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Isabelle Olivier: Impressions
by Alberto Bazzurro
La giovane arpista francese Isabelle Olivier torna sul luogo del delitto con un nuovo lavoro sempre ispirato a quel rapporto, generalmente conflittuale e comunque mai del tutto risolto, che intercorre fra il jazz e il suo strumento. Le prime avvisaglie di questo Impressions (il riferimento è proprio al brano di Coltrane che, in una versione decisamente alternativa, lo chiude), inciso nel dicembre 2023 con un organico pieno zeppo di corde di pedigree classico, ma anche con la vivifica fisarmonica di ...
Continue ReadingIsabelle Olivier / Rez Abassi: OASIS
by Jerome Wilson
The combination of acoustic guitar and harp is seldom heard in jazz and improvisational circles but it is explored here in exciting fashion by harpist Isabelle Olivier and guitarist Rez Abbasi. Accompanied by Prabhu Edouard on tabla and David Paycha on drums, they bring their instruments' sounds together in a variety of musical textures ranging from intense to contemplative. The guitar and harp shimmer delicately together on “Cherry Blossom" and swoop and dive with swagger on their version ...
Continue ReadingRez Abbasi: OASIS
by Mark Corroto
Guitarist Rez Abbasi and harpist Isabelle Olivier's OASIS (an acronym for Olivier Abbasi Sound In Sound) is embodiment of fusion. Not the variety you may recognize as jazz-rock fusion, more like fusion cooking, for example Korean-Mexican or sushi-pizza. Okay, not sushi-pizza, but you get the idea. Olivier and Abbasi are pulling together jazz, Indian-Pakistani, and European classical music without compromising the character of each. Abbasi, a Pakistani-American is better known than his French partner (who lives part time ...
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