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Trespass Trio + Joe McPhee: Human Encore
by Florence Wetzel
Portugal is one of the most free-jazz friendly countries on the planet, and the innovative Clean Feed label is one of the reasons why. With over two hundred releases thus far, Clean Feed has been documenting the next wave(s) of avant-free music. This includes the mighty Trespass Trio, a powerhouse group of improvisers consisting of Swedish saxophonist Martin Küchen, Norwegian double bassist Per Zanussi, and Swedish drummer Raymond Strid. Clean Feed released Trespass Trio's debut Was There to Illuminate the ...
Continue ReadingNation Time Concert at the Guggenheim Museum
by Kurt Gottschalk
Richard Hell, Arto Lindsay, The Thing Guggenheim Museum Nation Time New York, NY November 20, 2013 Over the course of three forms of media and four decades, Amiri Baraka stretched his way into New York's Guggenheim Museum. A poem he penned more than 40 years ago found its path into the venerable visual arts institution via the music of Joe McPhee, which in turn inspired a response from painter Christopher Wool. In a roundabout ...
Continue ReadingChris Searle: Red Groove
by Duncan Heining
Red Groove Chris Searle 283 pages ISBN: 978-1907869495 Five Leaves 2013 The life story of poet, teacher, author and activist Chris Searle is as intriguing as that of many of the musicians he discusses in Red Groove. Teaching at an inner city school in London in the early seventies, Searle encouraged his pupils to write poems about their lives and then published the results. An active trades unionist, ...
Continue ReadingJoe McPhee: Sonic Elements
by Mark Corroto
Ernest Hemingway might have said it best: “All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know." For musician Joe McPhee, delivering that one true sentence has been his motivation since the 1960s.An in-demand improviser, he can be heard in multiple settings including the bands of Peter Brötzmann and Ken Vandermark, as a guest of the Deep Listening Band, Trespass Trio and Decoy, and with the rock band, Cato Salsa Experience. ...
Continue ReadingTrespass Trio + Joe McPhee: Human Encore
by Glenn Astarita
Sweden-based Trespass Trio aligns with American improvising legend Joe McPhee for a live set, recorded 2012 at Salao Brazil. The artists' camaraderie, gamesmanship, and intuitive synergy become quite evident from the onset. From a holistic perspective, the band's rugged approach balances a prevalent degree of experimentation with familiar modern jazz terrain. Indeed, an audience-pleaser; even by free jazz conventions, the players render a cornucopia of disparate angles and propositions. “A Different Kodo" is immersed in a free-bop ...
Continue ReadingIngebrigt Håker Flaten: Now Is
by AAJ Italy Staff
Potremmo essere velocissimi. Il bassista norvegese che oggi abbraccia gli orizzonti texani è davvero uno dei musicisti che sono entrati da qualche anno nel gotha del free più creativo e propositivo. La portoghese Clean Feed, che lo sa da qualche tempo, lo santifica nuovamente con questo Now Is che potrebbe davvero essere la definitiva consacrazione di Håker Flaten, crema eccelsa del movimento più intelligente legato alla musica contemporanea. E lui, per non deludere nessuna attesa, benedice il nuovo lavoro lasciando ...
Continue ReadingJoe McPhee - Ingebrigt Haker Flaten: Brooklyn DNA
by AAJ Italy Staff
Due anni dopo Blue Chicago Blues (Not Two Records), Joe McPhee e Ingebrigt Haker Flaten riprendono le loro esplorazioni concentrandosi su un altro luogo centrale per il jazz statunitense, Brooklyn. Brooklyn come centro vivo, palpitante della vita sociale e culturale dei neri di New York. Brooklyn come crocevia storico del jazz, popolato di personaggi che tra gli anni quaranta e gli anni sessanta, hanno contribuito ad alimentarne la leggenda. Brooklyn, quartiere che nel corso degli anni ha più volte cambiato ...
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