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Danny Frankel with Nels Cline & Larry Goldings: The Interplanetary Note/Beat Conference
by Mark Corroto
Enough is sometimes enough. Drummer/percussionist Danny Frankel presents a shortish (by modern CD standards), 34-minute collection of 11 compositions on The Interplanetary Note/Beat Conference. Then again, sometimes a sketch can speak louder than an entire painting.Frankel, a consummate player, has been a sideman to the likes of Laurie Anderson, Steven Bernstein, Lou Reed, Robin Holcomb, K.D. Lang, and Bebel Gilberto. Here, his musical vision is shared by guitar wizard Nels Cline, of Wilco fame, and Larry Goldings (Trio ...
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by AAJ Italy Staff
Trentaquattro minuti (sic!) di pura delizia. Un disco piccolo nel minutaggio ma grande nel risultato. Un lampo, un bagliore che squarcia il grigiore e la pretenziosità di molte incisioni che vanno per la maggiore. Uno scherzo, se volete, tre grandi musicisti che si ritrovano in studio di registrazione sfruttandone parzialmente le potenzialità (qualche overdubbing, qualche diavoleria elettronica, etc,), divertendosi un mondo a suonare random, senza scalette, senza programma alcuno. Le composizioni sono solo semplici canovacci per scatenare la fantasia dei ...
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by Jim Santella
With its program of popular songs by Leonard Cohen and Anjani Thomas, Blue Alert settles in gently for an audience in love. Don't look for sheets of riveting sound to fill the room with propulsive action, or thunderous backbeats to shake your bones in a fascinating rhythmic groove. This is not that kind of album. Anjani's performance brings out the beauty of each song through natural means as she warms with piano and keyboard in support of her evocative vocals.
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