Jazz Articles about Jamie Saft

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Jamie Saft, Steve Swallow, Bobby Previte with Iggy Pop: Loneliness Road

Read "Loneliness Road" reviewed by Andrea Murgia

by Andrea Murgia
September 11, 2017

Jamie Saft, Steve Swallow, Bobby Previte. E Iggy Pop. Se state pensando che stiamo in qualche modo dando i numeri, pardon i nomi, siete totalmente fuori strada. Che ci fanno alcuni tra i più vispi e duttili musicisti della New York Area con il papà del proto-punk? Semplice: un bel disco. Di Saft, su queste pagine, si parla ormai un giorno sì e l'altro pure e in tutte le salse (l'ultima volta, era alla prese con la ...

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Bill Brovold, Jamie Saft: Serenity Knolls

Read "Serenity Knolls" reviewed by Andrea Murgia

by Andrea Murgia
September 11, 2017

Noto ai più come fenomenale organista e pianista della scena newyorchese più sperimentale nei progetti di John Zorn e Joe Morris, Jamie Saft è in realtà anche un chitarrista (e slidista) che non ti aspetti. Cresciuto a pane, Bob Dylan e Paul Bley, Saft non è nuovo a puntate lontano dagli ottantotto tasti, basti pensare a Breadcrumb Sins o Sunshine Seas, in cui il musicista del Queens fa praticamente tutto da solo, alternandosi alla chitarra e al basso, alla slide ...

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Jamie Saft - Steve Swallow - Bobby Previte: Loneliness Road

Read "Loneliness Road" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
May 11, 2017

So, the front man for the rock/pop group called The Stooges gets an invite to pitch in with a classic jazz piano trio. The Stooge would be Iggy Pop; the piano trio, Jamie Saft's, with bassist Steve Swallow and drummer Bobby Previte. That's quite an experiment, like something Frank Zappa might have tried. Pianist Jamie Saft has hitched a big part of his star to John Zorn, appearing, as a sideman or leader, on a score of Zorn's ...

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Bill Brovold & Jamie Saft: Serenity Knolls

Read "Serenity Knolls" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
March 14, 2017

It's a shame to say it, but even the most open-minded souls have a tendency to classify and ghettoize musical artists. This is the type of album that reminds us all that you shouldn't. Bill Brovold, a guitarist who came up in the New York no wave scene in the early '80s and is known for his work with avant-rock outfit Larval, and Jamie Saft, a wide-ranging keyboardist with aggressive tendencies and tremendous outside cred, pair decently ...

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New Zion w/ Cyro Baptista: Sunshine Seas

Read "Sunshine Seas" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
April 22, 2016

The third release by Jamie Saft's New Zion Trio expands the concepts he launched with his previous efforts, Fight Against Babylon (Veal Records, 2011), and Chaliwa (Veal Records, 2013). His reggae/dub-meets-piano trio explorations expand with the inclusion of Brazilian percussionist Cyro Baptista. This rhythm trance music casts a much larger net, one of universal spirituality, beyond physical matter and the laws of nature. Without getting all theological on you, the fugue state of roots reggae and dub tap into a ...

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Jamie Saft, Steve Swallow, Bobby Previte: The New Standard

Read "The New Standard" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero
July 7, 2014

Tre personalità assai differenti sia dal punto di vista generazionale che artistico accomunate dal medesimo spirito curioso e dal gusto per la sfida come Jamie Saft, Steve Swallow e Bobby Previte si danno appuntamento nello studio di registrazione di Saft e tre ore dopo scodellano questo The New Standard. Buona la prima, nessuna ripresa, nessuna alternate take, il tutto fissato su nastro a due tracce analogico dall'ingegnere del suono Joe Ferla, quarto protagonista dell'incisione. Che nasce in ...

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Jamie Saft, Steve Swallow and Bobby Previte: The New Standard

Read "The New Standard" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
June 18, 2014

Inimitable bassist Steve Swallow has pretty much seen and done it all. His vast achievements, historic alliances, and easily recognizable sound are firmly ingrained into the jazz idiom. Yet drummer Bobby Previte and keyboardist Jamie Saft are among the more notable modern trendsetters. They've both played significant roles in New York City's nonconforming downtown scene amid respective discographies that boast sojourns into jazz rock, free-form improvisation and boundless experimental initiatives. Moreover, Saft's recent improvisational collaborations with avant-garde guitarist Joe Morris ...