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Craig Taborn: Compass Confusion
by John Sharpe
Although a peerless pianist, Craig Taborn has been captivated by electronics since the age of 12, and he scratches that itch big-time on Compass Confusion. The role of post-production treatments in the creation of jazz records has a long history, from Orrin Keepnews piecing together the issued version of Thelonious Monk's 1956 classic “Brilliant Corners" from among 24 takes of the tune, to Miles Davis and Teo Macero forging masterpieces like Bitches Brew (CBS, 1970) from studio jams. Taborn's ethos ...
Continue ReadingJunk Magic: Compass Confusion
by Franz A. Matzner
Density. Shifting ground. Textural discord. Sharpness like glass. Resonant emptiness. Explorative improvisation, electronica sound spaces and electric beats. Released by the Craig Taborn project Junk Magic, Compass Confusion moves the fusion of live performance with electronica to the next level, making the division between the two often difficult to discern. The album incorporates a cross section of electronica techniques, including often lesser recognized subgenres like ambient, trip-hop, and minimalist industrial. This diverse representation of electronic music coupled with ...
Continue ReadingSteve Lehman Trio, Craig Taborn: The People I Love
by Alberto Bazzurro
Il timbro asprigno, acidulo, e l'incedere di preferenza incalzante, spigoloso, dell'alto di Steve Lehman (i cui principali modelli, dichiarati, sono com'è noto Jackie McLean e Anthony Braxton) attraversa pressoché a senso unico questo nuovo lavoro del quarantunenne sassofonista newyorchese, determinandone climi e disegno complessivo, il tutto confezionato con la complicità del suo trio abituale (nonché ormai decennale) rinforzato per l'occasione dal pianoforte di Craig Taborn (sodale e amico di Lehman a sua volta da un buon decennio) con la volontà ...
Continue ReadingCraig Taborn at Sonic Lab
by Ian Patterson
Craig Taborn Sonic Lab. Sonic Arts Research Centre Brilliant Corners Belfast, N. Ireland February 16, 2019 The launch of the seventh edition of Brilliant Corners--Belfast's only jazz festival--saw Craig Taborn make his first appearance here in nearly a decade, and his first solo gig in this city of just under 350,000 people. Such an auspicious occasion merited a special venue, and the Sonic Lab at the Sonic Arts Research Centre is certainly ...
Continue ReadingBrussels Jazz Festival 2019
by Martin Longley
Brussels Jazz Festival Flagey Brussels, Belgium January 10-19, 2019 The Brussels Jazz Festival is a relative newcomer, but this ambitious 10-dayer managed to sell out around two thirds of its gigs, and was overall the most successful in attendance for this fifth edition. Concerts are held in the two main studios of Flagey, a 1930s Art Deco radio broadcasting complex in the Ixelles area, just south of the city centre. It was ...
Continue ReadingCraig Taborn e Dave King alla Sala dei Giganti di Padova
by Giuseppe Segala
Duo Craig Taborn e Dave King Rassegna Centro d'Arte degli Studenti Sala dei Giganti Padova 1.2.2019 Tra le espressioni musicali, quella che chiamiamo Jazz riesce in modo convincente a mettere in relazione e fare dialogare tra loro gli aspetti istintivi della creazione artistica e quelli più squisitamente culturali, arrivando a sviluppare sempre nuove sfide tra questi due poli. Naturalmente, la cosa non accade in modo tanto frequente e scontato. Sempre, siamo costretti al ...
Continue ReadingIl novembre di A Jazz Supreme
by Neri Pollastri
A Jazz Supreme--Musicus Concentus Sala Vanni Firenze 2, 11, 23 e 30.11.2018 Un novembre con i fiocchi quello della rassegna A Jazz Supreme, organizzata dal Musicus Concentus nella tradizionale sede della Sala Vanni, il cenacolo della Chiesa del Carmine, in Oltrarno a Firenze. La parte conclusiva del programma autunnale ha infatti proposto quattro appuntamenti eccezionali, che hanno alzato l'attesa per il programma primaverile, in fase di definizione. Il primo dei ...
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