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Michael Attias: Renku in Coimbra

Read "Renku in Coimbra" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


La presenza di due brani targati Lee Konitz e Jimmy Lyons non è casuale. Del primo Michael Attias possiede l'eloquio dai toni astratti del secondo l'esuberanza controllata. Volendo completare il quadro dei riferimenti potremmo dire che nel contralto di Attias si ritrovano pure la morbidezza e la nonchalance di Wayne Marsh e la logica matematica di Anthony Braxton. Insomma Attias è un sassofonista che ha assimilato appieno il linguaggio di alcuni maestri del sassofono e lo ha rielaborato in maniera ...

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Michael Attias: Renku In Coimbra

Read "Renku In Coimbra" reviewed by Martin Longley


Within the realms of his Renku trio, the reed specialist Michaël Attias deliberately glides towards a contemplative space. His partners in sensitivity are bassist John Hébert and drummer Satoshi Takeishi. In this setting, Attias deliberately confines himself to the alto saxophone, although his sonic results are anything but self-shackled. Often, when Attias is playing around the city he'll be soloing more aggressively or crafting sharply jabbing themes as part of a thrusting frontline. Most of the pieces here inhabit a ...

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John Hebert: Byzantine Monkey

Read "Byzantine Monkey" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Si apre con il canto di una vecchia canzone tradizionale Cajun questo sorprendente disco a nome del bassista John Hebert [prezioso accompagnatore dell'ultimo Andrew Hill e perno del trio di Mary Halvorson] ed è al tempo stesso un atto propiziatorio - il musicista è originario della Louisiana - e una struggente dichiarazione di appartenenza poetica a una tradizione che non si può fermare a rimirare se stessa, ma deve continuare a creare con imprevedibilità. È proprio questa la natura della ...

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Micha

Read "Micha" reviewed by Celeste Sunderland


Paris has always been a haven for musicians. In the late 1980s a stream of jazz greats passed through the bar at Alan Silva's music school where saxophonist Michaël Attias manned the tap. “I remember pouring [saxophonist] Frank Wright a beer two weeks before he died, he recalled. “Sunny Murray, Jerome Cooper, Abbey Lincoln rehearsing...I remember her eyes... what a beautiful presence. At the time, many of the musicians discussed the work they had done in the 1960s, with reluctance. ...

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Michael Attias: Credo

Read "Credo" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Attivissimo sassofonista dagli anni 90, Michael Attias raggiunge con Credo il punto più alto della sua produzione. Realizzato attraverso diverse fasi di progettazione nel corso di un decennio, il repertorio approntato prende spunto da un casuale ritrovamento di un frammento di una Messa di Frescobaldi, appunto il “Credo". Attias, affascinato dalla semplice struttura di quel testo, lo ha trasformato in una serie di approfondimenti melodico-ritmici, fino a raggiungere una serie di otto brani. La musica possiede una naturale comunicativa, frutto ...

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Michael Attias: Credo

Read "Credo" reviewed by Francis Lo Kee


Saxophonist Michael Attias has played a bunch of gigs as a sideman with some well known musicians over the years, but recently he has started to make releases as a leader. His singular effort Credo, recorded in 1999, is finally seeing the light of day. The music has a joyous positive energy from the opening title track. The written material is intelligent and sophisticated without being bloated and pretentious. Mark Taylor (French horn) solos first and leads ...

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Michael Attias: Renku

Read "Renku" reviewed by Celeste Sunderland


Individual strengths can sometimes be overlooked in a musical group. The eternal quest for that momentous sound that occurs when the right guys play the right stuff at the right time can often overshadow the importance of the unique parts within the greater structure. Renku, saxophonist Michael Attias' two-year-old trio with bassist John Hebert and drummer Satoshi Takeishi, just released its eponymous debut disc, whose greatest strength lies within the singular ability of each player.Composed mostly by Attias, ...


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