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Pascal Niggenkemper: Upcoming Hurricane

Read "Upcoming Hurricane" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 6, 2011

Upcoming Hurricane, l'uragano che sta arrivando, è quello che prende forma dalle dita, dalle mani e dai piedi di Pascal Niggenkemper, Simon Nabatov, Gerald Clever. “Pusteblume" è l'attesa. L'archetto manovrato da Niggenkemper sfrega le corde del contrabbasso, stridori e dissonanze vagano per l'aria alimentando una tensione sottile ma palpabile. Nubi minacciose all'orizzonte, la calma apparente, i silenzi che si intrufolano tra le corde, sparuti trilli acuti e acuminati provenienti dal pianoforte di Nabatov preannunciano un cambiamento imminente e devastante. Che ...

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Album Review

Pascal Niggenkemper: Upcoming Hurricane

Read "Upcoming Hurricane" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
November 24, 2011

Free jazz trios require an instigator--someone who will incite others to action, counteraction, or response. With the trio of double bassist Pascal Niggenkemper, Simon Nabatov, and Gerald Cleaver, there are three such instigators, and on Upcoming Hurricane, these the three musicians collaborate to create nearly a perfect storm.A relative newcomer, German-born Niggenkemper invited the two veterans for this improvisation session, and as such, he is the architect of these tracks. Certainly, his bass stands up as an equal ...