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Miles Davis' Rubberband, Kuba Wiecek Trio & KaMaSz
by Maurice Hogue
Two rather contrasting recordings highlight this episode: Dan Weiss with his trio augmented by a second bassist and Rubberband, the once-shelved and now revived release from Miles Davis which was recorded after he had left Columbia. On Weiss' album, he displays the chops (often with heavy rock influences) that make him such a high-in-demand player, while Davis jumped into soul and R&B; he planned to use singers like Al Jarreau on the album but eventually the brass at Warner Brothers ...
Continue ReadingSesto Jazz 2019
by Neri Pollastri
Sesto Jazz 2019 Teatro della Limonaia Sesto Fiorentino 1-3.3.2019 Piccolo ma con proposte altamente qualificate, Sesto Jazz si è anche quest'anno articolato su tre appuntamenti nella suggestiva cornice del Teatro della Limonaia, spazio dedicato all'avanguardia artistica e alla sperimentazione della cittadina satellite di Firenze. La prima serata, che metteva a frutto una collaborazione anche didattica condotta nei giorni precedenti, vedeva in scena la Rainbow Jazz Orchestra, ospite il giovane e talentuoso sassofonista ...
Continue ReadingDan Weiss Starebaby Live at BIMHUIS Amsterdam
by BIMHUIS
Alongside jazz and Indian music, Dan Weiss is equally at home in metal and electronica. The stark contrasts, but also the similarities, between these worlds fuel his band Starebaby. On the eponymous album, Weiss and co. have created fascinating works, sometimes dark and complex and sometimes dreamy and cinematic, with for example a track dedicated to Angelo Badalamenti, composer of the Twin Peaks soundtrack. Craig Taborn fender rhodes/midi controller, Matt Mitchell piano/prophet 6/modular synthesizers, Ben Monder guitar, Trevor ...
Continue ReadingDan Weiss: Starebaby
by Mark Corroto
It is always interesting when a musician's newest release zigzags away from previous works, making an abrupt change of course. Often it happens at the request of a producer or record company, and probably because his/her previous disc was not well received. This in no way explains Starebaby by drummer Dan Weiss. Sixteen: Drummers Suite (Pi Recordings, 2016) and Fourteen (Pi Recordings, 2014), both larger ensemble recordings, composed and arranged by the drummer were critical successes. He could easily have ...
Continue ReadingVitor Gonçalves: Vitor Gonçalves Quartet
by Angelo Leonardi
Al suo debutto discografico, dopo tre anni di permanenza a New York (l'album è di quest'anno ma l'incisione è del giugno 2015), il giovane musicista brasiliano si rivela pianista e, soprattutto autore, talentoso e singolarmente eclettico. Il percorso musicale è un susseguirsi di sorprese nell'architettura dei brani, nel dinamismo ritmico e nelle scelte metriche e armoniche pur risultando melodicamente fresco (fino a toccare punte esemplari di lirismo). La complessità strutturale e il virtuosismo si legano alla fragranza tipica della musica ...
Continue ReadingDan Weiss: Sixteen: Drummers Suite
by Vincenzo Roggero
Sixteen, ossia il numero di componenti -alcuni usuali collaboratori del leader altri scelti appositamente per l'occasione, tutti comunque musicisti dalla mente aperta e dalle larghe visioni -dell'ensemble allestito da Dan Weiss per omaggiare alcuni dei più grandi batteristi della storia del jazz. Una “Drummers suite" per l'appunto, ma non pensate ad una carrellata di stili o ad una versione celebrativa dei momenti più significativi della storia dei vari Max Roach, Elvin Jones, Tony Williams e compagnia bella. ...
Continue ReadingDan Weiss: Sixteen: Drummers Suite
by Karl Ackermann
Dan Weiss began his professional drumming career touring with the likes of saxophonists David Binney, Lee Konitz, Rudresh Mahantthapa, among others. Weiss has also been studying tabla with Pandit Samir Chatterjee for two decades and has been named a top drummer in a number of prominent polls. Sixteen: Drummers Suite bears more than a passing resemblance to Weiss' Fourteen (Pi Recordings, 2014) at least in terms of the music's development and the cohort of musicians. Weiss' inspiration for ...
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