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Steven Bernstein: ResoNation Trio/Ultra Resonance
by Glenn Astarita
Steven Bernstein has never been a musician content to remain in one room for long. The co-founder of Sexmob and architect of the Millennial Territory Orchestra has spent three decades proving that the trumpet is capable of almost anything, including, it seems, taking a vacation from the slide. ResoNation Trio marks a rare occasion where Bernstein sets aside his signature slide trumpet and performs exclusively on the valve instrument, reminding listeners that he had a first language before inventing a ...
Continue ReadingSteven Bernstein, Scotty Hard: ResoNation Trio/Ultra Resonance
by Alberto Bazzurro
Un CD di 77:42 che di fatto ne racchiude due. Ecco la nuova offerta-sfida, come (quasi) sempre originale e in questo caso specifico anche piuttosto inattesa, di Steven Bernstein: due diversi organici (il secondo semplicemente aumentato di due elementi, ma con quale cambio di prospettiva), due titoli, due copertine, due filosofie diverse (anche se per più versi complementari). Il ResoNation Trio, protagonista dei primi dieci brani, agisce in un perimetro strettamente acustico, però con quale originalità, quale gusto ...
Continue ReadingSteven Bernstein: ResoNation Trio/Ultra Resonance
by Doug Collette
Rightfully described as a thinking (wo)man's jazz musician, trumpeter-composer-bandleader Steven Bernstein makes deeply cerebral music no matter whether with his own ensembles such as Sex Mob and Millennial Territory Orchestra or in heady collaborations with other artists such The Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey (see Race Riot Suite (Royal Potato Family, 2011)). In fact, the products of his imagination resound with such visceral force that those creations render an impact comparable to his membership in Levon Helm's Midnight Ramble ...
Continue ReadingPeter Erskine: Peregrine
by Jack Bowers
Drummer Peter Erskine, who began his productive career with the Stan Kenton Orchestra in the last century, is a master craftsman who is comfortably at home in groups large or small. Along the way, he has recorded more than forty-five albums as leader or co-leader of various ensembles, always embracing his assignment with proficiency and taste. On Peregrine, Erskine is in a trio setting with a pair of gifted colleagues, pianist Alan Pasqua and bassist Scott Colley, performing ...
Continue ReadingWolfgang Muthspiel: Tokyo
by Doug Collette
Even a mere cursory perusal of Wolfgang Muthspiel's discography reveals how his playing has evolved over the years, populating a body of work that is roundly eclectic, but nonetheless focused. That very summary might well also apply to this third outing with the aforementioned high-profile rhythm section of bassist Scott Colley and drummer Brian Blade (ECM, 2023) because on Tokyo, the Austrian guitarist sounds as liberated as in this combo context as on Angular Blues (ECM Records, 2020) and Dance ...
Continue ReadingScott Colley, Edward Simon, Brian Blade: Three Visitors
by Angelo Leonardi
È un disco che lascia il segno questo variopinto ritorno di Scott Colley, Edward Simon e Brian Blade con ospiti di rilievo come Chris Potter e Becca Stevens. Ricordiamo che il trio ha debuttato più di un decennio fa, quando incise a nome di Simon Steel House per la ArtistShare. Negli anni passati i tre hanno fatto parte del quartetto di David Binney (ricordiamo Océanos e Afinidad) e svolto separate esperienze in altri contesti (Adam Rogers, Benjamin Koppel). ...
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Franco Ambrosetti: Sweet Caress
by Alberto Bazzurro
Il rapporto fra jazz e archi è sempre stato piuttosto tormentato. A ottant'anni suonati (è nato nel dicembre 1941 e l'incisione data dicembre 2023, quindi 82 giusti giusti) ci casca anche un musicista glorioso come Franco Ambrosetti, che confeziona un album che verrebbe quasi da definire “pomicioso" (fin dal titolo), a dispetto dei musicisti coinvolti nella band in quanto tale (string orchestra esclusa, quindi). Otto i brani, per metà del trombettista (qui flicornista) ticinese, che suona ovunque benissimo, ...
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