Jazz Articles about Matt Darriau

Matt Darriau: Paradox Trio with Bojan Z

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 2, 2010

Il trio di Matt Darriau è in realtà da sempre un quartetto e in occasione del quinto lavoro discografico (per l'italiana Felmay) si trasforma addirittura in un quintetto, con la preziosa aggiunta del pianoforte di Bojan Zulfikarpasic (per gli amici Bojan Z). La miscela fra jazz e melodie balcaniche che ha sempre caratterizzato l'attività del gruppo di Darriau conferma la propria vitalità e ragion d'essere in questo incontro dove il pianoforte fortemente espressivo di Bojan Z aggiunge un'ulteriore dimensione carica ...

Matt Darriau - Ismail Lumanovski - Patrick Novara: Liquid Clarinets

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 5, 2009

Chi ama una world music festosa e vacanziera, ricca di ritmo e di appeal esotico, magari spruzzata da garbate venature jazzistiche giri alla larga da Liquid Clarinets. Chi invece trova profonda soddisfazione in una musica cha scava a fondo nelle proprie radici popolari, con un approccio sostanzialmente filologico, che se ne infischia di ruvidezze e inestetismi, può trovare in questo CD motivo di grande interesse. Matt Darriau, già membro dei Klezmatics e leader del Paradox Trio e dei Ballin' the ...

Matt Darriau Paradox Trio: Gambit: Brooklyn to Bulgaria

by Elliott Simon
May 29, 2009

Among multi-reedist Matt Darriau's many projects and collaborations his Paradox Trio stands out as a forum for his own creativity. Darriau is an alto man and clarinetist who has also mastered several Eastern European instruments such as the gaida (bagpipe) and Bulgarian wood flute or kaval. On this offering, he and his band are joined by kaval master Theodosii Spassov for a thrilling session that features instrumental virtuosity combined with rhythmic intensity. Electric guitarist Brad Shepik, five-string ...

David Fiuczynski & Rufus Cappadocia: Kif

by AAJ Staff
April 2, 2003

The country of Morocco is respected throughout Europe for, among other things, an estimated 30% of the continent's marijuana imports. The superior raw material called Kif is found there in the mountains of Rif. In Arabic, it's spelled كيف. Okay, got that? Enough said.

But don't go into Kif, the record, thinking it's some sort of stoner jam-band excursion. Quite the opposite: guitarist David Fiuczynski and cellist Rufus Cappadocia apply a razor edge to these pieces, asserting a ...

Matt Darriau Paradox Trio: Source

by Glenn Astarita
August 1, 1999

The Knitting Factory’s long time commitment to the “Jewish Alternative Movement” has spearheaded some bona fide gems of late, one of which is Source by Matt Darriau’s Paradox Trio. Multi-reedman, Matt Darriau is one of the early proponents of melding jazz, Balkan/Mediterranean and klezmer music. Here, the Paradox Trio continue their cross-genre plight while serving up a highly entertaining potpourri of mainly traditional themes which annotate the provincial aspects of eastern territories.

Darriau’s composition, “Turkic” paints vivid imagery of perhaps ...