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Ben Goldberg Quintet: The Door, The Hat, The Chair, The Fact

Read "The Door, The Hat, The Chair, The Fact" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Clarinettista personale, ma soprattutto compositore raffinato (di lui ricordiamo il bel Eight Phrases for Jefferson Rubin, del 1998 per la Victo), Ben Goldberg presenta questo omaggio a Steve Lacy, di cui fu allievo, pensato al momento della notizia della malattia del grande sopranista e registrato alcuni giorni dopo la sua morte. La formazione con la quale ...

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Ben Goldberg Quintet: The Door, The Hat, The Chair, The Fact

Read "The Door, The Hat, The Chair, The Fact" reviewed by Elliott Simon


This is music that produces seemingly random associations as snippets of form and formlessness lead you to free, or perhaps not so freely, associate. Personal experiences dovetail with these compositions, which lead through nodes of memory and mood: from poet Robert Creeley to Alan Ginsburg to swing, world and free, through Bechet, Bird and Trane and ...

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Ben Goldberg Quintet: The Door, The Hat, The Chair, The Fact

Read "The Door, The Hat, The Chair, The Fact" reviewed by John Kelman


He's been active for fifteen years, but unless you know the New Klezmer Trio or have followed the Bay Area scene, chances are you haven't heard of clarinetist Ben Goldberg. Despite appearing on records by Charlie Hunter, Tin Hat Trio and John Zorn, in addition to half a dozen albums released under his own name, he's ...

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Almost Never

Label: Nuscope Recordings
Released: 2000
Track listing: Pitchbend; Secret Longway; Storybook; D/L; Lone; Pause; Rafter; Zero; Almost Never.

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Ben Goldberg - John Schott - Trevor Dunn: Almost Never

Read "Almost Never" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Almost Never represents the latest effort from Bay area musicians, clarinetist Ben Goldberg, guitarist John Schott and bassist Trevor Dunn. And while they have recorded as a unit along with drummer Kenny Wollesen, under the moniker of Junk Genius, Almost Never signifies their freshman outing for the modern jazz-improvisation based Nuscope Recordings label. The musicians seemingly ...

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Here By Now

Label: Music & Arts
Released: 1999

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Ghost Of Electricity

Label: Vertigo
Released: 1999

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Ben Goldberg Trio: Here By Now

Read "Here By Now" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Ben Goldberg is one of the few determined jazz musicians who have revived and perhaps reinvented the potential use of the clarinet as a driving force in modern jazz. Ben Goldberg, Marty Ehrlich and Francois Houle represent a few notable clarinetist’s seeking new musical avenues while implementing their distinct styles and unique approaches via composition and ...

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Eight Phrases For Jefferson Rubin

Label: Vertigo
Released: 1998

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Twelve Minor

Label: Vertigo
Released: 1998


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