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Serge Rogalski: This Is Not a Blues

Read "This Is Not a Blues" reviewed by Sue Yang

by Sue Yang

A title can sometimes work like a trapdoor. This Is Not a Blues begins by denying a form that never quite disappears. Serge Rogalski's live studio EP does not play blues in any conventional sense, but the blues remains present as residue: in the bent pressure of the guitar, in the blunt force of repeated figures, in the bodily insistence of pulse, and in the refusal to let abstraction become weightless. The title is therefore less a disclaimer than a ...

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The Angelica Sanchez Nonet: Nighttime Creatures

Read "Nighttime Creatures" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi

Pubblicato dalla Pyroclastic Records, Nighttime Creatures è il magistrale debutto del nonet della pianista Angelica Sanchez, organico che riunisce alcuni protagonisti della scene musicali di New York, Los Angeles e San Francisco: i sassofonisti Chris Speed e Michael Attias, il clarinettista Ben Goldberg, il cornettista Kenny Warren, il trombettista Thomas Heberer, il chitarrista Omar Tamez, il contrabbassista John Hébert e il batterista Sam Ospovat. Trasferitasi nel 1994 a New York da Phoenix (Arizona), Angelica è parte dell'Exploding ...

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Brandon Seabrook: Die Trommel Fatale

Read "Die Trommel Fatale" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero

Brandon Seabrook è personaggio che non passa inosservato. Che metta la sua arte al servizio di gruppi altrui o scenda in campo con la sua musica il marchio di fabbrica è impresso a fuoco nelle corde degli strumenti utilizzati. Chitarra e banjo si trasformano nelle sue mani in carboni ardenti che danno fuoco a tutto quello che incontrano, che spiazzano, destabilizzano, demoliscono, ricompongono. Se il Seabrook Power Plant -con due splendidi CD all'attivo -è la formazione che marca il territorio, ...

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Ton Trio: The Way

Read "The Way" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Tasting just one slice of the musical pie that is Aram Shelton, one finds him in his Bay area trio with bassist Kurt Kotheimer and drummer Sam Ospovat. His Ton Trio makes a jazz sound reminiscent of a '60s venture into The New Thing, yet favors a very melodic writing.The saxophonist gained fame in Chicago in groups including Dragons 1976, Arrive, Grey Ghost, Fast Citizens, and Rapid Croche. His California music has been found in the bands Flockterkit, ...

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