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Mike Parker’s Unified Theory: Embrace The Wild
by Roger Farbey
New York bassist Mike Parker leads an international quintet based in Krakow, Poland where he has been residing for the last two years. This is his second album with this band and already shows signs of great things. Kicking off with “Kobra Kai Dance Remix" this is pure post-bop jazz tinged with eclectic influences--Ornette, ...
Kenny Wheeler: Songs for Quintet
by Alberto Bazzurro
A pochi mesi dalla sua morte (18 settembre 2014), ecco l'ultima fatica discografica di Kenny Wheeler per l'etichetta di Manfred Eicher (il quale produce il CD, inciso agli Abbey Road Studios nel dicembre 2013, in coppia con Steve Lake) che ne ha accompagnato molte delle tappe discografiche più salienti. I brani recano tutti ...
Spin Marvel: Infolding
by John Ephland
A cross somewhere between Jon Hassell and Brian Eno, there's a funky brilliance here that keeps me coming back for more. There are jams packed into all six pieces, a bunch of running around in and outside of meters, serious soloing without being serious (or at least, showing off). The Hassell and Eno references, of course, ...
Jozef Dumoulin & The Red Hill Orchestra: Trust
by Vincenzo Roggero
La The Red Hill Orchestra di Jozef Dumoulin non si rivela una esotica big band, o un ensemble dalle origini misteriose bensì un anomalo trio -batteria, tastiere, sax -dove tre sperimentatori dei rispettivi strumenti danno fondo a bagagli espressivi di matrice assai diversificate per creare originali paesaggi sonori. Perché è proprio il suono a farla da ...
Ron Thomas: Impatience
by C. Michael Bailey
There is something elemental about the jazz piano trio. It is classically called the “Rhythm Section," that practical subset of a larger ensemble that produces the pulse that propels the band and compositions the band plays. It is also the most enduring of jazz performance formats that has included the giants of jazz. Whether it is ...
Burak Kaya: Climate Change
by Chris Mosey
Turkish guitarist Burak Kaya sees climate change as the greatest challenge facing mankind. On the sleeve of his album of the same name, he cites a Cree proverb: “Only when the last tree has been cut down, the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught, will man finally realize that we ...
Terje Isungset / Arve Henriksen: World of Glass
by Eyal Hareuveni
Norwegian percussionist Terje Isungset and trumpeter Arve Henriksen seem to have enjoyed careers predicated on the continuous, never-ending search for new sounds. Isungset has incorporated, into his arsenal of percussive instruments, some that are made of natural elements including wooden trunks and branches, stones--and, in recent years, ad-hoc instruments made of ice from different locations around ...
Roberto Ottaviano: Forgotten Matches. The Worlds Of Steve Lacy (1934-2004)
by Neri Pollastri
Il 4 giugno del 2004 veniva a mancare Steve Lacy, uno dei giganti della storia del jazz che, per molteplici motivi, non ha ricevuto l'attenzione e il successo di pubblico di altre figure del suo calibro. Tra le possibili spiegazioni sta probabilmente la scelta di dedicarsi interamente a uno strumento un po' particolare qual è il ...
Mario Pavone: Street Songs
by Neri Pollastri
Mario Pavone ha un posto centrale nella musica creativa statunitense, avendo suonato con alcuni dei più importanti innovatori degli ultimi cinquant'anni--come Anthony Braxton, Wadada Leo Smith e Marty Ehrlich--e avendo avuto sodalizi stabili prima con Paul Bley, poi con Bill Dixon e infine con il compianto Thomas Chapin. Dopo la morte di quest'ultimo, con il quale ...
Ritmos Unidos: Ritmos Unidos
by Angelo Leonardi
Il percussionista Michael Spiro ha coinvolto gli alunni della Jacobs School of Music -dipartimento dell'Indiana University-e guida questa formazione spaziando tra le differenti diramazioni della musica latina. Vediamo quindi coesistere in un'unico percorso musicale le varie forme del latin jazz e i folklori delle isole dei caraibi (Cuba, Porto Rico, Trinidad, Tobago) con suggestioni che vengono ...
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