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Donny McCaslin At Belfast International Arts Festival 2017
by Ian Patterson
Donny McCaslin Limelight Belfast International Arts Festival Belfast, N. Ireland October 25, 2017 “Are you here because of Bowie or for jazz?" a woman asked those around her in the queue for Donny McCaslin's gig--part of the Belfast International Arts Festival. The answer, by and large, was both. McCaslin's current group will likely always be remembered--and no doubt billed for some time to come--as David Bowie's backing band on Black Star ...
Continue ReadingOttawa Jazz Festival 2017
by John R. Fowler
I always look forward to my hometown festival and over the past 30 years I have photographed Canadian and international artists that have performed at the Ottawa Jazz Festival. I try to capture the personality, energy, emotion, dedication and skill these talented artists display while playing jazz. Many of my festival photos have been exhibited in Ottawa at the National Arts Centre, National Library and Archives of Canada, National Press Club and at the Ginn Gallery.Enjoy a sampling of this ...
Continue ReadingThe Donny McCaslin Group at The Arden Gild Hall
by Mike Jacobs
The Donny McCaslin Group Arden Gild Hall Arden, Delaware January 14, 2017 Arden Delaware isn't exactly known as a jazz mecca but, with the coming of the Donny McCaslin Group to the Arden Gild Hall, it became one--for a little while at least. And in the best jazz traditions, the show presented in Arden had all of the elements you would expect from one of those meccas--innovation, exploration, technical excellence and passion--presented by players in ...
Continue ReadingDonny McCaslin: Bowie Deepened The Relationships In My Band
by Nenad Georgievski
Wherever the boundaries were in music, in most cases, they have perished and are no more. Jazz has always been a music of exploration and taking chances and as a result, has benefited from the dialogues with other music, be it folk, rock, classical or electronic. Saxophonist and composer Donny McCaslin certainly doesn't believe in boundaries. He is one of the handful musicians who uses different strands as a launching point for further exploration. His recent records Fast Future (Greenleaf, ...
Continue ReadingDonny McCaslin: Beyond Now
by Luca Muchetti
Il grande pubblico l'ha conosciuto soprattutto nelle vesti di musicista accanto al David Bowie degli ultimi tempi, e in modo particolare nello straordinario mondo musicale di Black Star, l'album di commiato del genio musicale britannico scomparso proprio quest'anno. Il sassofonista Donny McCaslin ora torna con un album nel quale è titolare e band leader, un'opera che pare legata a doppio filo con il portato artistico e probabilmente umano del sodalizio con Bowie. Non solo per la presenza ...
Continue ReadingJason Palmer and Cédric Hanriot: City Of Poets
by Roger Farbey
The formal structure of this album recorded live at London's Pizza Express Jazz Club on September 23, 2014, centres around Olivier Messiaen's Seven modes of limited transposition, musical modes or scales that fulfil specific criteria relating to their symmetry and the repetition of their interval groups. As with George Russell's Lydian chromatic concept of tonal organization much has been written about this, so this review will confine itself exclusively to the music. The titles of the nine pieces ...
Continue ReadingDonny McCaslin “Fast Future” al Teatro Franco Parenti
by Paolo Peviani
Donny McCaslin Fast Future Jazz Al Parenti Milano Teatro Franco Parenti 21.03.2016 Strana la vita del jazzista. Passi anni, come ha fatto Donny McCaslin, a suonare musica rigorosa, con collaborazioni importanti (una per tutte, quella con Dave Douglas) ed il tuo nome circola, senza nemmeno troppo clamore, esclusivamente tra una ristretta cerchia di appassionati. Partecipi all'ultimo disco di David Bowie, ed improvvisamente tutti parlano di te come uno dei più grandi jazzisti della ...
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