's Fast Citizens: Two Cities

by Troy Collins
December 6, 2009

One of the defining characteristics of Chicago's progressive jazz scene is the ubiquity of a tight-knit group of young, post-Vandermark improvisers who alternate sideman and leadership duties in a variety of ensembles. Whether led by individual artists or operating as loose collectives, they approach the tradition from similar angles, seamlessly incorporating aspects of swinging post-bop, edgy free improvisation, and contemporary composition into a cohesive whole. Their historically reverent, yet adventurous inside-outside sensibility has come to define the Windy City's current ...

Josh Berman / Aram Shelton / Weasel Walter: Last Distractions

by Mark Corroto
September 25, 2009

Last Distractions is a highly ambitious project, undertaken with just two horns and a drummer--three horns, actually, as reedist Aram Shelton plays two different ones. This trio of Shelton, cornetist Josh Berman and drummer Weasel Walter has set its sights on a determined and inspiring set of improvised music.

The Chicago jazz scene is the inspiration for this trio, as all three made their names in the new milieu of jazz that the Windy City spawned in the 1990s. Walter ...