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The Landrus Kaleidoscope: Capsule
by AAJ Italy Staff
Forward del 2007 ci aveva fatto conoscere il talentuoso multistrumentista Brian Landrus in compagnia di musicisti affermati (suoi ex insegnanti) quali George Garzone, John Lockwood, Bob Moses. Forward era album ben suonato ma ancora troppo legato ad una concezione scolastica del pensiero musicale. Da allora il ragazzo è cresciuto, ha registrato altri CD (tra i quali Traverse a suo nome, partecipato a prestigiosi progetti, e fondato una propria etichetta che debutta con questo Capsule. Il quintetto denominato Kaleidoscope si è ...
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by Raul d'Gama Rose
Brian Landrus is a striking baritone saxophonist and appears to have become a full-time bass clarinetist as well. Landrus is unique and unlike anyone else in his tribe because he appears to have a genuine and very deep passion for the bass registers of the world. For all that is known he hears sounds that most people cannot--growls and grumbles and earth-shaking rumbles that most would require a Richter Scale to know even exist. Landrus hears all this with large ...
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by Dave Wayne
After exploring post-bop and free-ish jazz with his first two CDs, multi-reed player Brian Landrus extends his stylistic range into the realm of electric jazz with Capsule. Despite listing Fender Rhodes and electric guitar among the CD credits, Capsule is not really a fusion record. Rather, it's a jazz recording with some electronic instrumentation, along the lines of what Dave Douglas and Donny McCaslin have been doing with their electric bands. Landrus' band is well-suited to explore this realm. Pianist ...
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by Hrayr Attarian
On Capsule his second album on his own BlueLand label, baritone saxophonist and reed multi-instrumentalist, Brian Landrus pushes the boundaries of jazz and explores a more fusion-like style inspired by Motown and other related genres. Contributing to this electric sound is the addition of Nir Felder to the rhythm section whose Jimi Hendrix-like guitar on the Caribbean-flavored “Like The Wind" meanders away from the theme, giving the tune its jazzy edge, while Landrus--on the rarely heard bass ...
Continue ReadingThe Brian Landrus Quartet: Traverse
by AAJ Italy Staff
Bella band di professionisti quella che ruota intorno al sassofonista baritono Brain Landrus, allievo del noto pianista Michael Cain. Landrus colpisce subito per il suo tono colloquiale, per il fraseggio da tenorista, per la morbidezza del suono e pure, quando necessario, per la fluidità con cui padroneggia l'ingombrante strumento ("Lydian 4"). Ha poco a che fare con musicisti più ruvidi come Hamiet Bluiett, o anche con altri grandi del passato come Gerry Mulligan o Pepper Adams. Michael Cain si mette ...
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by Raul d'Gama Rose
There is a gravitas in the musical intellect of baritone saxophonist/bass clarinetist Brian Landrus that can only come from a wellspring emanating from the depths of a very bluesy soul. His is a singular voice and, as he sings in sensuous, velvet tones, his long magical lines swing and swagger with rhythmic grace. Although his music is, at its heart, conceptually simple, he rarely stays in the linear path of the melody for long, preferring to be seduced by the ...
Continue ReadingBrian Landrus: Traverse
by Hrayr Attarian
Saxophonist/composer Brian Landrus' Traverse is a mature, cohesive and intensely personal musical opus that reflects his various influences. Although adept at playing multiple reed instruments. Landrus is best-known for being a baritone saxophonist, an instrument he mostly sticks, along with some bass clarinet, with on this, his third CD. His creative and personal approach to blending the past and the future is best reflected in the solo improvisation, “Soul and Body," which is in the spirit of ...
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