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Multiple Reviews

Satoko Fujii & Jim Yanda: Not So Silent In Their Ways

Read "Satoko Fujii & Jim Yanda: Not So Silent In Their Ways" reviewed by Doug Collette


If it's indeed true that free jazz is an acquired taste, the premise begs the question of whether it's an arbitrary choice or a preference that lies dormant in all musiclovers awaiting only that signal listening experience to pique the natural curiosity and, in turn, awaken an abiding interest to further pursue this arcane field of music. Guitarist Jim Yanda's esoteric collaboration with drummer Phil Haynes and trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist Herb Robertson is in stark contrast to more conventional efforts ...

Album Review

Jim Yanda: A Silent Way

Read "A Silent Way" reviewed by Maurizio Comandini


Il titolo e i riferimenti evocati da questo album del chitarrista di avanguardia Jim Yanda, sono piuttosto scivolosi. Volutamente. Per fortuna John Cage ha già ampiamente chiarito che il silenzio non esiste in quanto tale e quindi il percorso silenzioso intrapreso da Yanda non ha punti in comune, se non nelle cose ovvie, con il percorso che caratterizzava “In a Silent Way," uno dei capolavori più luminosi di Miles Davis. Messa in questo modo, la questione potrebbe apparire ...


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