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Phil Haynes & Free Country: Liberty Now!

Read "Liberty Now!" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero

Dopo le registrazioni di American Trilogy (Voll. I, II, III) e il disco dal vivo, l'avventura Free Country--il quartetto cordofono assemblato dal batterista e compositore Phil Haynes nel 2013 --sembrava giunta al termine. Ma due eventi--indipendenti tra di loro--hanno portato di nuovo il gruppo in studio di registrazione: l'esito (definito terribile da Haynes & C.) delle elezioni presidenziali USA 2024 e la scomparsa del trombettista Herb Robertson, amico e collaboratore di tutti i membri del gruppo. Ecco allora ...

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Album Review

Bill Frisell: In My Dreams

Read "In My Dreams" reviewed by Jack Kenny

by Jack Kenny

At the opening of Beautiful Dreamer, Bill Frisell's biographer, Philip Watson, recounts a formative dream Bill Frisell once had--an experience the guitarist has said permanently altered the way he thinks about sound, color, and the nature of “real music." In the dream, Frisell enters a dark building, climbs into a vast library, and encounters hooded, monklike figures gathered around a table. “We want to show you what things really are," they tell him. First, they reveal “what colors really look ...

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Album Review

Hank Roberts, Filippo Vignato: Adagio

Read "Adagio" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi

Quest'affascinante sodalizio tra il violoncellista statunitense Hank Roberts e il trombonista Filippo Vignato deriva in primo luogo dalla comune partecipazione al progetto Pipe Dream --comprendente anche Pasquale Mirra, Giorgio Pacorig e Zeno de Rossi--documentato dagli album Pipe Dream del 2018 e Blue Roads del 2022. Dal punto di vista estetico non va però dimenticato l'antecedente tra Vignato e il pianista francese Enzo Carniel nel duo Silent Room, che ha pubblicato nel 2021 l'album Aria. Come in quest'ultimo lavoro ...

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Album Review

Rudy Royston: DAY

Read "DAY" reviewed by Vic Albani

by Vic Albani

Rudy Royston, batterista di prima classe (Bill Frisell, Dave Douglas, JD Allen, Ben Allison, Rudresh Mahanthappa e molti altri), approda con Day alla sua quinta uscita per l'etichetta del signor Dave Douglas, Greenleaf. Day è la seconda uscita dei Flatbed Buggy, vale a dire dell'avventuroso combo creato dal batterista con l'aiuto delle bass lines di Joe Martin, dei clarinetti di John Ellis, del violoncello di Hank Roberts e della fisarmonica di Gary Versace. L'idea base del lavoro omaggia la giovinezza ...

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Radio & Podcasts

Hank Roberts, Charles Lloyd, and Robert Wyatt

Read "Hank Roberts, Charles Lloyd, and Robert Wyatt" reviewed by Jerome Wilson

by Jerome Wilson

This episode includes fresh sounds from Hank Roberts and Robert Wyatt, Swing-era jazz performed by Air and Benny Goodman, and vocals by Kosi and Patty Carpenter. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Bill Cunliffe “Afluencia" from BACHanalia (Metro) 00:58 Juan Manuel Ceruto “A Puerto Padre" from A Puerto Padre, Tributo a Emiliano Salvador (Yemaya) 8:58 Host Speaks 16:58 Vijay ...

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Jeff Lederer, Mary LaRose: Schoenberg on the Beach

Read "Schoenberg on the Beach" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro

La copertina, scarna ed evocativa, con quel virato seppia che le dà tutto il fascino delle cose d'antan, dice già molto circa la tipologia e il tono del lavoro, firmato da Jeff Lederer in combutta con sua moglie, la cantante Mary LaRose, la quale attraversa il disco come una sorta di presenza parallela, districandosi--quando chiamata al centro delle operazioni--attraverso testi di autori anche molto illustri (Goethe, Nietzsche e Rilke bastano a rendere l'idea?) e musiche non solo del dedicatario dell'opera, ...

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Liner Notes

Christy Doran: in The Corner Of The Eye

Read "Christy Doran: in The Corner Of The Eye" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

For forty years, Irish-born, Lucerne-based guitarist Christy Doran has recorded prolifically for numerous labels. Inevitably perhaps, many of his earlier works are out of print, so it's cause for celebration that this release brings together the very best of Phoenix (hat Art, 1990) and What a Band (hat Art, 1992), two long-neglected yet essential Doran recordings. The majority of Doran's releases have been with bands, from the seventies jazz-rock/free jazz group OM to New Bag, his main working ...

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