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Christy Doran's New Bag: Mesmerized
by Glenn Astarita
Celebrated Swiss guitarist Christy Doran assets pertain to his indefatigable creative sparks, evidenced by his work in jazz-rock, avant-garde jazz improvisation or when tackling world music. And from a fundamental shedding perspective, he could hold his own with most if not all of the present guitar heroes. New Bag was created in 1997, but Swiss vocalist Sarah Buechi joined the ranks in 2012. Her presence is somewhat multifaceted as she harmonizes, scats, and often steers the melodies in ...
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by AAJ Italy Staff
I New Bag di Christy Doran giungono al loro ottavo album, continuando a percorrere con convinzione la strada tracciata nel lontano 1999 con l'album Confusing the Spirits. Quello che sembrava un progetto arrivato un po' in ritardo, in una corrente come quella del jazz-rock ormai in crisi di identità, è diventato invece uno dei progetti più interessanti dell'intero panorama discografico. Si potrebbe anzi affermare che i New Bag non solo resistono come portabandiera di quel genere, ma addirittura, coi loro ...
read moreDoran - Kaenzig - Kuratli: A Tribute to Fab
by AAJ Italy Staff
Fabian Kuratli, nato nel 1970 e scomparso prematuramente nel 2008 è stato uno dei migliori batteristi europei della sua epoca. Molti dei suoi lavori migliori sono stati in collaborazione con il chitarrista Christy Doran (per esempio con il progetto anche pluri discografico denominato New Bag). Doran ha deciso di rendergli omaggio riesumando questi nastri inediti del 2002 che vedevano proprio Fabian Kuratli impegnato alla batteria. Sono 51 minuti di musica eccellente che stranamente non era stata pubblicata prima. Una musica ...
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by Ian Patterson
Guitarist Christy Doran's New Bag has negotiated its share of rough waters during its sixteen-year journey. While the ship was severely rocked by the death of drummer Fabian Kuratli in 2008 and the departure of vocalist Bruno Amstad after 12 years in 2011, Doran has soldiered on. His compositions ultimately define New Bag's personality, rather than the individuals in it at a given time dominating. The dynamic Amstad was a hard act to follow, but on the band's eighth recording ...
read moreYang Jing & Christy Doran: No. 9
by Ian Patterson
Classically trained pipa virtuoso Yang Jing and Irish free-jazz/jazz-rock electric guitarist Christy Doran may seem unlikely collaborators, but closer inspection shows some common musical ground. Jing's background is Chinese classical but her spirit of adventure has drawn her to more experimental settings in duos with veteran percussionists Pierre Favre and long-term Anthony Braxton collaborator Gerry Hemingway, in a quartet with three classical guitarists and with East-West quartet Different Song and nonet First European Chinese Ensemble. Doran, too, has ventured beyond ...
read moreChristy Doran: New Bag, New Tricks
by Ian Patterson
The opening concert at the 14th Bray Jazz Festival in May, just half an hour outside Dublin in County Wicklow, was something of a homecoming gig for Irish guitarist Christy Doran and his quartet New Bag. Doran was born 63 years ago, just a few short miles down the road from Bray, in Greystones, though at the age of 10 his parents relocated to his mother's homeland of Switzerland, where Doran has lived and made music for the past half ...
read moreXL Target (KJ Dave Doran & Christy Doran): Nubtz Remix
by AAJ Italy Staff
I fratelli Doran, irlandesi di nascita ma trapiantati in Svizzera ormai da una vita, suonano assieme in questo bel progetto registrato interamente dal vivo, non perché devono rimarcare il loro legame biologico, ma semplicemente perché sentono la musica allo stesso modo, seppure da punti di vista influenzati dalla loro diversa età. Una vita che nel loro caso sembra scorrere nel tempo in maniera non necessariamente lineare. La chitarra di Christy Doran è sempre frizzante e curiosa, capace di cavalcare la ...
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