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Amir ElSaffar River of Sound Orchestra: The Other Shore
by Neri Pollastri
Secondo disco per la Rivers of Sound Orchestra, ensemble creato nel 2015 da Amir ElSaffar con il preciso intento di esplorare in modo originale le culture musicali delle sue origini. ElSaffar è infatti nato negli Stati Uniti da madre statunitense e padre di origini irachene; avvicinatosi precocemente alla musica, ha coltivato quella jazzistica dalla discoteca paterna e quella classica dalle frequentazioni della madre; musicista dalle collaborazioni di altissimo livello--tra gli altri Cecil Taylor e Vijay Iyer--solo da adulto si è ...
Continue ReadingJon Irabagon: Rising Sun
by Mike Jurkovic
Since his days with bassist Moppa Elliot's maddeningly inventive Mostly Other People Do the Killing, first-generation Filipino-American saxophonist Jon Irabagon has seemed to be on the periphery of the larger jazz world looking in. His big surging tone instantly and reverently recalls late era John Coltrane and has been associated with fellow adventurers Dave Douglas, Ralph Alessi, and a host of guitarist Mary Halvorson's musical configurations. With Rising Sun Irabagon sets his sights on getting his sound and vision out ...
Continue ReadingMeditations on Crime, Miles Okazaki, Kurt Elling, Maggie Jean Martin
by Ludovico Granvassu
A mystery project bearing the DNA of the late Hal Willner and Sun Ra, a project inspired by the poetry of that same Herman Poole Blount, tributes to Carla Bley and Lars Gullin, saxophonists on the rise, and a teenage sensation.Happy listening!PlaylistBen Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Meditations on Crime, King Khan, Sun Ra Arkestra “We the People of the Myths" We the People of the Myths—Single (Anti-Fragile Music) 0:16 ...
Continue ReadingMiles Okazaki, Fred Moten, Billy Mohler & We Free Strings
by Maurice Hogue
New releases sampled come from guitarist Miles Okazaki & Trickster with the final piece of a trilogy, the unique ensemble We Free Strings, a powerful big band from Austria led by Barbara Bruckmüller, pianist Elias Stemeseder, bassist Billy Mohler's quartet, Swiss saxophonist Fabian Willmann, and poetry and free jazz from the trio of Fred Moten, Brandon Lopez & Gerald Cleaver. There's more poetry/music from Heroes Are Gang Leaders, plus a continued look at Albert Ayler's Revelations: The Complete 1970 Fondation ...
Continue ReadingNew Music From Okazaki, Slepoy, Reisin & Oxman And More
by Bob Osborne
This show features all new releases from across the World of Jazz with albums from Francisco Slepoy, Johnathan Reisin, Keith Oxman, Manongo Mujica, Mike Allemana, Steve Boudreau, Miles Okazaki and Trish Clowes.Playlist Show Intro 00:00 Francisco Slepoy “Chicharra" from Retratos (ears&eyes) 00:49 Johnathan Reisin “Option B" from Option B (Habitable) 06:58 Keith Oxman “The Gojon Jazz Messengers" from This One's For Joey (Capri Records) 13:17 Manongo Mujica “Desierto : Amarillo de Napoles" from Del Cuarto Rojo (Buh Records) ...
Continue ReadingMiles Okazaki: Thisness
by Troy Dostert
A guitarist as freakishly talented as Miles Okazaki demands a listener's full attention. This is the case whether one is parsing his fiendishly complex compositions, or beholding his astonishing technique, or simply taking in all the shifting meters and grooves that permeate his music. From the remarkably ambitious Work (Volumes 1-6), his self-released solo document in 2018 of the complete works of Thelonious Monk, to his recent albums with his Trickster quartet, like Trickster (Pi Recordings, 2017) or The Sky ...
Continue ReadingOhad Talmor Trio: Mise En Place
by Mark Corroto
The cry was heard, “nobody said there was going to be math involved!" Sorry kids, the music heard on saxophonist Ohad Talmor's Mise En Place is in fact related to the abstract science of number, quantity, and space, and this is an upper level course on the intricate. Seven of the nine compositions were penned by the French-born, raised-in-Switzerland, Israeli saxophonist now living in Brooklyn. A student of Lee Konitz and both Hindustani and Brazilian musics, he ...
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