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Bobby Selvaggio: Quantum Man
by C. Andrew Hovan
For lack of a better description, the latest project by Cleveland-based musician Bobby Selvaggio is a melding of textures between the saxophonist's jazz quartet and a string quintet consisting of two violins, two violas, and cello. It's a heady assignment that many have tried over the years. In fact, there have been more failures in this ...
Mark Russo: New Affirmation
by C. Andrew Hovan
Living in our current age of technology, it is relatively easy and inexpensive for a musician to record a set of music and put it out for the masses. The ease in such an endeavor also makes it somewhat of a double-edged sword. Just because something is possible doesn't always mean it should be done. As ...
Short Stories
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Eye of Jupiter; Song for Rebecca; Price of Being (Intro); Price of Being; Rubber Monkeys;
Boulevard at Capucines in Paris; Ceprano Man; Blues for J; Summers End.
Bobby Selvaggio: Short Stories
by Mark Corroto
Like the Japanese calligraphy art know as ensō, the condensed and succinct introduction alto saxophonist Bobby Selvaggio delivers on the track “Price Of Being (Intro)" is a disciplined stroke, delivered with an ease and elegance that belies the character and control required for such a statement. He works his instrument through this exercise with such command ...
Introducing Nir Felder
by Angelo Leonardi
La recente uscita di Golden Age, debutto da leader di Nir Felder (Okeh 2014), conferma i positivi riconoscimenti che il chitarrista ottiene sulla scena musicale di New York. A partire da maestri come Greg Osby, Terri Lyne Carrington o Jack DeJohnette, molti jazzmen l'hanno coinvolto nei loro organici, facendolo conoscere oltre la cerchia del suo pubblico ...
Way Of Being
Label: Arabesque Jazz
Released: 2013
Track listing: Shake; Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic; Zombie Apocalypse; Modern People; Higher
Ground; Flow; Revolution; Kwanza Muwanga; Sonic Fence; Dance Of The Tail Chasing Cats.
Art Strike!
by Mark Corroto
"Would you support an art strike?" That's the question I've been asking musicians for the past few months. “Will you agree to stop writing and performing music for one year?" In 1990 the London artists Stewart Home and Mark Pawson proposed that all artists cease to “make, exhibit, distribute, sell, or discuss their work" for three ...
Bobby Selvaggio: Way Of Being
by Mark Corroto
Bobby Selvaggio's Way Of Being epitomizes a restless sound, one that belies the alto saxophonist's unflappable nature. His latest release builds upon the groove-heavy folk/pop/funk sound of Grass Roots Movement (Arabesque, 2011).This disc, his seventh as a leader, is split evenly between the electric Grass Roots Movement quartet and an acoustic Shake Trio. Both ...
Grass Roots Movement
Label: Arabesque Jazz
Released: 2011
Track listing: No Turn on Red; Signature Needed; Dust Bunnies; Chicken Legs;
Movement; Return to Sender; Fish Food; Spy Movie.
Bobby Selvaggio: Grass Roots Movement
by Mark Corroto
Bobby Selvaggio's Grass Roots Movement, marks his sixth release as leader and second outing for Arabesque Records. This quintet record follows his 2009 disc Modern Times, recorded with veteran pianist Kenny Werner. Here, the saxophonist employs some new names, an electric groove, but no worries, the musicianship retains the highest standards. Here he switches ...
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