Jazz Articles about Dino Saluzzi

Dino Saluzzi Group: Juan Condori

by John Kelman
September 30, 2006

Anyone still laboring under the misapprehension that there's an “ECM sound" need only look at the live film score retrospective of Greek composer Eleni Karaindrou's Elegy of the Uprooting, the improvisational classicism of French pianist François Couturier's Nostalghia--Song for Tarkovsky and Argentinean bandoneonist Dino Saluzzi's Juan Condori--all released on the same day. These three recordings couldn't be more different. The only tangible links are producer/label owner Manfred Eicher and his “in the moment" aesthetic--which needn't apply strictly to improvisation, but ...

Dino Saluzzi: Senderos

by Dennis Hollingsworth
May 19, 2005

The bandoneon, long associated with the tango music of Argentina, is a relative of the German koncertina. Both are bellows and button instruments which produce their sounds via metal reeds. The great Argentinean composer Astor Piazzolla had the largest impact in lifting the bandoneon from the dance hall to the concert stage. Dino Saluzzi began his association with Piazzolla in Buenos Aires at an early age, but he describes his style as neither art music nor intellectual music, preferring to ...

Dino Saluzzi: Senderos

by John Kelman
April 18, 2005

The idea of nearly eighty minutes of bandoneon/percussion duets can appear somewhat daunting. On the other hand, the bandoneon is a full-range instrument, and nobody seems to bat an eye at piano/drums duets like Italian pianist Enrico Pieranunzi's recent encounter with drummer Paul Motian, Doorways. Still, one wonders whether or not such a concentrated dose would be palatable. The answer, when the bandoneon player is Dino Saluzzi and the drummer is Jon Christensen, is a resounding yes.

Dino Saluzzi: Responsorium

by Elliott Simon
October 5, 2003

A sincere presentation of deep cultural roots within a modern context, Responsorium envelops the listener with its honesty, warmth and deep textures. The bandoneon, a button accordion that is closer in timbre to an organ, has a rich sonority that is capable of creating a powerfully arresting soundscape. In the hands of Argentinian master Dino Saluzzi, the instrument is like a master bluesman's well-worn guitar through which he expresses a wide range of emotions with subtle coloration and intriguing harmonies. ...

Dino Saluzzi: Responsorium

by AAJ Staff
April 2, 2003

For all of its relative obscurity, the bandoneon occupies a very important place in musical history. To novice ears, the instrument sounds something like an accordion, though it is markedly softer and warmer, with more timbral color. In physical appearance it resembles the concertina--a slinky bellow instrument with 70 buttons.

But when it comes to the music of Argentina, few instruments have had as much impact. The bandoneon (having arrived from Germany in the mid-nineteenth century) permanently altered ...