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Houtkamp / Tramontana / Beresford / Blume: Frush
by John Eyles
The improvising trio comprising Netherlands tenor saxophonist and clarinetist Luc Houtkamp, British pianist and player of electronics and objects Steve Beresford, and German drummer and percussionist Martin Blume is well established, having recorded their first trio album Live in Prague 2017 (the pow ensemble, 2017) in November 2017 at the Alternativa Festival in Czechia, followed by Shed 1 (FMR, 2020), recorded in concert at LOFT in Cologne, Germany, in October 2018. On each of those albums, all of the music ...
Continue ReadingLe magie sonore di Sebi Tramontana
by Neri Pollastri
Classe 1960, a lungo collaboratore di Mario Schiano, membro dell'Italian Instabile Orchestra, Sebi Tramontana è con Giancarlo Schiaffini uno dei più originali interpreti italiani del trombone, strumento che suona sfruttando tutte le sue possibilità espressive e utilizzando spesso tecniche non convenzionali, sordine e oggetti atti a modificarne il suono. L'inventiva e la maestria di Tramontana si possono apprezzare in situazioni diverse nei due dischi che prendiamo qui in esame, entrambi editi da We Insist! Records anche se usciti ...
Continue ReadingSebi Tramontana: Unfolding To Be You
by Mark Corroto
This solo trombone recording by Sebi Tramontana could be called a master class if it wasn't such an intimate and personal experience. The Sicilian-born trombonist known for his work in the Italian Instabile Orchestra, the Georg Graewe Quintet, Pipeline 8, and free improvised duos with everyone from Frank Gratkowski to Giovanni Maier, Jeb Bishop and Joëlle Léandre, has a long history performing solo. For more than 30 years now, Tramontana has applied his idiosyncratic solo sound to performances much like ...
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