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Got Bass Clarinet? Jason Stein Does
by Mark Corroto
In the short history of jazz--only about 110 years--the bass clarinet has had an even shorter existence. Students of Charles Darwin's evolutionary studies might point towards the adaption of the instrument into the new jazz of the 1960s; or perhaps the branch of evolution studies called biogeography might explain that fertile locations spawn growth in the use of certain instruments. Nonetheless, the bass clarinet has only appeared in fits-and-starts throughout the jazz story. If the progenitor was Eric Dolphy, his ...
Continue ReadingJason Stein: A Calculus of Loss
by AAJ Italy Staff
Se si eccettua “That’s Not a Closet“, brano strutturato, riconoscibile, identificabile con alcuni canonici estetici della musica afroamericana, A Calculus of Loss si può considerare una sorta di work in progress su sculture sonore. Perché le improvvisazioni del trio sono sfuggenti, deformate e deformabili, in perpetua ed istantanea evoluzione. Sono sufficienti un fremito percussivo, una vibrazione d’ancia, un inflessione del violoncello per alterare la percezione di una musica che sembra assorbire energia dallo spazio circostante e dare risalto ai vuoti, ...
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