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John Surman: Invisible Threads

Read "Invisible Threads" reviewed by Mario Calvitti


Dopo oltre 50 anni di attività professionale, il sassofonista britannico John Surman è ancora in grado di sorprenderci. Lo fa con il suo nuovo lavoro, pubblicato sempre dalla ECM, a 6 anni di distanza dal precedente Saltash Bells. Questo Invisible Threads è nato quasi per caso, da un incontro fortuito del sassofonista con la musica brasiliana e il pianista Nelson Ayres (membro del Grupo Pau Brasil), con il quale Surman ha trovato un'intesa musicale immediata e profonda. Il progetto era ...

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John Surman: Invisible Threads

Read "Invisible Threads" reviewed by Samuel Stroup


Half a century into his musical career, English reed player John Surman continues to find outlets to explore a wide variety of introspective compositions. Invisible Threads, out on ECM, finds Surman exploring folk and world music, accompanied by pianist Nelson Ayres and mallet percussionist Rob Waring. The album features Surman's woodwind melodies bouncing atop piano and vibraphone/marimba patterns so smoothly that it becomes almost impossible to tell what is improvised and what is not. Surman's trio is an ...

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