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Confusion Bleue Live and in the Studio
by Hrayr Attarian
The collaborative combo Confusion Bleue is a rare a phenomenon on the contemporary jazz scene. Neither that the group utilizes sound snippets, nor that all their music is entirely improvised. confers on them a singularity. It is, however, the collective ability of its members to create intricate, highly orchestrated and profoundly moving pieces on the spot ...
Unseen Rain Records Debut Release
Four Extraordinary Recordings of Jazz and Improvised Music STEVE COHN: WE PAT HALL TRIO: MULTIPLE QUESTION CHOICE CHRIS KELSEY, TOM TEDESCO and JACK DeSALVO: STUTCHES TOM DeSTENO TRIO: CORIOLIS SKY UNSEEN RAIN is a new label featuring high-definition downloads of contemporary jazz and improvisation recordings available exclusively at meyefi.com. UR's ...
Not Cool
By Chris Kelsey
Label:
Released: 2010
Track listing:
01. Femulate the State; 02. If Jazz Is Dead (Can I Have Its Stuff?); 03. Sameness Is Way Better than Differentness!;
04. The Past Is a Frightening Prospect; 05. The Sweet Trauma that Is Free Jazz/Ghosts (Ayler).
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Chris Kelsey - Not Cool (Tzazz Krytyk)
As playfully glib as ever, saxophonist Chris Kelsey couches his latest effort in an oppositional framework certain to arch a few eyebrows and maybe even roll a few eyes. His commentary to the disc commences with a caveat clarifying that his decision to sight Paul Desmond in his crosshairs isn't strictly motivated by disdain. Sure, he ...
The Jazz Session #144: Chris Kelsey
Chris Kelsey is both a jazz musician and critic one of the rare people who straddles both worlds. His new CD is Not Cool (as in The Opposite of Paul Desmond) (Tzazz Krytyk, 2009). In this interview, Kelsey talks about his approach to composition and performance; how his work as a critic has impacted his career ...
The Chris Kelsey 4: Not Cool
by AAJ Italy Staff
"Nulla di personale contro Paul Desmond - afferma Chris Kelsey nelle efficaci note di copertina - molto semplicemente il mio modo di intendere il jazz non ha nulla a che vedere con il suo suono cristallino, le sue frasi sinuose e perfette, la sua musica per bene". E in effetti già dalle prime note si intuisce ...
Not Cool {. . .As In, "The Opposite of Paul Desmond"}
By Chris Kelsey
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2009
Track listing: Femulate the State; Raw Sun; If Jazz is Dead (Can I Have its Stuff?); Sameness is Way Better Than Differentness; The Past is a Frightening Prospect; The Sweet Trauma That is Free Jazz/Ghosts.
The Chris Kelsey 4: Not Cool {. . .As In, "The Opposite of Paul Desmond"}
by Jerry D'Souza
Growing up as the son of a jazz saxophonist, saxophonist Chris Kelsey was influenced by his father's tastes in jazz. Charlie Parker, John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins were among those favorite artists, but Paul Desmond was not. Kelsey first heard Desmond on Bridge Over Troubled Water (A&M, 1969), his ode to Simon and Garfunkel, which was ...
The Crookedest Straight Line Vol. 2
By Chris Kelsey
Label: CIMP Records
Released: 2008
Track listing:
01. Robin's Egg Blues (Chris Kelsey) - 6:41; 02. Stunned (Chris Kelsey) - 7:47; 03. All Small Not At All (Chris Kelsey) - 8:31; 04.
61715 (Kelsey/Carlson/Grillot/Rosen) - 10:22; 05. Inside Pout - (Chris Kelsey) - 13:33; 06. Charming (Chris Kelsey) - 10:06; 07. It's yer
Birthday (Chris Kelsey) - 8:11.
Chris Kelsey Quartet: The Crookedest Straight Line Vol. 2
by AAJ Italy Staff
Ci sono dei musicisti che vanno in studio ed hanno difficoltà a mettere insieme quaranta minuti di musica, altri, come - in questo caso - Chris Kelsey, vanno per registrare un disco e spuntano sul mercato con due lunghi CD dalla qualità sopraffina, frutto più che di arrangiamenti complicati o difficili armonie di energia, di entusiasmo... ...
