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Elliott Sharp: Momentum Anomaly
by Vic Albani
Elliott Sharp. Uno dei nomi su cui, davvero, ci si sarebbe da scrivere parole su parole. Amato e odiato. Compreso e incompreso. In breve, un fiume inarrestabile di musica; una discografia monumentale. Torrenziale come i miliardi di note che diffonde nell'universo musicale d'avanguardia da metà degli anni Settanta. Decine e decine di progetti: ordine e disordine, bellezza e ambiguità. Sicuramente uno dei compositori moderni più schizofrenici e contorti: free puro, ethno-lines, blues, avantgarde, minimalismo, geometrie e caos. Una sorta di ...
Continue ReadingElliott Sharp: Ostryepolya
by Eyal Hareuveni
Elliott Sharp / Scott Fields Ostryepolya PanRec / NotTwo Records 2013 The musical meeting of innovative guitarists Elliott Sharp and Scott Fields came by coincidence. Both were aware of each other's work for many years, but the opportunity of playing as a duo never arose. Each is a master composer and improviser with extensive experience accumulated in various formats. Sharp pioneered the usage of fractal geometry, chaos theory, genetic metaphors and using ...
Continue ReadingElliott Sharp Aggregat: Quintet
by Glenn Astarita
Elliott Sharp is one of New York downtown scene's more notorious affiliates, primarily heralded for his avant-garde guitar work, spanning jazz improvisation, jazz-rock, and blues-rock. He's also an accomplished reedman, evidenced on Quintet and previous ventures into the free-jazz space. Sharp once again aligns with like- minded New York-based artists, some of whom are leaders, and busy session artists. Residing within a controlled-chaos type scenario, the soloists engage in some intense duels when all hell breaks loose, but also temper ...
Continue ReadingElliott Sharp / Melvin Gibbs / Lucas Niggli: Crossing The Waters
by Glenn Astarita
The performer roster of Switzerland's progressive record label Intakt Records was showcased in 2012 at John Zorn's New York City venue, The Stone. Venerable Swiss drummer and longtime Intakt recording artist Lucas Niggli teamed with New York City-based guitarist Elliott Sharp and bassist Melvin Gibbs for a maiden trio concert, wasting no time at all capturing their synergistic output by cutting this album the following day. The results are gratifying, as the multifaceted drummer-- known for pushing the envelope--attains equal ...
Continue ReadingElliott Sharp's Terraplane: Sky Road Songs
by AAJ Italy Staff
Per chi ama il blues, questa nuova avventura di Elliott Sharp e dei suoi Terraplane è un sontuoso banchetto di delizie a cui unirsi immediatamente, senza un attimo di esitazione. Non solo perchè i compagni di viaggio si chiamano Hubert Sumlin, leggendario chitarrista sideman di Muddy Waters e Howlin' Wolf (a cui è dedicato, tra l'altro, l'intero CD) o Eric Mingus, magnifico crooner del Delta, ma perché ognuna delle 14 tracce di Sky Road Songs è degna di un applauso. ...
Continue ReadingElliott Sharp: Aggregat
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il chitarrista Elliott Sharp ci ricorda in questo ottimo Aggregat (Clean Feed Records) che è anche un interessante saxofonista, oltre che un paladino del jazz sperimentale e d'avanguardia. I suoi tre strumenti (chitarra elettrica, sax tenore e sax soprano) sono ripartiti abbastanza equamente nei dodici brani che lo vedono in trio accompagnato dal bassista Brad Jones e il giovane batterista Ches Smith. Aggregat vede Sharp lontano dalle esasperazioni che spesso caratterizzavano il suo approccio radicale. Siamo dalle parti di Sonny ...
Continue ReadingElliott Sharp Trio: Aggregat
by Robert Bush
Elliott Sharp is a musical provocateur of the highest order. Having developed his own distinctive voice on a wide variety of instruments, on Aggregat he focuses on tenor and soprano saxophones and guitar.His trio-mates were wisely selected. Double bassist Brad Jones has illuminated sessions by everyone from pianist Muhal Richard Abrams to pop-vocalist Sheryl Crow. Ches Smith is one of the most astonishing young drummers to hit the New York City jazz scene in quite some time, and ...
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