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Steven Bernstein: ResoNation Trio/Ultra Resonance
by Glenn Astarita
Steven Bernstein has never been a musician content to remain in one room for long. The co-founder of Sexmob and architect of the Millennial Territory Orchestra has spent three decades proving that the trumpet is capable of almost anything, including, it seems, taking a vacation from the slide. ResoNation Trio marks a rare occasion where Bernstein sets aside his signature slide trumpet and performs exclusively on the valve instrument, reminding listeners that he had a first language before inventing a ...
Continue ReadingSteven Bernstein, Scotty Hard: ResoNation Trio/Ultra Resonance
by Alberto Bazzurro
Un CD di 77:42 che di fatto ne racchiude due. Ecco la nuova offerta-sfida, come (quasi) sempre originale e in questo caso specifico anche piuttosto inattesa, di Steven Bernstein: due diversi organici (il secondo semplicemente aumentato di due elementi, ma con quale cambio di prospettiva), due titoli, due copertine, due filosofie diverse (anche se per più versi complementari). Il ResoNation Trio, protagonista dei primi dieci brani, agisce in un perimetro strettamente acustico, però con quale originalità, quale gusto ...
Continue ReadingSteven Bernstein: ResoNation Trio/Ultra Resonance
by Doug Collette
Rightfully described as a thinking (wo)man's jazz musician, trumpeter-composer-bandleader Steven Bernstein makes deeply cerebral music no matter whether with his own ensembles such as Sex Mob and Millennial Territory Orchestra or in heady collaborations with other artists such The Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey (see Race Riot Suite (Royal Potato Family, 2011)). In fact, the products of his imagination resound with such visceral force that those creations render an impact comparable to his membership in Levon Helm's Midnight Ramble ...
Continue ReadingRicardo Dias Gomes: Muito Sol
by Cary Tenenbaum
This record is not a typical jazz record. The first impression it makes is of something fresh and unique. It invites one to listen to combinations of rhythms, textures and sounds and instrumentation not typically used together. The title track starts the record with a pulsing bass line plus floating synthesizer; the vocal starts softly, like a modern Gilberto Gil, in a language you may or may not understand--but that does not matter, it is the overall feel ...
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