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Doors: Chicago Storylines

Label: ears&eyes Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Golden Era; The Hubs: Up North, Down South; Little Fort Road; Lincoln Land; Lin; Rounds: For the Horses; Chicago Sound?; Golden Era of Elders; Delighted; What Makes Them; Another Way; Fields; Doors.

Article: Multiple Reviews

Whirlpool with Ron Miles: Dancing on the Inside / Charles Rumback: In the New Year

Read "Whirlpool with Ron Miles: Dancing on the Inside / Charles Rumback: In the New Year" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero


Whirlpool with Ron Miles Dancing on the Inside ears&eyes Valutazione: * * * * Whirlpool è un trio che nasce nel 2011 in occasione di un tributo alla figura di Paul Motian che era da poco scomparso. Circa due anni dopo avviene l'incontro solo apparentemente occasionale con Ron Miles, idolo ...

Article: Lyrics

I 10 CD nel CD-Player di... Caroline Davis

Read "I 10 CD nel CD-Player di... Caroline Davis" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero


01. Arthur Russell-Tower of Meaning (Chatham Square -1983). Ho cominciato ad ascoltare Arthur Russell nel 2006. Originariamente pensato come sonorizzazione di un lavoro di Robert Wilson è diventato un disco che funziona autonomamente. Non ci sono grandiosi eventi ritmici né particolari modulazioni, ma si possono avvertire movimenti continui che danno un senso al tutto. È ...

Article: Album Review

Caroline Davis: Doors: Chicago Storylines

Read "Doors: Chicago Storylines" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero


Caroline Davis si è fatta le ossa, musicalmente parlando, a Chicago città nella quale coltiva una serie di amicizie eccellenti -il contrabbassista Art Davis e il tenorista Von Freeman su tutti -e dove decide di mettere in piedi il suo attuale quartetto. Diventa quindi un'esigenza storico-affettiva -ora che da qualche tempo si è stabilita a New ...

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Article: Album Review

Curtis Sydnor: Materials and Their Destiny

Read "Materials and Their Destiny" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero


L'ispirazione per Materials and Their Destiny arriva da un testo di filosofia dell'architettura di Louis Sullivan, padre del Movimento Moderno negli Stati Uniti. L'idea è quella di un viaggio sincronizzato tra l'improvvisazione della band sul palco e l'animazione di linee, traiettorie, forme, proiettata su di un grande schermo. Idea non nuova ma affascinante, in relazione alla ...

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Article: Album Review

Caroline Davis: Doors: Chicago Storylines

Read "Doors: Chicago Storylines" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian


Doors: Chicago Storylines is altoist Caroline Davis' unique take on oral history. Interweaving original compositions with area musicians' narratives Davis reconstructs the history of Chicago jazz in a uniquely engaging and articulate style. On “Chicago Sound?" for instance, after a discussion on the type of jazz played in various neighborhoods, Davis plays soulfully with ...

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News: Recording

"Doors: Chicago Storylines," New CD By Alto Saxophonist/Composer Caroline Davis, Due Nov. 6

"Doors: Chicago Storylines," New CD By Alto Saxophonist/Composer Caroline Davis, Due Nov. 6

Following the release of her much-praised 2012 debut, Live Work & Play, alto saxophonist and composer Caroline Davis relocated from Chicago to New York City and got to work on an ambitious project that had been germinating for seven years. To honor her eight-year residency in Chicago, she combines spoken stories and original compositions on her ...

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Article: Album Review

Caili O'Doherty: Padme

Read "Padme" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian


On her intriguing debut Padme pianist Caili O'Doherty showcases her superb skills as a composer, an improviser and a bandleader. The individual musicians' spontaneous expressions are integrated within the harmonic construct of her nine originals that comprise the album. As such the solos sound as natural extensions of the prewritten music making O'Doherty's freshman effort dynamically ...

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Article: Album Review

Whirlpool: This World and One More

Read "This World and One More" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni


The collaborative Chicagoan trio Whirlpool aims to eliminate the boundaries between composition and improvisation. Its musicians--alto saxophonist Caroline Davis, also a vocalist who performs world music, hip-hop and folk-Americana; drummer Charles Rumback, a member of Colorist and collaborator of cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm and guitarist Jeff Swanson- -are versatile musicians, leaders of their own outfits. ...


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