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Edward Simon: Venezuelan Suite

Read "Venezuelan Suite" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
March 31, 2014

"Venezuelan Suite--ha detto Edward Simon--è nata dal desiderio di consolidare la mia eredità culturale, l'amore per la musica classica e la mia esperienza di musicista jazz." L'opera documenta anche il debutto discografico dell'Ensemble Venezuela, formazione fondata dieci anni fa dal pianista venezuelano che riunisce alcuni dei massimi strumentisti di quella nazione, il più famoso dei quali è l'arpista Edmar Castaneda. Nata grazie a una sovvenzione di “Chamber Music America," Venezuelan Suite svela le alte doti di compositore ...

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Edward Simon: Venezuelan Suite

Read "Venezuelan Suite" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
January 4, 2014

Venezuelan Suite is pianist Edward Simon's love letter to his homeland, but that's not all it is; it's the perfect confluence of Venezuelan ideals, jazz language and chamber-esque sophistication. In short, it's a masterpiece. While every country has its musical adherents in American jazz circles, some are sorely underrepresented. That's why it's so vitally important when somebody like saxophonist Miguel Zenon comes along and bridges the gap between jazz and the music of Puerto Rico, or when ...

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Edward Simon Trio: Live in New York at Jazz Standard

by John Kelman
May 17, 2013

Some artists maintain a busy release schedule, putting out an album a year--sometimes, in the case of musicians like guitarist Bill Frisell, even more frequently--while others, for a variety of reasons, are less prolific. Pianist Edward Simon has, in recent years, been issuing albums with broader distribution under his own name--which automatically discounts 2010's independently released but undeniably fine Danny Boy--about once every three years on labels ranging from The Netherlands' Criss Cross to Italy's Cam Jazz. Live in New ...

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Edward Simon - Scott Colley - Clarence Penn: A Master's Diary

Read "A Master's Diary" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 13, 2012

Esistono diversi modi di parlare di un incontro che ha risvolti importanti per chi ne è coinvolto. È il caso di Edward Simon (pianista di formazione classica e jazz) che insieme a Scott Colley (contrabbasso) e Clarence Penn (batteria) interpreta le musiche di uno dei nostri maggiori compositori per il teatro e il cinema, Fiorenzo Carpi. Strano destino questo, che porta il talentuoso trio a ricordarci alcune delle cose migliori del nostro repertorio musicale spesso messo in ombra dall'idea --fuorviante- ...

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Take Five With Edward Simon

by AAJ Staff
June 21, 2011

Meet Edward Simon: The process by which Simon became an internationally regarded jazz musician began in the small coastal town of Cardon, Venezuela, where he grew up surrounded by the sounds of Latin and Caribbean music. Born in 1969, Simon credits his father, Hadsy, for developing his passion for music and supporting him and his two brothers, Marlon and Michael, to become professional musicians. Upon arriving on the New York jazz scene in 1989, his ...

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Edward Simon Trio: Poesia

Read "Poesia" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 11, 2009

Pianista quarantenne di origini venezuelane, Edward Simon (clicca qui per leggere una sua intervista) divide la sua attività tra il jazz più avanzato (ha lavorato a lungo con Bobby Watson e Greg Osby, ha all'attivo tre CD in duo con David Binney, tra i quali Oceanos) e il latin (clicca qui per la recensione del CD di Luciana Souza The New Bossa Nova). In questo CD per la CAM Jazz compare alla testa di un classico trio, con due fior ...

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Edward Simon: Poesia

by John Kelman
June 30, 2009

With a winning combination, it's rarely a good idea to mess with it. Pianist Edward Simon has recorded with a number of great trios, including the one at the core of Simplicitas (Criss Cross, 2005). His music took a giant leap forward, however--in terms of composition, arrangement and performance--with Unicity (Cam Jazz, 2006), featuring bassist John Patitucci and drummer Brian Blade. The greater freedom, latitude and time that Cam allows its artists is surely another factor, as opposed to Criss ...