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Article: Album Review

Lisa Mezzacappa Trio: X Marks The Question

Read "X Marks The Question" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


X Marks The Question is one of two concurrent September 2013 releases on separate record labels by burgeoning San Francisco Bay Area-based, bassist composer Lisa Mezzacappa. On Comeuppance (Not Two Records, 2013) she fronts a quartet featuring saxophonist Aaron Bennett but here, spearheads a power-packed progressive jazz trio, highlighting lead soloist, guitarist Chris Welcome. And as ...

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What Is Known

Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: 01. Richard's House of Blues; 02. ZZLLPPZZ; 03. The Aquarist; 04. Lick My Decals Off, Baby (Captain Beefheart); 05. I'll Be Right Here Waiting (McCall); 06. The Cause & Effect of Emotion and Distance; 07. Ponzi; 08. Catalypsoclysmic; 09. What Is Known; 10. Push/Pull. Tutte le composizioni sono di Lisa Mezzacappa tranne quelle indicate.

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Lisa Mezzacappa's Bait & Switch: What Is Known

Read "What Is Known" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


"Baith & Switch è il mio garage jazz quartet che suona musica da me composta, ispirata ai miei eroi musicali, Ornette Coleman, Henry Threadgill, A.E.O.C., Roloand Kirk, Albert Ayler, Sun Ra". Sono le parole di Lisa Mezzacappa, bassista e compositrice molto attiva nella Bay Area, e forniscono le coordinate per orientarsi e addentrarsi nel suo mondo ...

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Article: Live Review

Two Lisa Mezzacappas Shake Up LA

Read "Two Lisa Mezzacappas Shake Up LA" reviewed by Neal Colgrass


Lisa MezzacappaCafe Metropol, Eagle Rock Center for the ArtsLos AngelesDec. 5 and 6, 2009Lisa Mezzacappa led two concerts in Los Angeles in December, one imbued with a musical smile and one with the ferocity of a howling, avant-garde battleground. Her smile was easy to love; the avant-garde battle required ...

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Luggage

Label: ADB Sound
Released: 2001
Track listing: 1; 2; 3 (Duet); 4; 5; 6 (Concerto for soprano sax and audience).

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Aaron Bennett: Luggage

Read "Luggage" reviewed by AAJ Staff


With this recording of mostly solo soprano sax improvisations, Aaron Bennett invites the obvious comparisons with Steve Lacy. Both players possess a breathtaking command of the instrument, and both keep an ear open to freer sounds. Bennett, however, has a thicker sound and more of an open approach on Luggage. Where Lacy might doggedly pursue theme ...

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Aaron Bennett: Luggage

Read "Luggage" reviewed by AAJ Staff


With this recording of mostly solo soprano sax improvisations, Aaron Bennett invites the obvious comparisons with Steve Lacy. Both players possess a breathtaking command of the instrument, and both keep an ear open to freer sounds. Bennett, however, has a thicker overall tone and uses more of an open approach on Luggage. Where Lacy might doggedly ...

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Aaron Bennett: Luggage

Read "Luggage" reviewed by AAJ Staff


With this recording of mostly solo soprano sax improvisations, Aaron Bennett invites the obvious comparisons to Steve Lacy. Both players possess a breathtaking command of the instrument, and both keep an ear open to freer sounds. Bennett, however, generally has a thicker tone and utilizes more of an open approach on Luggage. Where Lacy might doggedly ...

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Article: Album Review

Aaron Bennett: Luggage

Read "Luggage" reviewed by AAJ Staff


With this recording of mostly solo soprano sax improvisations, Aaron Bennett invites the obvious comparisons to Steve Lacy. Both players possess a breathtaking command of the instrument, and both keep an ear open to freer sounds. Bennett, however, generally has a thicker tone and utilizes more of an open approach on Luggage. Where Lacy might doggedly ...


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