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Mark Feldman: What Exit
by AAJ Italy Staff
Splendido lavoro dello straordinario violinista e compositore Mark Feldman, qui alla guida di un supergruppo che include il pianista John Taylor, il contrabbassista Anders Jormin e il battersita Tom Rainey, questo What Exit è un lavoro che alterna momenti tormentati e drammatici, dalla cifra astrattamente contemporanea - come il lungo e intenso “Arcade”, composto da alternanze ritmiche dinamiche - ad altri più distesi (“Maria Nunes”), jazzistici (“Ink Pin”) e perfino swinganti (“Father Demo Square”, “What Exit”). I quattro musicisti si ...
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by Paul Olson
In his twenty years in New York City, violinist Mark Feldman's played a dizzying number of gigs and sessions with trumpeter Dave Douglas, pianist Uri Caine, saxophonist Tim Berne, drummer Billy Hart, pianist Muhal Richard Abrams, bassist Mark Dresser, and of course, saxophonist John Zorn, with whom Feldman has had a particularly fruitful association.
He was a founding member of the seminal ensembles Arcado String Trio and New & Used, collaborates regularly with his wife, pianist/composer ...
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by Martin Gladu
Only willing individuals like ECM Records founder and producer Manfred Eicher envision releasing recordings like this. Yet again, the Munich-based label starts where others stop: with a disc of contemporary music by a classically-trained violinist turned jazz avant-gardist. As a matter of fact, the jazz world would be incomplete without projects like What Exit.
Aided by English pianist John Taylor, bassist Anders Jormin and drummer Tom Rainey, Mark Feldman showcases his dual affection for modern classical and jazz genres on ...
Continue ReadingMark Feldman & Sylvie Courvoisier: Malphas - The Book Of Angels Vol.3
by AAJ Italy Staff
Dopo i lavori affidati a Jamie Saft (Astaroth) e al Masada String Trio (Azazel), John Zorn ha commissionato il terzo volume delle serie Book of Angels al violinista Mark Feldman e alla pianista Sylvie Courvoisier. La coppia ha già affrontato le composizioni di Zorn sia in concerto che su disco (si veda Masada Anniversary Edition vol. 4: Masada Recital) ma sul versante di Feldman, la frequentazione con la Radical Jewish Music è lunga e proficua. Basti ricordare la sua esperienza ...
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by Robert R. Calder
As an instrumentalist, Mark Feldman is mind-boggling. His violin technique isn't lotsa notes, it's careful phrasing and command of tone, and a huge sound which would have offended some pseudo-classicists of some decades ago. It's “Romantic"!
For a classy Feldman performance, try “Father Demo Square" here, with Anders Jormin setting the pace (the bassist may be the consistently interesting member of this quartet on this date). John Taylor's piano solo emerges nourished by the violin work which precedes it. Pianists ...
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by Budd Kopman
Violin, viola and cello are among the last instruments from the traditional orchestra whose sound is fully accepted in modern jazz. (You can also add oboe and bassoon to the list.) In the process of adaptation, some players of these instruments have distanced themselves from the orchestra. One modern jazz string exponent, Mat Maneri, plays the viola in such a way as to make one forget its classical orchestral origins, as evinced most recently on his collaborative ...
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by John Kelman
If we are the sum of our experiences, then Mark Feldman represents an exceptional aggregate. The classically trained violinist is closely associated with the New York Downtown scene, where there seems to be few, if any, musical boundaries. He may be best known for collaborations with artists like John Zorn, Dave Douglas and John Abercrombie, but look into his past and you'll find fusion work with percussionist Trilok Gurtu, country music with Loretta Lynn, and reggae with Sly and Robbie. ...
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