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Rob Mazurek/Emmett Kelly: Alien Flower Sutra
by Karl Ackermann
It's nothing new for Rob Mazurek to travel the road less taken. What's surprising is that he continues to locate so many alternate routes of expression; his creative compass pointing in directions rarely seen by others. Alien Flower Sutra , a (mostly) duo outing with Emmett Kelly, explores yet another artistic set of elements that should be un-relatable but are rendered quite the opposite.The concept for Alien Flower Sutra has been a work in progress for some time ...
Continue ReadingRob Mazurek and Black Cube Sp al Torrione di Ferrara
by Luca Canini
Bologna Jazz Festival Torrione Jazz Club Ferrara 20.11.2015 Fissiamo una data: gennaio 2007. Non che Rob Mazurek fino ad allora si fosse risparmiato in quanto a dischi e collaborazioni (soprattutto sul fronte Chicago Underground), ma è innegabile che il debutto su Thrill Jockey dell'Exploding Star Orchestra, We Are All from Somewhere Else, rappresenta il momento del salto di qualità: da oscuro predicatore e spalla di lusso a pastore di anime e capofila ...
Continue ReadingRob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra: Galactic Parables: Volume 1
by Karl Ackermann
In the past twelve-month period, composer, electronic artist and cornet virtuoso Rob Mazurek has lead on a half-dozen or so different releases. For the most part, each has featured different line ups and formations from solo efforts to large ensembles and each has garnered enough superlatives to tax the thesaurus. And yet again, Mazurek has raised the bar with his most impressive, far reaching and unique collection with the astounding Galactic Parables: Volume 1. Backed by the revolving cohort that ...
Continue ReadingRob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra: Galactic Parables: Volume 1
by Enrico Bettinello
Quello di Galactic Parables: Volume 1 è uno dei progetti più ambiziosi del “cosmo" (il termine è quanto mai pertinente) di Rob Mazurek. Opera complessa e sfaccettata di argomento fantascientifico (i testi sono del poliedrico Damon Locks dei The Eternals), questo lavoro consente alla Exploding Star Orchestra di dare spazio a tutte le sue pazzesche potenzialità. È una musica che ha metabolizzato al meglio la lezione di Sun Ra, questa, smussandone alcune ingenuità visionarie e ...
Continue ReadingRob Mazurek's São Paulo Underground at Jazz Gallery
by Karl Ackermann
Rob Mazurek's São Paulo Underground and Black Cube SP Jazz Gallery New York, NY April 11, 2015 The Jazz Gallery, in NYC's Flatiron District, provided an intimate and unassuming setting for Rob Mazurek's São Paulo Underground and Black Cube SP performance on April 11. The SPU trio, featuring Mazurek on cornet, percussion and electronics, Mauricio Takara on drums, electronics and cavaquinho (a small Portuguese guitar instrument) and Guilherme Granado on keyboard, synthesizer ...
Continue ReadingRob Mazurek: Alternate Moon Cycles
by Karl Ackermann
The first half of the decade has seen cornet virtuoso and composer Rob Mazurek through significant achievements and personal losses, often linked inextricably through his creative processes. In and around the passing of his mentor and colleague, the trumpeter Bill Dixon in 2010 and his mother in 2013, Mazurek has found inspirations that are unique even for an innovator of his caliber. The latter life event was the impetus for two very different collections--Mother Ode (Corbett vs Dempsey, 2014)--a solo, ...
Continue ReadingRob Mazurek and Black Cube SP: Return the Tides: Ascension Suite and Holy Ghost
by Enrico Bettinello
La forte sincerità che si percepisce nella musica di Rob Mazurek (caratteristica che immagino anche chi non ama troppo il cornettista chicagoano faticherà a negargli) è qualcosa che va a volte oltre l'intenzione. È il caso ad esempio del flusso emozionale, catartico, densissimo, di Return the Tides: Ascension Suite and Holy Ghost, disco che il musicista si è trovato a registrare subito dopo la scomparsa della madre Kathleen e che è a tutti gli effetti un visionario ricordo ...
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