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Mehmet Ali Sanlikol, featuring Ingrid Jensen: 7 Shades of Melancholia
by Jack Bowers
Although he was born and raised in Turkey, pianist, composer and educator Mehmet Ali Sanlikol says he was not a student of Turkish musical traditions until after he arrived in the United States more than thirty years ago. By the late '90s, however, Sanlikol, by then a successful working jazz musician, had reconnected with his Turkish roots, studied its grammar and played hundreds of concerts focused on the music of his homeland, blended with elements of American jazz and other ...
Continue ReadingOmar Thomas Large Ensemble: Griot Songs
by Alberto Bazzurro
Dopo una lunga gestazione, giunge a noi questo che è il terzo lavoro del Large Ensemble diretto dal compositore newyorchese Omar Thomas (incisione del maggio 2024), un doppio album ambizioso e di chiaro intento anche didascalico in cui l'orchestra appare eloquentemente come il naturale prolungamento del gesto autoriale, con risultati di notevole impatto, sette brani di ampio respiro (dai nove ai diciassette minuti) in cui la massa orchestrale tende a muoversi per lo più compatta, lungo partiture belle piene, solide, ...
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