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Thomas Barber's Janus Bloc: Snow Road
by AAJ Italy Staff
Supera nel modo più brillante la sua prova da leader, Thomas Barber, con un disco che evidenzia le sue doti di strumentista, compositore e arrangiatore. Nato a Mosca 29 anni fa ha iniziato vincendo alcuni contest internazionali, ha perfezionato i suoi studi negli Stati Uniti alla Julliard e nel 2004 s'è trasferito a New York dove ha composto per Steve Turre e Joe Alessi, scritto musiche per quattro film e suonato con Slide Hampton, Wynton Marsalis, Maria Schneider, Louie Bellson ...
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by Troy Collins
In ancient Roman mythology, Janus, the god of gates, doorways, beginnings and endings, was often depicted with two heads facing in opposite directions--one looking to the past, the other to the future--making him an appropriate signifier for music that embraces a range of historical traditions. Snow Road is the debut recording of trumpeter and recent Julliard graduate Thomas Barber's large ensemble Janus Bloc, whose episodic compositions reveal a plethora of stylistic antecedents, drawing from classical, jazz, and film scores.
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