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Arkady Gotesman: Music For An Imaginary Ballet
by John Sharpe
On Music For An Imaginary Ballet, Lithuanian drummer Arkady Gotesman assembles a suite of pieces that act as a vibrant career-spanning résumé of his practice. During that time he has collaborated with every major Lithuanian jazz figure, including reedist Petras Vysniauskas with whom he released PetrArka (ITM Records), the first-ever Lithuanian jazz CD, in 1990. In addition, as one of his country's leading improvisers, Gotesman is often matched with visiting luminaries, several of whom appear on selections here.
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by Ieva Pakalniškytė
Arkady Gotesman occupies a singular position in Lithuanian music scene, having performed across more than fifty international festivals and concerts as a percussionist, composer and interdisciplinary artist whose work spans jazz, contemporary classical repertoire, free improvisation, theatre, literature and film. Over four decades he has collaborated with an exceptional range of musicians--from Vyacheslav Ganelin, Petras Vysniauskas, Liudas Mockūnas, Anthony Coleman and Mats Gustafsson to Nate Wooley, Charles Gayle, Barry Guy and Dave Douglas, among many others--while also premiering works by Anatolijus Šenderovas, Osvaldas Balakauskas, ...
Continue Reading...Domas Žeromskas: Infinite Itinerant
by Geno Thackara
A title like Infinite Itinerant may seem like a premature (or even pretentious) statement coming from a player in his late teens, but Domas Žeromskas' sparkling debut shows that he's got enough ambition to back it up. The young leader's piano work smartly builds on past decades of swing and bop alongside contemporary hipness, and the all-original pieces follow suit. If this happy session is any indication, Žeromskas seems poised to live up to that exploratory promise. This is a ...
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