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Ran Blake: Vilnius Noir

Read "Vilnius Noir" reviewed by John Sharpe


Although recorded in concert in a church in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius Noir has the feel of eavesdropping on a late night conversation between two old friends who don't need to say very much for the other to grasp the intended meaning. Although guitarist David “Knife" Fabris hails from a different generation than pianist composer Ran Blake, they share a sophisticated approach to the material at hand in this set of duos and solos. They met at the New England ...

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Ran Blake - Dominique Eade: Whirlpool

Read "Whirlpool" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Già allieva di Ran Blake al New England Conservatory, Dominique Eade giunge a quest'incisione dopo due decenni di carriera professionale, in cui ha dato ampiamente prova delle sue doti, collaborando e incidendo con prestigiosi musicisti. Il suo primo disco risale al 1990 (The Ruby And The Pearl) e la vedeva assieme al batterista Alan Dawson e al pianista Stanley Cowell. Da allora ha pubblicato altri quattro CD (My Resistance Is Low, When the Wind Was Cool, Long Way Home e ...

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Ran Blake: Grey December. Live In Rome.

Read "Grey December. Live In Rome." reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Il primo vero album dal vivo di Ran Blake, dopo mezzo secolo di carriera. Negli ultimi quattro anni la Casa del Jazz di Roma, su iniziativa di Luciano Linzi, ha invitato Blake due volte: la prima in duo con il chitarrista Dave Fabris (2007), la seconda da solo al pianoforte (2010). E' quest'ultima ad essere documentata, con il CD edito dalla Tompkins Square. Che forse non è all'altezza dei precedenti All That Is Tied e Driftwoods, ma conferma comunque un ...

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Ran Blake: That Certain Feeling (George Gershwin Songbook)

Read "That Certain Feeling (George Gershwin Songbook)" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Non verrebbe spontaneo associare il nome di George Gershwin a quello di Ran Blake o di Steve Lacy, così come a quello del tenorsassofonista Ricky Ford, protagonisti di questo disco. Per fortuna! Nessun rischio di maniera né di consunte scorribande soliste sopra i giri armonici più abusati del jazz: in queste registrazioni del 1990, ora nuovamente ristampate, i tre musicisti filtrano la musica di Gershwin attraverso la propria sensibilità, ri/costruendola in architetture dagli spazi variabili che ne svelano le geometrie ...

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Ran Blake - Sara Serpa: Camera Obscura

Read "Camera Obscura" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Negli ultimi anni la figura della cantante portoghese Sara Serpa ha iniziato a farsi apprezzare al di fuori della fervida (ma ancora poco nota) scena jazzistica di Lisbona. Il recente ingresso nel gruppo di Greg Osby (con cui ha inciso il recente 9 Levels) e la pubblicazione di quest'incontro con Ran Blake, inciso a Brooklyn nel dicembre 2009, incrementeranno di molto la sua notorietà. Trent'anni, viso e timbro vocale di adolescente, Sara ha acquisito doti espressive sofisticate in un decennio ...

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Ran Blake / Christine Correa: Out of the Shadows

Read "Out of the Shadows" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose


The spectacular second coupling of pianist Ran Blake and vocalist Christine Correa, Out of the Shadows is one of the most extraordinary albums of 2010. Both are wonderful storytellers in their own right. Music appears to flow and gush and foam through Blake's body, breaking in waves from his hands and fingertips as they flutter and fly and splash across the keyboard of the piano. As this happens, each note and phrase and metaphor tells a story like a film ...

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Ran Blake & Anthony Braxton: A Memory Of Vienna

Read "A Memory Of Vienna" reviewed by Troy Collins


On November 19, 1988, a few days before the Cool Noir music festival in Vienna, composer Franz Koglmann finished recording Orte Der Geometrie (Hatart) with his Pipetet a couple hours earlier than expected. A number of high profile artists and musicians were in attendance for the festival, so efforts were made to utilize the remaining pre-paid studio time. Pianist Ran Blake was on hand, as a special guest of the Pipetet, and composer/multi-instrumentalist Anthony Braxton had just stopped by the ...


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