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Samo Salamon Ra Kalam Bob Moses Orchestra: Dream Suites vol. 1

Samo Salamon Ra Kalam Bob Moses Orchestra: Dream Suites vol. 1
Basta scorrere i nomi dei musicisti coinvolti nell'operazione per capire di quale rappresentatività per una data scena della più creativa e verace attualità jazzistica "unga" questo assolutamente notevole album cofirmato dal chitarrista sloveno Samo Salamon e dal batterista newyorchese Bob Moses. Lo compongono tre soli ampi brani (dai tredici minuti alla mezz'ora appena scarsa) incisi nel novembre 2023 e fondati sulla pratica della libera improvvisazione (non si parla neppure di conduction, in questo caso), raggiungendo una dimensione formale assolutamente invidiabile, illuminata oltre tutto da solisti di straordinario talento e inventiva, ora presenti nell'intero album (tredici), in altri casi solo in uno o due dei suoi episodi.

Il risultato finale, come detto, è assolutamente notevole, vitale, mai ripetitivo o comunque prolisso, verboso o sterilmente accademico, vacuamente cerebrale o spocchioso. Qui no: tutto procede alla grande, con continui micro-episodi che danno spolvero alle tre suites del titolo, mettendo in luce ora l'uno ora l'altro solista (spesso in vivifica combutta fra loro) senza che sia necessario (né utile, né—in fondo—corretto) evidenziare questo o quell'apporto rispetto ad altri.

Per chi ama un jazz non supino ma neppure proteso in troppo avventurosi voli pindarici (che non di rado lasciano il tempo che trovano), un'autentica manna dal cielo.

Album della settimana.

Track Listing

Drums Suite; Djembe Suite; Freedom March Suite.

Personnel

Samo Salamon
guitar, electric
Dave Ballou
trumpet
Tom Varner
french horn
Ben Goldberg
clarinet
Adam Kolker
woodwinds
Andrew Rathbun
saxophone, tenor
Ned Rothenberg
saxophone
Dan Willis
saxophone
Rez Abbasi
guitar, acoustic
Steve Hunt
keyboards
Tim Daisy
drums
Bob Moses
drums
Additional Instrumentation

Adam Kolker: tenor saxophone, clarinet; Andrew Rathbun: tenor saxophone; Ned Rothenberg: alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet; Dan Willis: tenor and soprano sax, alto flute, bass clarinet; Rez Abbasi: electric guitar; Matt Pavolka: fretless electric, double bass; Ra Kalam Bob Moses: drums, percussion; Russ Johnson: trumpet (2); Jeb Bishop: trombone, electronics (1); Steve Swell: trombone (1,2); Curtis Hasselbring: trombone (2,3); Chet Doxas: tenor saxophone, clarinet (1,2); Vinny Golia: soprano and alto sax, clarinet (3); Ernst Reijseger: cello (1,3); Jonathan Goldberger: electric guitar (1); Mike Baggetta: acoustic guitar (1,3); Jerome Harris: lap steel guitar (3); Michael Cain: piano (1); Jimmy Haslip: electric bass (3); Chris Lightcap: double bass (2); Eivind Opsvik: double bass (1,3).

Album information

Title: Dream Suites vol. 1 | Year Released: 2025 | Record Label: Samo Records

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