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Scott Tixier: Cosmic Adventure

Read "Cosmic Adventure" reviewed by Luca Muchetti

by Luca Muchetti
February 8, 2017

C'era un violino in un paese lontano lontano. Ha davvero il sapore di una scorribanda stellare l'album del violinista statunitense Scott Tixier. In un album che scorre via veloce con rara piacevolezza il musicista francese, a quattro anni dal debutto di Brooklyn Bazaar, condensa in 46 minuti il meglio della sua estetica più recente fra ritmi e sonorità che attingono a piene mani dalle grandi tradizioni delle musiche tradizionali di mezzo mondo, con un orecchio puntato in modo particolare sull'Europa. ...

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Scott Tixier: Cosmic Adventure

Read "Cosmic Adventure" reviewed by James Nadal

by James Nadal
August 16, 2016

If there is a French connection in contemporary jazz, it might arguably be the violin. Though the instruments role was explored by American pioneering ensembles, the French players added an innovative approach to improvisation, incorporating more of the European influence. Heralded as a violin trendsetter for the current generation, French wunderkind Scott Tixier returns four years after his debut “Brooklyn Bazaar" (Sunnyside 2012), with Cosmic Adventure, a celebration into the mystical nature of life. Acknowledged as a prodigious ...

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Scott Tixier: Brooklyn Bazaar

Read "Brooklyn Bazaar" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
May 16, 2012

Violinist Scott Tixier is like a young fledgling poised to take off. This is a wondrous sight: arms (the wings) painfully outstretched, neck and, indeed, the whole body arched and on tip-toes, his bow swinging wildly as he flies off into the azure unknown. He is awkward at first; then sure that he will soar and swoop and soar again, he is off on a spectacular and fanciful flight, following in the updraft of those who flew before him: Don ...