Jazz Articles about Dino Saluzzi

Dino Saluzzi: El Encuentro

by Dan McClenaghan
August 7, 2010

On El Ecuentro, Argentine bandoneon master Dino Saluzzi teams with saxophonist brother Felix Saluzzi and cellist Anja Lechner in a meeting with Holland's Metropole Orchestra. It is Saluzzi's first recorded encounter with an orchestra, and his first ever live recording. More familiar ground for Saluzzi is his work with Lechner, on Ojos Negros (ECM, 2007), and Felix, on Juan Condori (ECM, 2006).The initial impression of El Encuentro is: this is serious stuff. The four compositions, all by Saluzzi, ...

Dino Saluzzi: El Encuentro

by John Kelman
July 21, 2010

Since first emerging on the ECM label in 1983, Argentinean bandoneonist/composer Dino Saluzzi has demonstrated that even the most ethnic of instruments needn't be stylistically pigeonholed. From the solo recital of Kultrum (1983) and unorthodox improvisational pairing with Norwegian drummer Jon Christensen on 2005's Senderos, to the all-star grouping of 1986's Once upon a time--Far away in the south, affectionate, chamber jazz setting of Responsorium (2003) and outgoing, family-driven Dino Saluzzi Group's Juan Condori (2006), the bandoneonist has proven, time ...

Dino and Jose Saluzzi: Family Guys

by Eric Benson
June 2, 2008

“Remove the records from Texas, and someone will learn to sing," the composer John Cage once said. The life of Argentine bandoneonist/composer Dino Saluzzi lends weight to Cage's words. Saluzzi was born in 1935 in Campo Santo, a small city in the mountainous Argentine province of Salta, and learned music in the context of daily life without access to radio, recordings, or formal concerts. Even as Saluzzi moved to Buenos Aires, befriended Astor Piazzolla, composed symphonic works, and became an ...

Dino Saluzzi - Anja Lechner: Ojos Negros

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 16, 2007

I lavori di Dino Saluzzi sono sempre qualcosa di unico e raramente mancano di suscitare nell’ascoltatore stupore e fascinazione (clicca qui per leggere la recensione del precedente Juan Condori, del Saluzzi Group); tuttavia è vero che, di solito, i suoi concerti in solo hanno qualcosa in più, perché è nelle sue meditazioni sul proprio bandoneon che il musicista argentino è capace di trarre con maggiore profondità e coerenza il messaggio musicale che lo caratterizza. Dopo questo lavoro, però, crediamo si ...

Dino Saluzzi/Anja Lechner: Ojos Negros

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
May 18, 2007

Dino Saluzzi/Anja Lechner Ojos Negros ECM Records 2007

As of this writing, Ojos Negros, the new album of duets by bandoneón master Dino Saluzzi and classical cellist Anja Lechner, has been the subject of four glowing reviews at AAJ. Add to those Steve Lake's excellent liner notes and it would seem there is little else to say about this crepuscular and poetic record.Except this. Lake's liner notes recount a favorite ...

Dino Saluzzi / Anja Lechner: Ojos Negros

by Nenad Georgievski
April 28, 2007

This subtle, sublime collaboration finds Dino Saluzzi and Anja Lechner crafting music at once intimate, expansive and lyrical. The juxtaposition of Saluzzi's bandoneon with Lechner's cello produces mesmerizing textures and tones that are without parallel. It presents a fascinating combination of two extraordinary musicians that are among the most accomplished on their respective instruments. The sinuous resonance of bandoneon and cello weaves a spare but expressive dialogue, a dark meditation. Ojos Negros is the result of an ...

Dino Saluzzi & Anja Lechner at The Americas Society

by Budd Kopman
April 27, 2007

Dino Saluzzi & Anja LechnerThe Americas SocietyNew York, NYSaturday April 14, 2007 5:30-7:00 PM “The Americas Society promotes the understanding of the political, economic, and cultural issues that define and challenge the Americas today, from the Arctic Circle to the southernmost tip of Argentina" (from the website). A fortuitous convergence of events led to a reception for Dino Saluzzi and Anja Lechner coordinated by ECM Records, the Society and Merkin Concert Hall.