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Things of This Nature: Things of This Nature
by Alberto Bazzurro
Quartetto pianoless, come si dice, quello che firma questo album, che rivela immediatamente il pregio--la caratteristica, se vogliamo--di rifarsi a un jazz ampiamente storicizzato, però sapendo attualizzarlo attraverso tutta una serie di elementi. Il sound, in effetti, è quello di molti gruppi degli ultimi anni (forse decenni), un sound che predilige la progressione corale, entro un'architettura complessiva in cui l'uscita del singolo (non di rado anche dei due fiati insieme, come accade nel turbolento “How Does It Sound Now," dove ...
Continue ReadingThings Of This Nature: Things Of This Nature
by Glenn Astarita
Caylie Davis grew up in Eugene, Oregon, playing trumpet in a town not exactly known for avant-garde-leaning jazz before making her way to New York to enroll at the Manhattan School of Music. There, she studied under Ingrid Jensen, Nadje Noordhuis and Jon Faddis--three players who, between them, cover a wide stylistic range. Davis casts an even broader net. Booker Little and Maurice Ravel both factor into how she thinks about sound, while the human voice remains just as central to ...
Continue ReadingJazz Geggie Series Presents Padovani, Trudel and Mazza
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Michael Ricci
The National Arts Centre is pleased to announce the Fourth Stage 10th season with the return of the critically acclaimed Geggie Series. The first concert of the season will be presented in collaboration with the Embassy of France and the Alliance Franaise on Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 8pm. The concert will have a transatlantic flavour with the presence of French saxophonist Jean-Marc Padovani, pianist Marianne Trudel and drummer/percussionist Aldo Mazza, both from Montreal. Explains John Geggie 'I am thrilled ...
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