Jazz Articles about Carla Kihlstedt

About Carla Kihlstedt

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Giancarlo Nino Locatelli: A Decent Run

Read "A Decent Run" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
July 24, 2026

Who needs poetry in an age of internet memes, infinite scrolling and artificial intelligence? Poems ask us to linger over words, to discover meaning in silence as much as in language. Memes, by contrast, are consumed in an instant and forgotten just as quickly. We live in a culture that increasingly prizes immediacy over reflection, image over text and distraction over contemplation. So who still needs poetry? Italian clarinetist Giancarlo Nino Locatelli makes a compelling case that we all do. ...

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YANG: Rejoice!

Read "Rejoice!" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
October 7, 2024

YANG, the post-rock outfit led by French guitarist Frédéric L'Épée continues to expand their sonic landscape with Rejoice. L'Épée, a seasoned figure in the progressive rock realm and former member of avant-garde bands Shylock and Philharmonie, infuses YANG's sound with his signature precision and emotional weight. Since their inception in the mid-2000s, YANG has crafted a distinct blend of post-rock, progressive rock, and classical elements, creating sweeping instrumental compositions that are as intricate as they are evocative. Known for their ...

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Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant avec folie à quatre: Séances

by Vic Albani
February 20, 2023

Nel peculiare universo del “jazz obliquo" contemporaneo il bassista Trevor Dunn, ben conosciuto a chi approda spesso sulle spiagge del signor John Zorn, esiste da sempre un ben conosciuto e mai ben definito mondo di ricerca complessa e collegata ai mille meandri della mente umana. Racconta dunque Dunn che nella Francia del XVIII secolo esisteva una setta di cristiani, considerata eretica dai compagni servi di Dio, chiamata i Convulsionari di Saint-Médard. Dopo la morte di un amato diacono, ...

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Trevor Dunn: Séances

Read "Séances" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
October 29, 2022

Holy bank shot Batman! Is Seances, (bassist Trevor Dunn's dissertation on the how humans tend to forget and repeat, ever a radical and electrifying take on things. Anything and everything goes the distance for Dunn and the combined mad genius of his Trio-Covulsant cronies, wickedly cool guitarist Mary Halvorson and the chaotic meter of drummer Ches Smith. It has been eighteen turbulent years since this threesome last convened for the opaquely conversant Sister Phantom Owl Fish (Ipecac, 2004) ...

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Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant avec Folie À Quatre: Séances

by Mark Corroto
September 27, 2022

If you thought the Hang Mike Pence and Three Percenters crowd are just a phenomenon of the 21st century, let me introduce you to the Convulsionnaires of Saint-Médard, an 18th century Christian sect with the hysterical practices of coprophagia (yes, eating feces), spontaneous milk-vomiting and levitation. After the established religious authorities cracked down on the Convulsionnaires, many were sent to mental asylums, but others continued with less public séances or 'sessions.' Composer and bassist Trevor Dunn unearths this ...

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Cheer-Accident: Fear Draws Misfortune

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 19, 2009

E' un lungo percorso, un pò inaspettato, quello di questa band di Chicago. Iscritti nella scena now-wave per aver pubblicato tre albums per Skin Graft Records (la stessa di US Maple, The Flying Luttenbachers, Brise-Glace, Arab On Radar e altri), più che per effettiva comunanza stilistica tra le musiche, la band di Thymme Jones (You Fantastic!, Yona Kit con Jim O'Rourke) butta un'anima scura in questo nuovo Fear Draws Misfortune. E' un album da ascoltare dall'inizio alla fine, senza pause, ...

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Satoko Fujii - Carla Kihlstedt: Minamo

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 17, 2008

Coniugano libera improvvisazione ed estetica classico-contemporanea gli incontri tra Satoko Fujii e la violinista Carla Kihlstedt, registrati a S.Francisco nell'ottobre 2002 e tre anni dopo al festival austriaco di Wels. Se la pianista è ormai nota al pubblico italiano, il nome della Kihlstedt resta circoscritto in specifiche nicchie d'ascolto, come i seguaci del Tin Hat Trio. Da anni residente nella Bay Area, quest'ultima ha collaborato con i membri del Rova Saxophone Quartet ma anche con John Zorn e occasionalmente con ...