Jazz Articles about Chris Dahlgren

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Chris Dahlgren: Cherubs Contemplating Tacky Bass Figurines In Heaven

by Mike Jacobs
August 8, 2023

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Chris Dahlgren & Lexicon: Mystic Maze

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 29, 2011

Il bassista newyorkese Chris Dahlgren mette assieme un bel quintetto denominato Lexicon e si avventura in territori piuttosto inconsueti che mettono in risalto la dimensione anche caricaturale della musica. Ma lo fa senza spingere affatto sulla componente derisiva spesso associata alla caricatura e si limita a prendere atto di un modo di comunicare che privilegia i timbri 'grassi' e le dimensioni rotonde. Ma - allo stesso tempo - questa musica è sostanzialmente una musica di denuncia, seppure molto ironica e ...

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Chris Dahlgren: Mystic Maze

by Bruce Lindsay
November 23, 2010

Critics don't always get it right. Surprisingly, their keen critical faculties can desert them and, sooner or later, they are left looking and sounding foolish. In the first half of the twentieth century music critics were routinely dismissive of Hungarian composer Béla Bartók's work, often with a level of vitriol rarely seen in these enlightened times. Somewhat belatedly (for Bartók, who died in 1945), Lexicon, led by the Berlin-based American bassist Chris Dahlgren, has taken up the cudgels on the ...

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Chris Dahlgren: Best Intentions

by Glenn Astarita
April 1, 2000

Master bassist Chris Dahlgren performs a mini-clinic on the attributes of producing a regimented, booming pulse while also harmonizing and displaying acute lyricism with fellow New York based saxophonists Peter Epstein and Rob Brown on his latest release titled, Best Intentions. Along with the astonishing percussionist Satosji Takeishi, Dahlgren steers the band through seven memorable yet altogether penetrating self-penned compositions recorded at “Five Towns College” in Long Island, NY.

Dahlgren provides the commanding and somewhat bouncy pulse on “The Gadfly” ...

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Chris Dahlgren: Best Intentions

by David Adler
March 1, 2000

Bassist Chris Dahlgren, an important voice on the New York downtown avant-garde scene, has exhibited a flair for unusual ensemble configurations on his previous releases. On Best Intentions, his third outing as a leader, percussionist Satoshi Takeishi’s grooves and timbres give the music a rather exotic flavor; a conventional drum set would not have done the trick. Dahlgren’s dual-alto frontline, comprised of Rob Brown and Peter Epstein, bears a passing resemblance to the Matt Wilson Quartet. Listeners unfamiliar with the ...