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Cacaw: Stellar Power

Read "Stellar Power" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Cacaw evolved from an acoustic trio as a mechanism for keyboardist Landon Knoblock to merge his compositions with electronics, and a result of his affiliation with drummer Jeff Davis and saxophonist Oscar Noriega in a band that performed the music of jazz piano great, Andrew Hill. Time marches on, as Cacaw underscores its musicality with a hybrid avant-jazz and space-rock playbook like a Star Trek sojourn into a time warp emanating from the netherworld. It's all in good fun however, ...

Album Review

Cacaw: Stellar Power

Read "Stellar Power" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Inizialmente, siamo nel 2010, Cacaw si presenta come trio rigorosamente acustico nel quale le composizioni del pianista Landon Knoblock fungono essenzialmente da pretesto per alimentare l'estro improvvisativo dei componenti del gruppo in forme più o meno organizzate e con diversi gradi di libertà esecutiva. Poi, in maniera per certi versi misteriosa, avviene un deciso cambio di rotta. L'aspetto compositivo prende il sopravvento e, lungi dal rivelarsi una sorta di gabbia per l'estro dei tre, si trasforma in rampa di lancio ...

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Landon Knoblock / Jason Furman: Gasoline Rainbow

Read "Gasoline Rainbow" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


Pianist Landon Knoblock and drummer Jason Furman share a decade-long history of function bands; playing church meetings, weddings and corporate events across Florida before relocating to New York State. They also share a love of improvised music and experience with a wide-ranging collection of musicians including Michael Blake, Kevin Mahogany, Rosemary Clooney, and the Four Tops. Gasoline Rainbow is their second duo album of improvisations, following the self-produced “Uncarved Block" (2007). It may lack the immediate familiarity of a typical ...

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Landon Knoblock: The Heartbeat, The Breath

Read "The Heartbeat, The Breath" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


"New Beauty," titolo della terza traccia, si potrebbe considerare come il manifesto programmatico di The Heartbeat, The Breath. Una nuova bellezza che si svincola dai canoni classici della formazione jazzistica per eccellenza ma che ne conserva le consolidate caratteristiche di base. Originario di Miami, residente a Brooklyn, Knoblock ha partecipato piuttosto attivamente alla scena creativa di New York, frequentando locali come 55Bar, Barbes e Knitting Factory. L'aria di profondo rinnovamento lì respirata si combina con la personale attenzione alla forma, ...


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