Jazz Articles

Massimo: The Visionary

by Douglas Payne
December 2, 2008

If jazz-fusion has a future--or even a presence in this day and age--drummer and composer Massimo is certainly the one to provide its direction. One of the few fusion exponents on the scene today, Massimo expounds on sounds that breathe with a certain air of electrified creativity that's been repudiated in the main for at least two decades now.The question remains though, whether jazz fusion has anything left to say. If Massimo's third solo effort, the rather lugubriously ...

Massimo: Mind Over Matter

by Phil DiPietro
November 30, 2006

Massimo Mind Over Matter Masfusion Productions 2006

It's always exciting to uncover a surprising new talent--the kid who comes out of nowhere. Hailing from Philly by way of Italy, Massimo DeAngelis (who prefers to be known as “Massimo"), at 40-plus no young kid perhaps, arrives as prog-fusion drumming's newest gun on the block. He's also, simultaneously, a seasoned veteran capable of stepping into any drum chair that may become vacant--from, for example, the one ...