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Lisa Mezzacappa Trio: X Marks The Question
by Glenn Astarita
X Marks The Question is one of two concurrent September 2013 releases on separate record labels by burgeoning San Francisco Bay Area-based, bassist composer Lisa Mezzacappa. On Comeuppance (Not Two Records, 2013) she fronts a quartet featuring saxophonist Aaron Bennett but here, spearheads a power-packed progressive jazz trio, highlighting lead soloist, guitarist Chris Welcome. And as history would dictate--given the bassist's avant-garde proclivities--this session is far from your boilerplate modern jazz guitar trio date other than “Negakfok," which leans towards ...
Continue ReadingLisa Mezzacappa - Marco Eneidi - Vinny Golia - Vijay Anderson: Hell-Bent in the Pacific
by AAJ Italy Staff
Nella fertile e vivace scena musicale della Bay Area sono attivi una serie di musicisti che hanno ravvivato il free made in USA, costituendo un punto di riferimento alternativo rispetto a Chicago e New York. Tra questi si distinguono da tempo Vinny Golia, Liza Mezzacappa e Vijay Anderson. Marco Eneidi invece vive da alcuni anni a Vienna, ma questo disco, pubblicato dalla benemerita label lituana NoBusiness Records, lo vede di nuovo al fianco di vecchi e nuovi compagni d'azione di ...
Continue ReadingLisa Mezzacappa & Nightshade: Cosmic Rift
by Troy Collins
Since relocating to San Francisco ten years ago, Staten Island-born bassist Lisa Mezzacappa has established herself as a commanding presence in the vibrant West Coast scene. Mezzacappa's pliant bass lines have provided a stalwart foundation for some of the Bay Area's most dynamic projects, ranging from the visceral excursions of her riotous garage jazz band Bait & Switch to her collaborative efforts in the bold collective quartet Cylinder. Cosmic Rift, the debut of Mezzacappa's neo-classical quintet Nightshade, showcases a more ...
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