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Sam Gendel: Cookup

Read "Cookup" reviewed by Scott Gudell


Saxophonist Sam Gendel has sent out an invitation to an unusual sonic Cookup. So what is he serving? Who will be there? Will beat poets merge with experimental musicians in a smoky jazz grotto? Will it be a cryptic musical labyrinth or a collection of meandering songs? Is it a transcription of ancient African organic rhythms or something more modern? The answer is elusive and, by design, a moving target. There are bits and pieces of all the ...

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Sam Gendel: Fresh Bread

Read "Fresh Bread" reviewed by Emmanuel Di Tommaso


Dare vita a un disco di 52 tracce realizzate nel corso di otto anni, mettendo insieme registrazioni casalinghe e pezzi registrati dal vivo che attraversano vari generi e stili compositivi per oltre tre ore di musica. Potrebbe sembrare una follia nell'epoca della realtà istantanea in cui tutto accade ora e subito ed è destinato a durare pochi secondi o al massimo 280 caratteri. Se però in cabina di regia c'è un genio del calibro di Sam Gendel, l'operazione ...

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Cookup

Nonesuch Records
2023

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Fresh Bread

Leaving Records
2021

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Marianne Trudel...

Effendi Records
2011

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In Three Acts

Elephant Records
2009

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Anywhere (featuring Meshell Ndegeocello)

From: Cookup
By Philippe Melanson

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