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Edward Simon - Scott Colley - Clarence Penn: A Master's Diary
by AAJ Italy Staff
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- ...
Continue ReadingTake Five With Edward Simon
by AAJ Staff
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 ...
Continue ReadingEdward Simon Trio: Poesia
by AAJ Italy Staff
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 ...
Continue ReadingEdward Simon: Poesia
by John Kelman
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 ...
Continue ReadingEdward Simon: La Música Bilingüe (Bilingual Music)
by Jason Crane
Pianist Edward Simon was born in Punta Cardón, Venezuela. His entire family was composed of musicians, and as a young man, Simon's evident talent led his father to send him to study in the U.S., where he won scholarships in classical piano at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia and in jazz at the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied with Harold Danko. While a student in his teens, Simon performed with Philly guitarist Kevin Eubanks and saxophonist ...
Continue ReadingEdward Simon: Unicity
by Ken Dryden
Pianist Edward Simon's seventh CD as a leader is his best effort to date. On display are his gifts as an improviser, composer and arranger with two sympathetic partners--bassist John Patitucci and drummer Brian Blade. The entire CD has the feeling of a suite, rather than separate unrelated tracks that just happened to be recorded during the same session, even though the leader did not compose everything himself. The Venezuela-born pianist's light touch works in his favor as he restrains ...
Continue ReadingEdward Simon: Unicity
by AAJ Italy Staff
Padronanza assoluta dello strumento e capacità illimitata di variare tipologia e modalità nel processo compositivo. Sono le caratteristiche principali della cifra artistica del pianista venezuelano Edward Simon, qui al suo primo disco per la Cam Jazz. Rispetto alle sue precedenti incisioni da leader, egli si dimostra artista ancora più completo e maturo sul piano dell’organizzazione musicale. In Unicity, due sono le sostanziali novità a marcarne la distanza rispetto ai dischi degli anni ’90: una maggiore aderenza alla sfera armonica jazzistica, ...
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