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Album Review

Katherine Young's Pretty Monsters: Pretty Monsters

Read "Pretty Monsters" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins

Rarely used in jazz and creative improvised music (except by individualists like Karen Borca), the unwieldy bassoon is commonly relegated to the role of a doubling horn, sparingly employed by eclectic multi-instrumentalists like Joseph Jarman and Yusef Lateef for its unusual tonal color. Brooklyn-based bassoonist Katherine Young transcends the instrument's reputation with a shrewd combination of talent and technology; she employs extended techniques and effects pedals to subtly expand the horn's range, as previously revealed on her acclaimed solo debut, ...

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Album Review

Architeuthis Walks on Land: Natura Naturans

Read "Natura Naturans" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Il duo newyorchese Architeuthis Walks on Land, composto dalla violista Amy Cimini e dalla fagottista, compositrice, Katherine Young, è protagonista di una interessante registrazione che esplora natura naturans suoni e strutture dell'improvvisazione. Le otto tracce di Natura Naturans intrecciano, come nelle immagini riprodotte sulla copertina, i fili di un discorso decisamente molto vivace e appassionato. Fiato nel fagotto e corde della viola sviluppano la stessa acustica “lunga," tesa, snervata, nervosa all'occorenza, che trova nello scambio la sua natura. Pochi i ...

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Album Review

Katherine Young: Further Secret Origins

Read "Further Secret Origins" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Katherine Young, al suo primo album solo, ci regala un viaggio nel mondo del fagotto (verrebbe da dire “non di solo Sax!"), ben superando nelle composizioni il lato tecnico esplorativo, pur restituendo in esse, in modo incontrovertibile, la centralità e l'essenzialità dello strumento. La giovane musicista mostra quindi una maturità che rende conto delle numerose e importanti collaborazioni, non ultima, naturalmente, quella con Anthony Braxton nel Falling River Quartet, ma anche dei particolari studi compiuti e dell'intensa attività di compositrice ...

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