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Sylvie Courvoisier – Mark Feldman Quartet: Birdies for Lulu
by Alberto Bazzurro
Sodalizio ampiamente collaudato, quello tra la pianista svizzera e il violinista chicagoano, che in questo nuovo capitolo, inciso a fine 2013, esprime molte delle pieghe espressive che riconosciamo ai due musicisti, sia come singole entità che come coppia. Così il trittico iniziale (inclusa anche la coda finale), frutto della penna di Mark Feldman, privilegia in prima battuta umori estroversi, diretti, persino festosi, alternati (terza parte e inizio della succitata coda) a sequenze più compassate e cogitabonde, in ...
Continue ReadingSylvie Courvoisier – Mark Feldman Quartet: Hotel Du Nord
by Nic Jones
Hotel Du Nord is shot through with heightened sensitivity. In the wake of To Fly To Steal (Intakt, 2010), the group did a series of European tours and this experience of playing together has resulted in heightened musical understanding. The quartet's musical currency--with the original lineup intact--is as informed by Twentieth Century chamber music as it is by creative improvised music, which means their work is about deft strokes as much as rhetorical flourishes. Pianist Sylvie Courvoisier's ...
Continue ReadingSylvie Courvoisier - Mark Feldman Quartet - To Fly to Steal (Intakt)
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Master of a Small House
Partners in both music and in life, pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and violinist Mark Feldman share the marquee on their latest collaboration. Drummer Gerry Hemingway and bassist Thomas Morgan aren't just along for the ride and receptive to a deep rapport, the four create music of superlative communication and cohesion. Their configuration invites immediate chamber associations and much of the interplay leans closer to classical than jazz in general cast, but extemporaneous expression remains an integral element with starched-collar propriety left ...
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