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Zack Lober: So We Could Live
by Marco Iacoboni
Zack Lober torna con un lavoro che alza l'asticella dell'attenzione su uno dei musicisti più interessanti dell'attuale scena jazz contemporanea. Il contrabbassista canadese, da anni residente in Olanda, presenta un quartetto chordless in perfetta continuità con la tradizione ma animato da una spinta moderna, a cavallo tra le sonorità newyorchesi e quelle europee.Il riferimento ai progetti di Joe Henderson è evidente fin dal brano di apertura, "Joe Type Tune," che lo omaggia apertamente, ma le suggestioni rimandano anche ...
Continue ReadingJohn Dikeman: Old Adam On Turtle Island
by John Sharpe
Committed improviser John Dikeman assembles a crack Amsterdam domiciled quartet to navigate Old Adam On Turtle Island, a song cycle that probes the intersections of colonization, religion, and their potential to inspire transcendence or tyranny. The framework is deliberately loose: a schematic more than a score, allowing the musicians to chart the course collectively. Themes emerge as insistent phrases rather than fixed melodies, serving as touchstones in a performance defined by ebb and flow. The first half moves ...
Continue ReadingDikeman / Hong / Lumley / Warelis: Old Adam On Turtle Island
by Mark Corroto
The creative community centered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, can be seen as the modern-day equivalent of a city once known as New Amsterdam--a 17th-century Dutch settlement that would eventually become New York City. Just as modern jazz flourished in mid-20th-century New York, some might argue that today's hotbed of creative music resides in old Amsterdam. Evidence for this can be found in Old Adam on Turtle Island, a stunning musical creation by a multicultural quartet. Led by American saxophonist ...
Continue ReadingDUO IN at Isole che Parlano Fest 2023
by Danilo Codazzi
A collection of photos from the DUO IN concert at Isole che Parlano 2023 in Palau on September 8th 2023 featuring Alistair Payne and Sun Mi Hong. ...
Continue ReadingZack Lober: NO FILL3R
by Jerome Wilson
Bassist Zack Lober has been part of the worlds of jazz and musical improvisation for some time but this is his debut as a leader, heading a frisky trio which also includes trumpet and drums. This album was recorded in the Netherlands and has Lober playing with trumpeter Suzan Veneman and drummer Sun-Mi Hong. The three combine for a tight, compact sound which is most immediately striking when Veneman's trumpet drifts melodically over the undulating rhythms laid down ...
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