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by AAJ Italy Staff
Come per il suo ultimo lavoro pubblicato dalla Cadence Records, Blaise Siwula ha scelto di documentare ancora dal vivo quello che ha attualmente in cantiere. Il nuovo disco contiene registrazioni tratte dal suo tour in Giappone insieme al pianista Katsuyuki Itakura e, per metà dei brani, con il batterista Ryusaku Ikezawa. C'è poco di premeditato: quello che si ascolta sul disco sono alcuni momenti magici presi qua e là dai concerti, a volte brevi aforismi di un paio di minuti. ...
read moreThe Slam Trio: In the Stillhouse (Live)
by AAJ Italy Staff
Per chi apprezza il free genere “palla avanti e pedalare" troverà qui sicuramente una produzione per i suoi gusti. La registrazione è la testimonianza di una serata estiva, senza aria condizionata, alla Stillhouse di Portland, con il solito pubblico di appassionati ed i musicisti che grondano sudore sul palco mentre danno tutto il possibile in termini di emozionalità e partecipazione all'evento. Una musica senza costrizioni e senza domani, scrive Blaise Siwula nelle note di copertina, e che tuttavia ha trovato ...
read moreBlaise Siwula and Adam Lane: Tandem Rivers
by Jeff Stockton
"One and one don’t make two. One and one make one," said Pete Townshend. He may as well have been talking about Blaise Siwula (alto and soprano saxophones) and Adam Lane (contrabass), whose instruments intertwine on this intimate, entirely improvised set where the saxophones pop to keep time and the bass growls disconsolately in a role reversal of sound. Siwula and Lane go on some relatively long walks, but they rarely move faster than a jog, often grounded ...
read moreBlaise Siwula, Vattel Cherry and Jeff Arnal: Expositions of Freedom...Now!
by Derek Taylor
Under the unifying sobriquet of Expositions of Freedom...Now! the trio of Blaise Siwula, Vattel Cherry and Jeff Arnal is an aggregate that seizes the process of spontaneous composition as its central fuel source. Siwula and Cherry's association hearkens back half a decade to where the two met in a Cecil Taylor large ensemble. The saxophonist has since lent his skills to an album under Cherry's name For Those Who Heal. Arnal is a recent addition to the fold, but his ...
read moreBadlands: Expositions of Freedom...Now!
by Glenn Astarita
No doubt, saxophonist Blaise Siwula has blossomed into one of New York City's most prominent modern jazz-based improvisers and free-jazz event organizers. However, the trio known Badlands is a group effort featuring the equally noteworthy bassist Vattel Cherry and drummer Jeff Arnal, as this set was recorded live at the “Knitting Factory." From the onset of the fifteen minute opus “Freedom of Thought," the band's charter is quickly established as expressionistic imagery converges with multifarious elements and well-stated ...
read moreBlaise Siwula Trio: Dialing Privileges
by Derek Taylor
Siwula, Minasi and Bollinger- three names unlikely to kindle recognition in the minds of most jazz fans, myself included. Fortunately, as this disc goes a long way toward professing, what they lack in the notoriety department they more than make up in diabolically deployed musical cunning. Siwula is of the saxophone school that posits the virtues of maximum density in minimum space. His taut swirling lines revolve in rapid orbits around Minasi’s chattering machine gun string pops in an agreement ...
read moreBlaise Siwula Trio: Dialing Privileges
by Glenn Astarita
Veteran improvising alto saxophonist Blaise Siwula packs a potent punch on Dialing Privileges. Along with the somewhat legendary guitarist Dom Minasi and drummer John Bollinger these New York based musicians not only provide a mini-clinic on the art of improvising yet perform with a distinctive touch which elevates this release to the top of the heap. Siwula's imperious utilization of vibrato does indeed draw comparisons to the late great soprano saxophonist Sidney Bechet, yet the alto saxophonist exhibits a finely ...
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