Jazz Articles about Ned Rothenberg

Ned Rothenberg: World of Odd Harmonics

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 3, 2012

Di Ned Rothenberg sappiamo - o almeno dovremmo sapere - molto: che da una trentina d'anni (e da venti sotto gli occhi di tutti) è uno dei più avidi e intelligenti sperimentatori di area jazzistica (pur in senso lato), che è strumentista sopraffino, in possesso di una marcata identità, che alla pratica del solo si dedica con regolarità e rigore ferreo. Tutto ciò, se ce ne fosse bisogno, ci è rammentato a chiare lettere da questo notevole album, in cui ...

Ned Rothenberg: Ryu Nashi / No School

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 25, 2010

Disco strano e fascinoso, questo, in cui Ned Rothenberg, da sempre attratto da soluzioni non convenzionali, affronta il pianeta-shakuhachi, il flauto diritto di tradizione giapponese di cui esistono dieci modelli (più esattamente “taglie"), variabili dai 39 ai 91 centimetri di lunghezza. Qui i tre solisti che vi si misurano ne affrontano quattro (1.8, 1.9, 2.4 e 2.7), esplorandoli sia in solitaria che in abbinamenti che non superano mai le due unità. Alla prima tipologia appartengono il primo e il quarto ...

Ned Rothenberg / Catherine Jauniaux / Barre Phillips: While You Were Out

by Nic Jones
February 17, 2010

One of the most consistently intriguing things about freely improvised music is the degree to which it can transcend the moment. While on the surface of it that moment might be something the free improviser has only to reach an accommodation with, on a deeper level such practitioners are arguably more subject to its vagaries than musicians who work in more deliberate and preconceived areas.

This is an indirect way of getting around to the fact that While You Were ...

Ned Rothenberg / Catherine Jauniaux / Barre Phillips: While You Were Out

by Kurt Gottschalk
January 11, 2010

Belgian vocalist Catherine Jauniaux is one the most underappreciated of a generation of free improv vocalists. Less a storyteller than Shelley Hirsch, more overtly musical than Phil Minton or Jaap Blonk, she falls somewhere between their spontaneous explorations and the avant art songs of Joan La Barbara. She has released only a handful of records with bands still loved by the few who recall (The Hat Shoes, Aksak Maboul and Vibraslaps, her duo with Ikue Mori) and is, perhaps, best ...

Ned Rothenberg

by Sean Patrick Fitzell
December 4, 2008

Twisting alto and tenor saxophone lines gradually coalesced then dispersed, tacking between consonance and dissonance as Ned Rothenberg and Evan Parker launched their recent duo gig at Issue Project Room. Long circular-breathed patterns were punctuated with overblown tones before the two exchanged almost bluesy lines, complementing and responding in a taut dialogue of fluent masters. “This sonic vocabulary had more potential than just a set of techniques--there was really a music there," says Rothenberg, recalling the first time ...

Ned Rothenberg's Sync with Strings: Inner Diaspora

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 28, 2007

Invitato da John Zorn a realizzare un disco per la Radical Jewish Culture Series della sua etichetta Tzadik, Ned Rothenberg ci ha messo un po' di tempo prima di accettare: chi conosca un po' la figura, umana oltreché musicale del polistrumentista, sa bene quanto le formule gli vadano strette e quanto la riflessione sul fare musica diventi parte integrante dello stesso gesto creativo. Nessuno stupore dunque che Inner Diaspora non si adegui al “filone" new-klezmer e sia invece l'esito di ...

Ned Rothenberg's Sync Live at Tonic

by Sean Patrick Fitzell
March 18, 2007

Ned Rothenberg's SyncTonicNew York, New York February 8, 2007

When musician-producer John Zorn proposed recording for his Tzadik label's Radical Jewish Culture series, multi-reedist Ned Rothenberg was hesitant at first. Not one to force inspiration, he let the idea marinate for several years. It surfaced as he composed for a planned incorporation of cellist Erik Friedlander and violinist Mark Feldman with his trio Sync, which includes bassist/guitarist Jerome Harris and tablaist Samir Chatterjee in addition to ...