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Anthony Braxton: 12 COMP (ZIM) 2017
by Jerome Wilson
There had been just a slow trickle of recordings from Anthony Braxton, but all at once he made up for lost time with two major releases. One is a 13 CD box set of performances of standards. The other is a collection of recordings of original compositions that form part of his latest musical concept, ZIM Music, twelve works that run for a total of more than 11 hours and are released on a single Blu-Ray disc. ZIM ...
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by Mark Corroto
James Joyce, Anthony Braxton, and a music fan walk into a bar. The bartender says, “what is this? Some kind of a joke?" Joyce (okay, he died in 1941 but stay tuned) indicates, “this is no joke, and please send over the sommelier." The three patrons have come to this establishment to discuss Braxton's latest project, his House Of ZIM. Released as a sextet, septet, and nonet (save the quartets for another time) 12 COMP (ZIM) 2017 details eight performances ...
read moreShelley Burgon & Trevor Dunn: Baltimore
by AAJ Italy Staff
La Skirl Records è un'etichetta indipendente nata nella primavera del 2006 per volontà del multistrumentista e compositore Chris Speed [per saperne di più clicca qui], al fine di documentare la scena più creativa di Brooklyn, colta nel suo crogiuolo di generi e di stili. Ne sono usciti, così, prodotti che si differenziano notevolmente dalle logiche del mercato discografico, sia dal punto di vista del contenuto musicale che del packaging. Naturalmente non sfugge alla regola nemmeno Baltimore, quinto titolo della label ...
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