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Jaimeo Brown Transcendence at the Blue Note in Milan

Read "Jaimeo Brown Transcendence at the Blue Note in Milan" reviewed by Roberto Cifarelli


Album Review

Jaimeo Brown Transcendence: Work Songs

Read "Work Songs" reviewed by Maurizio Comandini


Il bellissimo e colpevolmente trascurato Trascendence, uscito nel 2013, aveva creato in noi attese molto alte per il lavoro successivo di Jaimeo Brown, batterista e percussionista nato a Des Moines nel 1978 e poi cresciuto in una New York multi etnica e multi culturale, potendo contare sull'influenza benefica di due genitori entrambi musicisti. Con questo Work Songs il musicista americano conferma tutte le splendide potenzialità emerse nell'album di esordio e si avvia a diventare uno dei punti ...

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Album Review

Jaimeo Brown Transcendence: Work Songs

Read "Work Songs" reviewed by Mark F. Turner


The inventiveness to cope with difficulty lies at the heart of Work Songs, the follow-up to drummer Jaimeo Brown's outstanding 2013 release Transcendence (Motema). The syncopation of hammers on nails forging railroad tracks and weary chants of laborers are mixed with progressive blues, rock, jazz, and hip hop influences to create a patchwork that's soulfully compelling. Brown and co-producer/guitarist Chris Sholar deftly integrate sampled field recordings with scintillating performances from jazz saxophonists JD Allen and Jaleel Shaw, blues singer Lester ...

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Album Review

Jaimeo Brown: Transcendence

Read "Transcendence" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Al suo debutto discografico come leader Jaimeo Brown ha relizzato una delle opere più intense, originali e appassionanti del 2013. Un concept album che abbraccia il passato e il presente della cultura afro-americana, inglobando suggestioni geograficamente distanti (come quella indiana) in un percorso capace di coniugare feeling e controllo della forma. Il trentaquattrenne batterista non è certo un esordiente e il suo curriculum è denso di collaborazioni importanti entro un ampio spettro stilistico. Negli ultimi quindici anni ha lavorato ...

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Album Review

Jaimeo Brown: Transcendence

Read "Transcendence" reviewed by Mark F. Turner


One of the more thought-provoking releases to come along this year, drummer Jaimeo Brown's Transcendence is an ethnomusicology patchwork with elements of the blues, gospel, rock, and modern jazz. Inspired by Gee's Bend, Alabama--an African American rural community formed in the early 1800's that is steeped in vibrant music and art--Brown's project conjures the voices of the past and imparts his own language to the town's deep history and relevant present. A drummer with explosiveness and touch, ...


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