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Ray Anderson Pocket Brass Band: Come In
by Vic Albani
Con tutto il rispetto per il quartetto di musicisti titolare di questa incisione, questo disco potrebbe essere velocemente destinato alla casella bello anche se non fondamentale." Ma c'è una storia da raccontare che forse rende giustizia alla necessità" di volerlo pubblicare e dargli un valore comunque non indifferente. L'11 marzo 2020 è una data certamente particolare. I telefoni di Ray Anderson, Steven Bernstein, Jose Davila e Tommy Campbell (arrivati da poco a Cottbus, borgata ad un tiro di ...
read moreMichael Rabinowitz: Next Chapter
by Jack Bowers
The title world's best jazz bassoonist" is akin to world's best tap dancer on hot coals," meaning there simply is not much competition for the honor. Even if there were, however, Michael Rabinowitz would no doubt outdistance any challengers and handily earn the blue ribbon for bassoon excellence. One reason is that, unlike others who have dabbled with the instrument, Rabinowitz is a full-time bassoonist who has spent years honing his craft, and a jazz musician who can improvise with ...
read moreSanti Debriano: Flash of the Spirit
by Paul Rauch
Bassist/composer Santi Debriano has been prominently on the scene since the late seventies, when he worked for several years with saxophonist Archie Shepp. Born in Panama, and raised in Brooklyn from a very young age, his life was integrated with the many crosscurrents of jazz music in the Americas. He worked prominently with Sam Rivers in Paris for a few years, before heading back to New York to perform with the likes of Pharoah Sanders, Sonny Fortune, Larry Coryell, Freddie ...
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