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Alex Chadsey: Invocation
by Paul Rauch
The fourth album from the trio Duende Libre is entitled Invocation, the act of summoning a deity or the supernatural. The band's name itself is rooted in flamenco culture, a term of great emotion that identifies a magical quality in an artist. The concept was famously theorized by Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca, identifying elements that quantify this conception--irrationality, earthiness, a heightened awareness of death, and a touch of the diabolical. It is both a gift and a burden, a ...
Continue ReadingFrancesco Crosara: Circular Motion
by David Adler
"I refuse to be labeled a 'straight-ahead' player or a 'fusion' player," says Italian-born, Seattle-based pianist Francesco Crosara. It's a sentiment widely shared by jazz musicians, though they follow many different roads to get to that place. Crosara, for his part, plays both acoustic piano and Yamaha MODX-8 synthesizer on this absorbing, varied program of original music for three different trio lineups, two of them with electric bass. He cites the influence of Chick Corea, a mentor and family friend ...
Continue ReadingDuende Libre: The Dance She Spoke
by Paul Rauch
It has often been said that art is all about risk, and there certainly is a lot of truth to that statement. There is no greater forum in modern art for risk than jazz music, the degree of that factor being multiplied exponentially when linking or fusing it with other musical styles. In the case of the Seattle based band Duende Libre, that leap of faith takes them to exploring world music forms through the lens of modern jazz. On ...
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Ahmadish
From: InvocationBy Farko Dosumov
Julia's Tango
From: Circular MotionBy Farko Dosumov
Preludio Flamenco
From: Circular MotionBy Farko Dosumov
