Jazz Articles about Sean Carpio

About Sean Carpio

Album Review

Formed in 2015, Bog Bodies is an international trio comprising tenor saxophonist Robert Stillman, guitarist Anders Holst and drummer Sean Carpio. The band moves freely between the composed and the improvised, the abstract and the figurative, and the acoustic and the electronic. Is it jazz? Is it La Monte Young-inspired drone? Is it noise? Is it Eivind Aarset-esque dreamscape? Take your pick(s). Recorded in 2019, Bog Bodies is the band's second album, following Sligo (Migro, 2017). Gritty ...

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Matthew Halpin: Agreements

Read "Agreements" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
July 11, 2021

Irish tenor saxophonist Matthew Halpin has waited for his moment to strike with his debut CD as leader, having graduated from Berklee College of Music as long ago as 2013. Not that he has been coasting; since relocating to Germany, Halpin has recorded with The Owl Ones and Last Chance Dance, just two of half-a-dozen ongoing projects at the cutting edge of contemporary music. On Agreements Halpin surrounds himself with some of his closest collaborators from his various groups, to ...

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White Rocket: White Rocket

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 7, 2009

Vi è da anni a Dublino una scena improvvisativa underground assai vivace e promettente che ha deciso di riunirsi in un progetto denominato Bottlenote, una sorta di collettivo che organizza concerti, promuove incontri, fornisce informazioni, produce dischi attraverso l'etichetta associata Diatribe. Da Bottlenote sono usciti gruppi come il pluripremiato Trihornophone, avanguardia che incontra la musica folk, come Zoid Ensemble, dieci musicisti che fanno convivere i loro strumenti acustici con il software Max/MSP del leader Daniel Jacobson, e White Rocket. Dove ...