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XY Quartet: Lexycon
by Giuseppe Segala
Formazione tra le più solide e originali della scena italiana, XY Quartet approda al suo sesto lavoro discografico, dopo quattordici anni di attività. Un CD nel quale spiccano subito, fin dal brano d'esordio, “Elgotar Bengotar" (di Fedrigo), le geometrie più dirette e compatte, una maggiore intenzione comunicativa rispetto ai CD precedenti. Una focalizzazione sul lavoro di gruppo e sull'apporto dei singoli. La batteria di Luca Colussi incalza con la varietà dinamica che le è usuale, il basso elettrico di Alessandro ...
Continue ReadingXY Quartet: Orbite
by Giuseppe Segala
La musica apparecchiata in questo Orbite, ultimo lavoro dell'XY Quartet pubblicato dalla raffinata etichetta autogestita nusica.org, si ispira all'epopea dei viaggi nello spazio. Ne sono evidente conferma i titoli dei brani, che propongono il nome di mitici cosmonauti protagonisti di storiche imprese spaziali, come i sovietici “Titov," “Gagarin," “Valentina Tereškova," “Vladimir Komarov," gli statunitensi “John Glenn," “Malcolm Carpenter," “Buzz" Aldrin, l'indiano “Rakesh" Sharma. Pezzi composti dagli stessi Nicola Fazzini, Alessandro Fedrigo e Saverio Tasca, che insieme al batterista Luca Colussi ...
Continue ReadingMatthieu Mazué's 'Monoliths And Screens For Quartet' Now On Bandcamp!
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Matthieu Mazue
À propos de la matière. In 2022, I was given the opportunity to expand my trio with the addition of saxophonist Michael Attias . As a composer, I’ve sought to translate into music some of the images that inspire me, and the word “Monoliths” came to me quite naturally. In April 2023, during a concert in Berlin, our band played for the first time a second series of pieces entitled “Screens.” If the word “Monoliths” immediately brought Stanley Kubrick to ...
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Arab-jazz Quartet Kinan Azmeh's Cityband Releases 'Live In Berlin,' February 28th
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AMT Public Relations
Arab-Jazz Quartet KINAN AZMEH CITYBAND Announces Release of Live in Berlin Album Dedicated to the People of Syria Premiering Culturally Rich Original Works by Syrian-American Composer/Clarinetist Kinan Azmeh Album Release Show March 1 at Joe’s Pub in New York City Hailed as “intensely soulful (The New York Times)” and “spellbinding (The New Yorker),” Syrian-born, Brooklyn-based composer/clarinetist Kinan Azmeh has announced the February 28th release of his 14th album Live in Berlin (Dreyer Gaido), for which he reconvened his New York-based ...
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Backgrounder: Hank Mobley Quartet (1955)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley began recording in New York in 1953 as part of the Max Roach Sextette. The session was for Debut, a label founded a year earlier by Roach, bassist Charles Mingus and Mingus's then wife Celia. Mobley's first recording session for Blue Note came a year later as a sideman on The Horace Silver Quintet Vol. 1. In March 1955, Mobley recorded his first 10-inch Blue Note album as a leader—Hank Mobley Quartet. He was backed by ...
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Announcing Two Iconic Jazz Artists In Concert At Hudson Hall: Legendary Vocalist Marilyn Maye February 14 And Marc Ribot Quartet February 22, 2024
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AMT Public Relations
Tickets go on sale Friday, January 10, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. Hudson Hall 327 Warren Street Hudson, New York 12534 Friday, February 14 @ 7:00 p.m. Marilyn Maye Valentine’s Day Cabaret “The greatest white female singer in the world."—Ella Fitzgerald Let There Be Love: Treat your special one to a Valentine’s Day to remember with the legendary Marilyn Maye. At 96-years young, Maye is one of the living legends of the golden age of show business. “Marilyn Maye ...
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Announcing Smoke Jazz Club’s February Line-up With Pianist Jacky Terrasson, Eric Alexander Quartet, Jazz Messengers Alumni, And A Special Valentine’s Week With Beloved Vocalist Mary Stallings
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AMT Public Relations
SMOKE Jazz Club welcomes back some of today’s leading artists in February. For five nights during Valentine’s Week (Feb 12-16), the remarkable vocalist Mary Stallings returns to SMOKE with her warm tone and vocal virtuosity. Wowing jazz fans for over six decades, Stallings is well into her 80s, still singing and swinging. No stranger to the SMOKE stage, French pianist Jacky Terrasson leads his Trio (Feb 5-9). “It’s a special treat to get to see this ebullient artist up close ...
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In Motion Quartet's 'The Grind' Is Out January 25
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Steve Treseler
Led by Seattle-based saxophonist Steve Treseler and Bellingham-based trumpeter Kevin Woods, In Motion Quartet releases their debut album The Grind, an adventurous set of original music exploring propulsive grooves and the avant-garde. With a nod to the chord-less groups of Ornette Coleman, Dewey Redman, and Lee Konitz, the instrumentation allows the band the freedom to stretch harmonically and melodically, while maintaining an emphasis on rhythmic interaction and improvised counterpoint. Treseler and Woods seem to communicate telepathically, with a great sense ...
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Paul Desmond and the Modern Jazz Quartet
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Paul Desmond and the Modern Jazz Quartet appeared together on stage only once, on the evening of Christmas Day in 1971. What's remarkable is that the concert was taped and the second half released on vinyl in 1981. The combined sound together was heavenly. Michael O'Daniel turned me on to the album, since I wasn't aware of it previously. He also sent along more information about the concert, since he was the one who presented it. At the end of ...
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Acclaimed String Quartet ETHEL And Legendary Bassist Ron Carter Present Reflections On Monk And Bach, Zankel Hall At Carnegie Hall, March 13, 2025
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AMT Public Relations
World premiere performance of MONK SUITE — compositions and arrangements for string quartet and bass featuring the music of Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington and J. S. Bach String quartet ETHEL ’s Carnegie Hall debut The “avatar of ‘post-classical’ music—the virtuosic string quartet ETHEL (The New Yorker)” and legendary bassist Ron Carter join forces for an unforgettable classical-jazz mashup performance at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall on Thursday, March 13, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.Centered on the music from Monk Suite: Kronos ...
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Trumpeter/Producer Volker Goetze Teams With Accordion Legend Guy Klucevsek On Quartet Debut: Little Big Top
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GoMedia PR
Echoes of the ballroom, barroom, bordello, circus, concert hall, and jazz club intermingle with folk traditions from around the world to create a new hybrid form. Step right up! Step right in… to Little Big Top, the charming debut album from a new quartet led by accordion legend Guy Klucevsek (kloo-SEH-vik) with visionary trumpeter Volker Goetze. This fine compendium of engaging Klucevsek creations that were written over two decades is produced by Goetze, arranged by Klucevsek, and is filled with ...
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'Waltz For Tom' A New Single From The Noah Peterson Quartet
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Noah Peterson
In anticipation of a hot, new full album release from The Noah Peterson Quartet, a preview of what's to come has been released in this latest single. “Waltz for Tom" is a moody, original composition written by Noah Peterson. The players are Noah Peterson on saxophone, Larry Natwick on piano, Juan Acosta on bass, and Harvery Dickens on drums. Enjoy the workings of this quartet as they explore the original works of composer/saxophonist Noah Peterson. The song has flavors of ...
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