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Matt Mitchell: Fiction
by Enrico Bettinello
Chi abbia avuto modo di verificare, anche dal vivo oltre che su disco, le doti di Matt Mitchell (nel quintetto di Dave Douglas o soprattutto negli Snakeoil di Tim Berne) sa bene con quale intelligenza e originalità il pianista collabori nella costruzione delle architetture musicali in cui è coinvolto. Per questo suo lavoro d'esordio ...
David Andrew Moore: Personal Mythologies
by Eyal Hareuveni
The debut album of drummer David Andrew Moore, a collaborator of world music band Slavic Soul Party, clarinetist Andy Statman and drummer Ches Smith, attempts to match modern jazz with elements of chamber music and African and European folk traditions. Moore chose a unique instrumentation for this recording--soprano sax, viola, bass, keyboards and himself on drums ...
Alex Weiss: Fighter Planes & Praying Mantis
by Eyal Hareuveni
Saxophonist Alex Ward's musical journey so far reflects his restful musical personality. He studied music in Boston, then relocated to San Francisco where he studied with Roberto DeHaven, the minister and musician of Saint John's Orthodox Church, better known as the John Coltrane Church. In the Bay Area he collaborated with innovative improvisers as saxophonist Glenn ...
7th Annual Red Hook Jazz Festival Taking Place June 8 & 15 In The Urban Meadow - Red Hook, Brooklyn
The 7th annual Red Hook Jazz Festival will take place once again in Brooklyn's Urban Meadow on two consecutive Sundays, June 8 and 15, 2014 from 1-6 PM. As part of its continuing grassroots tradition, the RHJF is a 100% volunteer-run event that receives no major corporate sponsorship beyond in-kind donations from local businesses, nor any ...
Tim Berne’s Snakeoil al Bologna Jazz Festival
by Libero Farnè
Tim Berne's Snakeoil Torrione Jazz Club Bologna Jazz Festival Ferrara 28.10.2013 Ogni grande musicista in età matura non può che ripetere se stesso, ribadendo le originali forme espressive maturate in decenni; c'è però chi si adagia su una routine autocelebrativa, e rassicurante per le orecchie dei fan, e chi ...
Mary Halvorson Septet: Illusionary Sea
by Phil Barnes
In 2009 Mary Halvorson was asked how relevant she felt that the word 'jazz' was to musicians of her generation. Her response was telling “Oh, I think about jazz all the time and although I don't play the traditional forms, I call myself a 'jazz musician.'.. trying to integrate everything into my own language." The corollary ...
Robert Bush’s Best Releases of 2013
by Robert Bush
2013 proved to be another banner year for recorded jazz--so much wonderful music--no one could argue that this is a dying art form. These ten recordings stood out in particular. Mark Dresser Quintet Nourishments (Clean Feed) Keith Jarrett Somewhere (ECM) Wadada Leo ...
Hammered
By Ches Smith
Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: Frisner; Wilson Phillip; Dead Battery; Hammered; Limitations; Learned From Jamie Stewart; Animal Collection; This Might Be A Fade Out.
Xiu Xiu: Nina
by Mark Corroto
Like a horrendous and gruesome accident you pass on the expressway, listening to the Jamie Stewart's covers of Nina Simone's music is both repulsive and abhorrent, but ultimately impossible to escape. Seems you just have to listen. Stewart and his avant-garde group Xiu Xiu probably have never had their discs filed in ...
The Trophies: You Wait To Publish
by Mark Corroto
Alessandro Bosetti reshuffles the distinctions between speech and song with his repeating texts. His scripts of found words, nonsense passages, or snippets of conversations, when presented as a loop, take on new and disparate meanings. With his trio Trophies, the repetitive speech loops expand as drummer Tony Buck (The Necks) and guitarist Kenta Nagai (Laura Andel ...
