Jazz Articles about Giancarlo Patris

Roberto Bonati Chironomic Orchestra: The Gesture Of Sound / The Gesture Of Colour

by Duncan Heining
July 14, 2025

Someone once said that writing about music was as illogical as singing about economics. Writers about music inevitably bristle at the suggestion but it might have merit when it comes to improvised music. How do you write about something that can never be recreated, even when recorded and preserved for posterity? We can discuss its method of creation, the sounds made by those who perform it, its colours and textures and our emotional and intellectual responses to it in much ...