Jazz Articles about Rob Mazurek

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Rob Mazurek: Milan

by Alberto Bazzurro
July 16, 2024

Inciso in presa diretta a Radio Popolare il 25 settembre 2023, questo singolare album esprime l'anima multiforme, anche vorace (e a volte un po' dispersiva), di Rob Mazurek, impegnato su un'autentica selva di strumenti, cosa del resto in lui non così rara (si ascolti per esempio il più o meno coevo Medea, inciso in coppia con Gabriele Mitelli). La natura totalmente improvvisata dell'opera (ma con strutture messe a punto all'impronta che denotano un intento narrativo/evolutivo/espositivo piuttosto chiaro, palpabile) ...

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Rob Mazurek: Milan

by Glenn Astarita
July 6, 2024

Rob Mazurek has long been hailed as an innovator in the realm of avant-garde jazz, his interdisciplinary, abstract journey taking him through projects like Exploding Star Orchestra, Chicago Underground Duo, São Paulo Underground, and Black Cube SP. These ventures display his innovative approach to music, pushing the envelope and challenging conventions. Unfortunately, Milan, does not reach the heights of his earlier projects, often feeling more like a collection of exploratory sketches than a polished artistic statement. The solo ...

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Rob Mazurek Galactic Percussion Unit at Centro d'Arte

by Luciano Rossetti
May 15, 2024

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Novara Jazz 2023

by Luciano Rossetti
July 13, 2023

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NovaraJazz 2023

by Libero Farnè
June 15, 2023

NovaraJazz 2023 Novara, varie sedi 1--11.06.2023 “Abbiamo ormai alle spalle vent'anni di passione con l'amico e socio Riccardo Cigolotti, accanto a tanti che hanno legato un pezzo della loro vita a questa piccola grande avventura. Il nostro punto di partenza è sempre stato lavorare su Novara e sulla sua comunità con progetti nuovi e poco presenti in Italia, convinti che un territorio possa trarre beneficio dagli stimoli culturali e da un forte marketing territoriale." ...

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Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra: Lightning Dreamers

by Mark Corroto
March 4, 2023

The similarities between Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra and Sun Ra's Arkestra are numerous. Both leaders travel the spaceways via the technologies available in their time, applied through dynamic rhythm and pulse. For Ra, his sound began when he was an apprentice in Fletcher Henderson's band in the 1940s, and Mazurek's 1990s work revolved around Isotope 217 and the various Chicago Underground (and later São Paulo Underground) ensembles. Both bandleaders were composers of their time, nonetheless they always create music ...

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Skopje Jazz Festival 2022

by Ziga Koritnik
December 8, 2022

A collection of photos from the Skopje Jazz Festival 2022 in Skopje, North Macedonia from October 13, 2022 to October 16, 2022 featuring Thumbscrew with Mary Halvorson, Michael Formanek, Tomas Fujiwara, Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra with Fame's Chamber Orchestra Angelica Sanchez, Pasquale Mirra, Josh Abrams, Chad Taylor, Mauricio Takara, Damon Locks, Hamid Drake's Turiya: Honoring Alice Coltrane, Ndoho Ange, Susana Santos Silva, Jan Bang, Jamie Saft, Pasquale Mirra, Joshua Abrams, Abacaxi with Julien Desprez, Jean Francois Riffaud, Francesco Pastacaldi, ...