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by Hrayr Attarian
Violinist Sana Nagano is an idiosyncratic and accomplished artist who is immersed in New York's avant-garde scene. Her sonic experiments are an end in themselves, thrilling and provocative as well as quite intimate. Nagano's debut with her new quintet, the electrifying, Smashing Humans, expresses this singular vision to its fullest, creating a wholly absorbing work of rare beauty. The cinematic Humans in Grey" starts off with Nagano playing repeating scales that saxophonist Peter Apfelbaum echoes. The entry of ...
read moreDafnis Prieto Sextet: Transparency
by John Chacona
In Cuban music, emotional grandeur and extravagant virtuosity is built on a foundation of inexhaustible rhythm. So, it's no surprise to find an abundance of juicy melodies and breathtaking drumming on Transparency from drummer and MacArthur Genius" Fellow Dafnis Prieto. Yet for all the astonishing things he does behind the kit, what stands out on Transparency is the dazzling formal sophistication of Prieto's compositions. Eight of the nine composer credits are his and the outlier, an arrangement of ...
read morePeter Apfelbaum's Sparkler: I Colored It In For You
by Dan Bilawsky
I Colored It In For You is such a tease. Broad-minded multi-instrumentalist Peter Apfelbaum uses this brief EP--the two-part title track and a remix from M.O.D. co-founder Bill Laswell are it--to introduces a sui generis small group known as Sparkler. Apfelbaum, covering vocals, keys, saxophones, and percussion, teams up with rising star trombonist/vocalist Natalie Cressman, vocalist/saxophone Jill Ryan, grooving guitarist Will Bernard, Barney McAll, playing homemade instruments here, and a pair of drummers--Willard Dyson and Aaron Johnston. ...
read moreGeorge Schuller: Listen Both Ways
by AAJ Italy Staff
"Monkianesimo postmoderno": si potrebbe definire così la vena compositiva di George Schuller, messa in evidenza dal suo ultimo CD Listen Both Ways. E' il terzo disco che il batterista di stanza a Brooklyn pubblica alla guida del suo quintetto Circle Wide. Dopo i lavori dedicati alla musica del primo Davis elettrico -quello più sperimentale- e del quartetto americano di Jarrett, questa volta è il turno delle composizioni originali del leader. Continua il sodalizio tra Schuller e l'etichetta Playscape, che ha ...
read morePeter Apfelbaum: It Is Written
by Michael McCaw
Peter Apfelbaum writes music for everyone. And without pandering to anyone, he creates honest music that has wide appeal in some aspects but ultimately serves a smaller audience, simply because he fuses so many disparate elements together. Recorded over three days in September in 2004, It Is Written is an album of breadth, to say the least, that never loses its luster even after repeated listens.Still under fifty, Apfelbaum has now recorded three albums with different formations of ...
read morePeter Apfelbaum & The New York Hieroglyphics: It Is Written
by Andrew Velez
Composer and woodwind/keyboard/percussion multi-instrumentalist Peter Apfelbaum advocates music without borders and says he writes from a drummer's perspective. Familiar soundposts are absent and It Is Written, the latest recording of his Hieroglyphics band, requiring a shift in the listener's preconceptions of big band possibilities. For instance, Prelude is a brief, dirge-like opening in which Jai Uttal's harmonium plays a dominant role. Have I wandered into a rather sad occasion?, one may wonder. Labile (Unfolding) follows, the mood ...
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