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Shoko Nagai, Maryanne de Prophetis, Ron Horton, Stomu Takeishi: FIDOqrtet

Read "FIDOqrtet" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro

Album di improvvisazione senza rete, questo del FIDOqrtet, che in realtà agisce come tale solo in quattro degli undici brani complessivi, scindendosi negli altri sette in diversi abbinamenti: senza la voce in altri quattro ("Rayo de luna," “Tsuru," “Terramoto" e “Morning"), senza al tromba in “La Coyote," in duo rispettivamente piano/batteria e tromba/batteria in “Waking" e “Flow In." Il risultato è un album inciso in più sedute fra il 2015 e il 2016 (il gruppo è attivo ...

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Thiefs: Thiefs

Read "Thiefs" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Dopo essere stato abbastanza presente nelle vicende concertistiche italiche di qualche anno fa [specialmente nel quartetto di David S. Ware e in alcuni progetti di Matthew Shipp], del batterista Guillermo E. Brown si erano un po' perse le tracce. Lo ritroviamo volentieri in questo trio con il bassista Keith Witty e il sassofonista francese Christophe Panzani, formazione favorita dal programma culturale French- American Jazz Exchange e che definisce la propria musica un “imbastardimento jazz grammaticalmente incoerente". Il linguaggio dei Thiefs ...

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Take Five With Shoko Nagai

Read "Take Five With Shoko Nagai" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Meet Shoko Nagai: Born in Nagoya, Japan, composer and pianist Shoko Nagai has been evolving as a professional musician for fifteen years. In Boston, she received a full scholarship at Berklee College of Music. In 1999 she moved to New York City and quickly established herself in the downtown jazz scene performing with musicians such as John Zorn, Rasheid Ali, Buch Morris,Tom Rainy, Cuong Vu, Matana Roberts, Ikue Mori, Satoshi Takeishi, Guillermo Brown, Miho Hatori (Cibo Matto), Tomas Fujiwara and ...

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