Jazz Articles about Carlo De Rosa

About Carlo De Rosa

Album Review

Quinsin Nachoff: Patterns from Nature

Read "Patterns from Nature" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
June 14, 2026

Quinsin Nachoff, a Canadian-born saxophonist and composer now based in New York, has long pursued deep connections between music, science, and visual form. Patterns from Nature grew from an extended collaboration with physicist Dr. Stephen Morris of the University of Toronto, drawing on concepts of emergent order in natural systems. The project spread itself across several formats--a recorded suite, a film with contributions from four filmmakers, and live multimedia performances--and assembles an exceptional cast: pianist Matt Mitchell, clarinetist François Houle, ...

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Carlo De Rosa Trio

by Daniel Peck
May 22, 2026

Bassist Carlo De Rosa is a veteran of both the New York and Miami jazz scenes. The Michigan native performed on Yo-Yo Ma's 2009 Grammy Award -winning album Songs of Joy and Peace and two other Grammy-nominated albums. For this trio performance, he's joined by pianist Luis Perdomo, whose work with Miguel Zenon has yielded 12 albums. They're also joined by drummer and composer Adam Cruz. An in demand and critically acclaimed drummer, Adam's most noteworthy ...

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Amir ElSaffar River of Sound Orchestra: The Other Shore

Read "The Other Shore" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri
December 2, 2022

Secondo disco per la Rivers of Sound Orchestra, ensemble creato nel 2015 da Amir ElSaffar con il preciso intento di esplorare in modo originale le culture musicali delle sue origini. ElSaffar è infatti nato negli Stati Uniti da madre statunitense e padre di origini irachene; avvicinatosi precocemente alla musica, ha coltivato quella jazzistica dalla discoteca paterna e quella classica dalle frequentazioni della madre; musicista dalle collaborazioni di altissimo livello--tra gli altri Cecil Taylor e Vijay Iyer--solo da adulto si è ...

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Roxana Amed: Ontology

Read "Ontology" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
April 19, 2021

Per il titolo del suo settimo album Roxana Amed ha scelto un termine filosoficamente pregnante, la cui analisi risale ai presocratici. Ovviamente la cantante non s'interroga sull'essere in quanto essere ma restringe il campo alla sua dimensione personale, al suo essere cantante di jazz argentina, con un'identità in equilibrio tra due mondi. «Mi ci è voluto un po' di tempo per trovare la parola che potesse riflettere questo viaggio—ha detto Roxana -che potesse tradurre anni di domande, rivelazioni, ...

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Carlo De Rosa's Cross-Fade: Brain Dance

Read "Brain Dance" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
March 11, 2012

The energy of bassist Carlo De Rosa's Brain Dance is palpable. Musically, it is a close equivalent of an elastic band held extremely taut and then twanged continuously until the kinetic energy continues to do what the fingers once did. However, De Rosa's fingers continue to do what invisible fingers once did to the music as a whole. The bassist finds this energy contained in the strings of his double bass and the electric one he sometimes also plays. His ...

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Carlo De Rosa's Cross-Fade: Brain Dance

Read "Brain Dance" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
March 2, 2011

There are “musician-for-hire" gunslingers--professionals employed at a moment's notice to bring their skills to a gig or recording. But the mercenary analogy is only a small part of their repertoire, as many of these invaluable side musicians are leaders and composers just awaiting the opportunity to release their own material. Such is the case with Brain Dance, by bassist Carlo De Rosa, who has performed with The Chico O'Farrill Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra, Yo-Yo Ma, Rudresh Mahanthappa, and many others. ...