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The Urge Trio: Live at the Hungry Brain

Read "Live at the Hungry Brain" reviewed by Nicola Negri

by Nicola Negri
March 31, 2017

Tomeka Reid e Keefe Jackson sono tra i protagonisti emersi dalla nuova scena jazz di Chicago, molto giovani ma già esperti collaboratori in una miriade di progetti importanti e loro stessi leader in ascesa. Insieme allo svizzero Christoph Erb, musicista altrettanto interessante attivo tra Europa e USA, formano lo Urge Trio, il cui nuovo disco esce per la Veto Records, etichetta gestita dallo stesso Erb. Live at the Hungry Brain, registrato a Chicago nel 2015, documenta un incontro ...

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The Urge Trio: Live in Toledo

Read "Live in Toledo" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
March 23, 2015

Swiss reedman and noted improviser Christopher Erb performs with likeminded Chicago cohorts, cellist Tomeka Reid and reedman Keefe Jackson, captured during the final gig of their 2013 US tour at the Robinwood Concert House in Toledo, OH. Hence, they vibrantly interact and create a predominately stark or perhaps naked soundscape, devised on minimalism, pathos, probing dialogues and bizarre manipulations of their respective instruments. Reid often operates at the mid-point, as Jackson and Erb toggle between bass clarinet and ...