Jazz Articles about Simon Hanes

About Simon Hanes

Album Review

Two quotes come to mind in the wake of Simon Hanes' Gargantua. The first is from Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction: “Camera got them images / Camera got them all / Nothing's shocking... “ The second, often attributed to William S. Burroughs: “Nothing is true, everything is permitted." Taken together, they suggest a world where boundaries dissolve and meaning becomes fluid. Hanes both affirms and challenges that premise in this sprawling, provocative work. Gargantua is written for an ...

Album Review

Simon Hanes: Gargantua

Read "Gargantua" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero
May 25, 2026

Tre batterie, tre bassi elettrici, tre tromboni, tre corni francesi e tre voci, questo l'ensemble che mette in scena Gargantua, album proveniente dalla sempre più benemerita Pyroclastic Records. Inusuale, sorprendente, bizzarra strumentazione? Niente affatto, se in cabina di regia siede Simon Hanes, visionario artista, californiano di nascita ma residente a Brooklyn, che miscela le più disparate suggestioni musicali--siano esse polifonie rinascimentali, hard rock, noise, minimalismo, avant jazz, o colonne sonore italiane anni sessanta/settanta--con sorprendente nonchalance e altrettanto sorprendenti risultati.

Radio & Podcasts

A Few Of My Favorite 2025 Jazz Things (So Far), Part 3

by Ludovico Granvassu
July 26, 2025

Our retrospective of the finest jazz tracks from the first half of 2025 continues, here with a heap of cinematic tracks, electro-acoustic projects and fresh insights in the European scene.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Calibro 35 “Lunedì cinema" Exploration (Record Kicks) Host talks 2:11 Simon Hanes “Aimer Colombophiler" Aimer Perdre (Bordello a Parigi) 3:17 Host talks 6:43 Lucia Cadotsch “Bloody Breakup" Doest It Make You Love Your ...

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Simon Hanes: Aimer Colombophiler

by Ludovico Granvassu
July 6, 2025

Simon Hanes is a musical omnivore with a penchant for Italian movie soundtracks from the '60s and '70s. He typically channels his cinematic flair through the New York-based soundtrack pop ensemble Tredici Bacci, but it was only a matter of time before he composed a score for a full-length film. Aimer Perdre, an offbeat romantic comedy by the Guit Brothers about a compulsive gambler and her escapades--both in gambling and in love--offers the perfect showcase for the many facets of ...