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Andrew Rathbun Large Ensemble: Atwood Suites
by Dan Bilawsky
The marriage between jazz and poetry is having a true moment in the present artistic sphere. The two have long mixed and mingled, oft proving sympathetic and symbiotic in their multidirectional moves, unique cadences, and improvisational capacities. But never before has the connection been so strong and centralized. With drummer Matt Wilson's triumphant encounter with the work of Carl Sandburg, soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom's exploration of Emily Dickinson's writing, saxophonist Benjamin Boone's collaboration with Philip Levine, and a handful ...
Continue ReadingMatt Holman: The Tenth Muse
by Matthew Aquiline
New York City-based trumpeter and composer Matt Holman cut his teeth performing and recording with distinguished musicians such as Fred Hersch, John Hollenbeck, and Darcy James Argue's Secret Society before displaying his personal aesthetic of atmospheric chamber jazz with his debut album When Flooded in 2013. More recently, Holman found inspiration scouring the annals of history, extracting celebrated relics potent and stimulating enough to constitute the groundwork of his sophomore follow-up--2,500- year-old-plus relics to be precise. “What kind ...
Continue ReadingMatt Holman Diversion Ensemble: When Flooded
by AAJ Italy Staff
Ecco un altro ottimo disco d'esordio. Per realizzare questo When Flooded, il compositore e trombettista Matt Holman ha messo insieme una band non tra le più convenzionali. Il gruppo comprende, oltre alla tromba di Holman, i clarinetti di Mike McGinnis, la chitarra elettrica di Nate Radley, il violoncello di Christopher Hoffman e l'ampio set di percussioni di Ziv Ravitz. Era quasi inevitabile che da un ensemble timbricamente così ricco scaturisse una musica densa, stratificata, dalle combinazioni strumentali imprevedibili. Si può ...
Continue ReadingMatt Holman's Diversion Ensemble: When Flooded
by Dan Bilawsky
Brooklyn-based trumpeter Matt Holman has been putting his horn to good use as a sideman with A-listers, like pianist Fred Hersch and vocalist Kate McGarry, and up-and-coming large ensembles, like Darcy James Argue's Secret Society and the Asuka Kakitani Jazz Orchestra, but he's finally stepping up to the plate as a leader. When Flooded is Holman's headlining debut and it serves as a showcase for his focused horn playing and finely wrought creations. It has been proven ...
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