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John Hollenbeck / Alban Darche / Sébastien Boisseau / Samuel Blaser: Jass
by Angelo Leonardi
Dopo il debutto nel luglio 2011 al festival di Berlino, il collettivo franco-svizzero-statunitense presenta la prima incisione, il cui titolo ha un duplice (e addirittura triplice) significato: è un acronimo formato dalle prime lettere dei quattro nomi protagonisti, si collega al nome arcaico di questa musica e indica un gioco di carte (detto anche Chibre) molto popolare in Svizzera. Il quartetto si riallaccia alle avanguardie degli anni settanta (loft jazz, post free, libera improvvisazione europea) effettuando un'esemplare sintesi ...
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by Eyal Hareuveni
J.A.S.S. as in the first letters of the names of American drummer John hollenbeck, French saxophonist Alban Darche and double bassist Sébastien Boisseau and Swiss trombonist Samuel Blaser. But Jass also as the term used by the Original Dixieland Jass Band in March 1917 for the very first jazz-album recording or just the name of centuries-old popular card game in Switzerland and Austria. All of the above references relevant to this quartet who first played together ...
Continue ReadingJohn Hollenbeck: profilo di artista
by Angelo Leonardi
Lo scorso mese di agosto il 61° critics poll di Down Beat ha votato John Hollenbeck al primo posto tra gli arrangiatori emergenti, riproponendo valutazioni già espresse in passato (Rising Star Arranger nel 2012 e Rising Star Big Band nel 2011). È il doveroso riconoscimento a uno degli artisti più originali del jazz statunitense ma non rende giustizia sul versante della collocazione. Nato a Binghamton (New York) 45 anni fa, John Hollenbeck non è un artista emergente. Attivo ...
Continue ReadingJohn Hollenbeck's September Songs
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
John Hollenbeck's productivity would be astonishing in its own right, but the uniformly high quality of this high output places the drummer among the top tier of jazz (and not only jazz) musicians. Hollenbeck's recordings, compositions and performances defy certain expectations. He can be as seriously intellectual as a stereotypically stuffy classical musician, but his music is interlaced with humor and fun. As befits a 21st century drummer, he is rhythmically complex but the music is underlain with a deep ...
Continue ReadingJohn Hollenbeck: Songs I Like a Lot
by C. Michael Bailey
There are four potent musical personalities at play on Songs I Like A Lot. The first is the erstwhile leader, drummer John Hollenbeck, musical raconteur and general high-art roustabout. He has had a long association with vocalist Theo Bleckmann, both in big band settings on A Blessing (Omnitone, 2005) and with Claudia Quintet on What Is Beautiful? (Cuneiform, 2012). Bleckmann, in turn, is friends with vocalist Kate McGarry, who's Girl Talk (Palmetto, 2012) was a highlight of the year. From ...
Continue ReadingJohn Hollenbeck: Songs I Like a Lot
by AAJ Italy Staff
John Hollenbeck, compositore e polistrumentista americano, è noto ai più per essere il fondatore dei Claudia Quintet, gruppo che, si può dire senza temere di offendere nessuno, ha, con soli sei album all'attivo, contribuito ad allargare i confini del jazz contemporaneo, fertilizzandolo con idee e contenuti originali o provenienti da “altri mondi": dalla musica da camera alle avanguardie più sperimentali. E già questo è un grosso merito, ma Hollenbeck non è uno che si accontenta e da anni ha intrapreso ...
Continue ReadingJohn Hollenbeck: Songs I Like a Lot
by John Kelman
It's hard to resist, at the very least, looking at an album with as honest and unassuming a title as Songs I Like a Lot; but it's even harder to resist when it turns out that the instigator is John Hollenbeck, founder of and primary composer for Claudia Quintet--the chamber jazz ensemble which has, over the course of six albums in nine years, completely defied definition and categorization, beyond combining improvisational prowess and the ability to subtly interpret through-composed music. ...
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