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Zu with Mats Gustafsson: How To Raise An Ox
by Andrey Henkin
Online, there is a website called the “Metal Family Tree . Jazz, though in existence for much longer, has resisted being broken into such small edible pieces. If, though, we take inspiration (and terminology) from the Metal Family Tree, the Italian trio Zu could easily be classified as Sludge Doom, a more abrasive version of the dark rock of Black Sabbath. Comprised of baritone sax (Luca Mai), electric bass (Massimo Pupillo) and drums (Jacopo Battaglia), Zu paint grim post-apocalyptic musical ...
Continue ReadingMats Gustafsson Releases "Bengt" On Utech Records - Available May 19th
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Keith Utech
Bengt is the new solo recording by Mats Gustafsson and is dedicated to Bengt Nordström. Mats Gustafsson plays a plastic alto sax. A classic Grafton sax. The type of sax that was used by Charlie Parker, Ornette Coleman and Bengt Nordström. Nordström is best known having produced Albert Ayler's first recording Something Different on his Bird Note imprint. It is in his own role as a saxophonist that Nordström was truly inventive. Bengt Nordström was playing solo sax improvisation already ...
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Steve Reid, Kieran Hebden and Mats Gustafsson - Live at the South Bank (Smalltown Superjazz, 2011)
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Music and More by Tim Niland
The great drummer Steve Reid enjoyed a fantastic career, playing with everyone from R&B singers to free jazz musicians. He recorded two wonderful albums in the 1970's, Novaand Rhythmatismbefore keeping a lower profile the remainder of the decade. In the 2000's he had a career renaissance, teaming up with the electronic musician Kieran Hebden to produce a number of albums that blurred the boundaries of jazz and electronic music. The two reunite here, joined by Swedish free-jazz saxophonist Mats Gustafsson, ...
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