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Instrument: Saxophone, tenor
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by Raul d'Gama Rose
The term, “Impressionism" has been bandied about with such regularity in recent times that it has all but ceased to mean anything, much less suggest the kind of music that came from the pen of Claude Debussy and, a short time later, from that equally famous French composer, Maurice Ravel. Every once in awhile, however, there is a genuine reminder that the art of impressionistic suggestion is alive as it was at the turn of the 19th century. The latest ...
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by AAJ Italy Staff
E' ora di finirla con le barzellette sugli svizzeri, l'Emmenthal, il Toblerone, Aldo-Giovanni e Giacomo e le gag con il poliziotto ticinese Hüber. Oppure no: continuiamo pure ma non tocchiamo le avanguardie elvetiche, sempre più toniche e corroboranti in un panorama di una ricerca new-jazz altrimenti asfittico. Non posso dire se è a causa della buona aria o dei prati verdi ma - facezie a parte - il new-jazz rossocrociato regala ormai sistematicamente lavori di assoluta intelligenza. E' il caso ...
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by Dan Bilawsky
Thirteen musical episodes--simultaneously stressing individual paths, duo rapport and trio interplay--make up New Brighton. Multi-reedist Domenic Landolf shows that he knows how to go out on a limb, creating challenging music, but he always balances the adventurous with the accessible. Stability--whether dealing with rhythm or melody--is the key factor here. One musician will often provide a stabilizing element that tethers the rest of the musicians to one another. These ideas don't always last for an entire piece--often arriving after a ...
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by Dan McClenaghan
The trio ensemble of reed instrument with a spare backing of just drums and bass was pioneered by Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins. Ornette on alto sax, of course, with the occasional trumpet or violin, and Coltrane on tenor and soprano, Rollins on his always brawny tenor saxophone. It was groundbreaking stuff in the sixties. Without a chording instrument, melody moves into the forefront.On New Brighton, Swiss multiple reedist Domenic Landolf plays tenor saxophone, bass clarinet ...
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