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Sean Wayland: Click Track Jazz: Slave to the Machine Vols 1 & 2
by AAJ Italy Staff
I due volumi di Click Track Jazz: Slave to The Machine curati dal tastierista e compositore australiano Sean Wayland, contengono una ricognizione molto ampia - per un totale di venisette brani - sulla possiblità di unire degli inserti sintetici alle classiche sonorità acustiche del jazz, sviluppati dalle tastiere o da strumenti elettronici come l'EWI ("Electronic Wind Istrument," uno strumento elettronico a fiato). Il risultato - ottenuto con il supporto di numerosi musicisti, tra i quali Wayne Krantz e Donny McCaslin ...
Continue ReadingMark Guiliana: New Beats
by Franz A. Matzner
Perhaps most recognized for his extended stint holding down the drum chair for bassist/composer Avishai Cohen, Mark Guiliana has been pushing the envelope of jazz drumming since first jumping onto the scene. Anyone who has heard--and particularly seen--Mark Guiliana play instantly recognizes not only his incredible technical facility, but also his unique take on percussion, based as much on hard-hitting grooves, electronica, and rock as traditional jazz conceptions. Certainly, other drummers, particularly some of the younger breed, have begun incorporating ...
Continue ReadingHeernt: Locked in a Basement
by Paul Olson
Mark Guiliana's work in Avishai Cohen's trio has more than demonstrated his rhythmic wit and precision in a consistently demanding musical setting. The drummer takes on the bandleader role with his new trio Heernt, whose debut, Locked in a Basement, reveals a sonic concept unlike Cohen's--and to Guiliana's credit, unlike anyone's. This is groove-based, goofily virtuosic electric instrumental music that owes much more to electronica, synth-funk and indie rock than it does to traditional acoustic jazz. Let's ...
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