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Eri Yamamoto, Choral Chameleon: Goshu Ondo Suite
by Alberto Bazzurro
La pianista e compositrice Eri Yamamoto, quarantotto anni all'epoca dell'incisione in oggetto (novembre 2018), equamente divisi fra il nativo Giappone (Osaka) e l'adottiva New York, persegue in questo ambizioso lavoro un'ideale compenetrazione fra universo jazzistico, classico e popolare. Non si tratta di un'operazione particolarmente nuova (in più di un frangente il tono ricorda per esempio lo storico It's Time di Max Roach, anno di grazia 1962), ma ciò che conta sono sempre i risultati, che nello specifico sono senz'altro apprezzabili. ...
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by Glenn Astarita
Modern jazz combined with choral vocals has not been in vogue during the genre's varied history. Some notable recordings such as drummer Max Roach's It's Time (Impulse, 1962) and trumpeter Donald Byrd's melding of jazz with spiritual vocals on A New Perspective (Blue Note, 1964) were prolific outings of this ilk. And on Byrd's album, the piece titled “Cristo Redentor" received a fair amount of jazz radio play for decades. But New York-based pianist Eri Yamamoto's new venture, featuring a ...
read moreComposer/Multi-instrumentalist Rob Mosher Commissioned To Write New Music For Choral Chameleon – Winner Of 2015 Chorus America/ASCAP Award For Adventurous Programming
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Ann Braithwaite
Premiering Saturday, May 16 and Thursday, May 21 at Acme Studio, Williamsburg Choral Chameleon, winner of the 2015 Chorus America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, will premiere new music commissioned from composer/multi-instrumentalist Rob Mosher at Storytime: Part Two the final concert of its 2014-2015 season. The concert takes place at 8 p.m. on Saturday, May 16 and Thursday, May 21 at Acme Studio, 63 N. 3rd Street, between Wythe & Kent, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Tickets are $28 online at choralchameleon.com, $35 on ...
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