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Tamar Osborn: Varier: Berlin

Read "Varier: Berlin" reviewed by Andrew Hunter

by Andrew Hunter

Tamar Osborn is a well-regarded British saxophonist, woodwind player, bandleader and composer. A multi-instrumentalist with a bulging contacts book, she has a substantial body of work behind her already, primarily but not exclusively with her modal ensemble Collocutor. Her past work has tended to be adventurous and interesting, but none of it reaches the scale of ambition or throws away the map with quite the confidence of Varier: Berlin. This release is the first of two extensively improvised sets--Varier: London ...

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Album Review

Maurice Louca: Saet El-Hazz

Read "Saet El-Hazz" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri

Un disco davvero assai singolare questo Saet El-Hazz (The Luck Hour), il quarto del multistrumentista e compositore egiziano Maurice Louca, che vi sintetizza gli esiti della sua multiforme ricerca nella musica sperimentale, elettronica e tradizionale del suo paese, guidando una formazione con strumenti quasi esclusivamente occidentali (a parte dei metallofoni di origine indonesiana) senza tuttavia concedere quasi alcunché alla nostra sensibilità armonica e melodica. La formazione messa assieme da Louca--che qui si limita a dirigere e suonare una ...

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