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Alfredo Triff: Parodies: Jazz Music for Violin and Octet
by Eyal Hareuveni
American-Cuban violinist Alfredo Triff is known for his long-standing work with composer-arranger-songwriter-producer Kip Hanrahan that began in 1985--five years after Triff arrived to New york from Havana, Cuba--and continues to this day. But Triff's work encompasses more than Hanrahan music. He experimented with recording solo electric violin, released solo albums that presented his diverse musical interests in changing formats, collaborated with Brazilian singer-poet Arnaldo Antunes and toured with another of Hanrahan frequent collaborators, Jack Bruce, and participated on Bruce's album ...
read moreAlfredo Triff: 21 Broken Melodies At Once
by Jim Josselyn
As the title and daring cover artwork suggest, 21 Broken Melodies At Once" is different. This is not a collection of songs with melodies and improvised solos, but rather a sort of symphony" or better, a collage, of ideas, sounds and assorted noises. A short orchestral violin solo gives way to radio sounds, distorted electric violins, a conga/violin duet and on Sitera" a simply lovely Spanish song sung wonderfully by Xiomara Lougart. Ambiente pa ti" introduces a more traditional clave ...
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