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Gösta Berlings Saga: Glue Works
by Glenn Astarita
With its third release, Sweden's Gosta Berlings Saga articulates a story or two, correlating to the band moniker that is derived from a famous Swedish book, written by Selma Lagerlof, in 1891. It's the band's striking lyricism that rides above the power, grace and fluency and a profoundly balanced set, gushing with climactic theme-building episodes and ...
Dead Cat Bounce: Chance Episodes
by Andrew J. Sammut
Saxophonist/composer Matt Steckler mentions “remembering things anew," when describing the music he wrote for Chance Episodes. Dead Cat Bounce certainly “remembers" several influences on its fourth album, yet its members recollect via their own unique voices. The Boston-based sextet munches on several speeds of hardboiled swing for “Food Blogger," with calypso beats sandwiched ...
Carlo De Rosa's Cross-Fade: Brain Dance
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il bassista Carlo De Rosa non è granchè noto da noi, ma a New York gode di un certo credito tra la comunità musicale. Come ambasciatore del jazz americano ha girato il mondo e si è costruito un'esperienza notevole che gli permette di maneggiare diversi stilemi della musica d'oggi. Il suo è un caso emblematico di ...
Wadada Leo Smith's Organic: Heart’s Reflections
by Nic Jones
Wadada Leo Smith is currently making some of the most distinctive music on the planet; its expressive depth, as exemplified by Heart's Reflections, seemingly born not merely of one lifetime, but of several. The trumpeter's means of expression, which has never been the stuff of mere virtuosity, is now purged of all excess, resulting in something ...
Wadada Leo Smith's Organic: Heart's Reflections
by Raul d'Gama Rose
To assess Wadada Leo Smith's contribution to the literature of his chosen instrument--the trumpet--as his sole claim to fame would be touching just the tip of the proverbial iceberg of his importance in the scheme of contemporary music. Firstly, there is a bottomless depth to him that rivals that of musicians such as Yusef Lateef and ...
Gutbucket: Flock
by AAJ Italy Staff
Gutbucket è un quartetto statunitense che gioca a nascondino con i generi musicali, rubando una procedura a Frank Zappa, due percorsi minati al Microscopic Septet, tre colorazioni rilucenti ai Lounge Lizards. La sensibilità è quella del jazz ma il linguaggio è quello del rock più artistico, vissuto con cura maniacale per ogni dettaglio, sotto la luce ...
Wadada Leo Smith's Organic: Heart's Reflections
by Jerry D'Souza
The creative arc of Wadada Leo Smith describes a man of many talents. He was a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) before forming the Creative Construction Company with Anthony Braxton and Leroy Jenkins. He has organized music into rhythm units and added a form of notation he called Akhreanvention. He ...
Richard Pinhas: Metal/Crystal
by Glenn Astarita
Think of sheaths of titanium splintering across a room at the speed of light, and a moveable wall of sound that poses a daunting proposition. These are components that signal the vivid imagery, supplied by pioneering French progressive space-rock guitarist and synthesist Richard Pinhas on a set that is based on mental disorder symptoms. Along with ...
John Surman: Flashpoint: NDR Jazz Workshop - April '69
by AAJ Italy Staff
La mai abbastanza lodata Cuneiform recupera dagli archivi un altro inedito storico di lusso proveniente dal periodo d'oro del jazz inglese, come aveva già fatto nel 2005 con Way Back Then di John Surman e Workpoints di Graham Collier, e l'anno scorso con NDR Jazz Workshop: Hamburg 1973 dei Soft Machine. Anche in questo caso a ...
Planeta Imaginario: Optical Delusions
by AAJ Italy Staff
I catalani Planeta Imaginario, ensemble elettricoacustico sempre in bilico tra Gil Evans, Frank Zappa (periodo Grand Wazoo e Waka Jawaka) e reminiscenze canterburiane, ci provano ripetere il magico collage post fusion di Biomasa, album uscito, sempre per la Cuneiform, nel 2008. Un'opera che fece addirittura gridare al miracolo uno come Chris Cutler, ex Henry Cow e ...
