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The Daniel Rosenboom Quintet: The Daniel Rosenboom Quintet: Fire Keeper
by Mike Oppenheim
Fire Keeper, the debut album from the Daniel Rosenboom Quintet, exemplifies the vast possibilities for contemporary jazz artists. The album is undeniably jazz, with extensive improvisations and complex compositions, orchestrations and harmonies found in few other genres. The quintet is also unabashedly rooted in other contemporary genres. Progressive rock, as heard in the overdriven electric guitars, power chords and aggressive drumming, with additional influences from funk, contemporary classical and experimental music are major elements of the Quintet's sound. The compositional ...
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by Robert Bush
"Fusion" has rarely been so bold. Drawing on the traditions of the original Mahavisnu Orchestra, and Ornette Coleman's Prime Time, with liberal doses of Slavic folk-music and free-jazz, trumpeter Daniel Rosenboom's Quintet is an experiment of nuclear proportions. Featuring heavy electrical input from guitarist Alex Noice and “Bear-Trax" (hybrid-double-neck) bassist Kai Kurosawa, this orgy of odd meters really soars on the magic rhythm carpet laid down by drummer Dan Schnelle, whose traps bristle with a kinetic, ...
Continue ReadingDaniel Rosenboom: Book of Omens
by Troy Collins
Los Angeles-based trumpet player Daniel Rosenboom is quickly becoming a ubiquitous presence in the West Coast's creative jazz scene. His credits include a variety of endeavors, from challenging sideman work with venerated scene leader Vinny Golia to membership in the radical young Balkan ensemble PLOTZ! His 2006 solo debut, Bloodier, Mean Son (Nine Winds) established Rosenboom as a singularly creative voice whose unique aesthetic encompasses an array of idiosyncratic influences, from efx-laden horn soliloquies to elaborate progressive metal-influenced full-band arrangements. ...
Continue ReadingDr. Mint: Visions and Nightmares
by AAJ Italy Staff
Dr. MInT (acronimo costruito sulle iniziali dei musicisti che compongono il quintetto) è un gruppo giovane ed esuberante, dalla visione dark che non fa quasi mai intravedere spiragli di luce, e il titolo Visions and Nightmares è in tal senso eloquente. L'inizio è un lieve e dolce crescendo in cui i musicisti indugiano dando vita ad atmosfere intriganti e soffuse, ma strada facendo forza ed energia emergono e assumono ruolo primario. L’album è costituito da due suite, “Visions and Nightmares” ...
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