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Clay Wulbrecht: The Clockmaster
by Jack Bowers
Composer and pianist Clay Wulbrecht's new album, Clockmaster, has a sound and cadence all its own. The sound is produced using various blends of instruments, plus reverb, electronics and perhaps other special effects, while the rhythms flow naturally from their pop, rock, blues, R&B and funk roots into Wulbrecht's imaginative hands. The question is, to what extent is jazz a part of Wulbrecht's blueprint? Even though the harmonic substratum often suggests a jazz-like patina, there is on ...
Continue ReadingRamiro Flores: Saxman in Motion
by Eric Benson
“Playing standards, to me, seems a little empty. I have a lot of fun playing them, but it seems to me a little infertile. I think there are a lot of other things to do that are much more interesting," said Ramiro Flores, the 30-year-old saxophonist who has quickly become one of the most lauded players on the Buenos Aires scene--winning the 80 Mundos competition in 2006, and the newspaper Clarín's “Revelation in Jazz" prize in 2007. It's not that ...
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