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John Zorn: O'o
by Stuart Broomer
When John Zorn released The Dreamers (Tzadik) in 2008, it might have seemed like a temporary aberration: Zorn the master of the arbitrary (Cobra), the cutting edge (Torture Garden) and the anarchic (too many projects to mention) had embraced the genres of lounge and 1950s exotica to produce music that, perhaps ironically, approached easy listening, building ...
Joey Baron: Just Say Yes
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
Combining technical acuity with a deep sense of groove, Joey Baron drums with playful exuberance. Throughout his more than 35-year career, he's propelled experimentalists like guitarist Bill Frisell and saxophonist John Zorn, as well as mainstreamers like vocalist Carmen McRae and saxophonist David Sanborn. He's even played with pop stars David Bowie and Marianne Faithfull. But ...
Intervista a Cyro Baptista
by AAJ Italy Staff
Definirlo un jazzista pare quasi limitante. Cyro Baptista è uno di quegli artisti che la musica pare averla letteralmente attraversata, cimentandosi in ogni tipo di genere, ramificazione e derivazione. Per rendersi conto della poliedricità del personaggio basta scorrere velocemente l'infinita lista di collaborazioni eccellenti: Sting, Paul Simon, Herbie Hancock, John Zorn, Carlos Santana, Laurie Anderson, Melissa ...
Clay Ross: Matuto
by Greg Camphire
In Brazilian Portuguese, matuto signifies a backwoods country hillbilly. Guitarist, vocalist and South Carolina native Clay Ross knows a thing or two about these types of folks, and finds common ground between their counterparts across the equator on Matuto, his eclectic debut for Ropeadope Records. Ross is something of a polymath, handling guitar, ...
Eyal Maoz's Edom: Hope and Destruction
by Eyal Hareuveni
The second release of New York-based Israeli guitarist Eyal Maoz alt-klezmer quartet Edom is a schizophrenic one. On one hand, Maoz faithfully follows Tzadik founder John Zorn's hybridized post-modern pastiche of klezmer and Jewish musical traditions, and musical references that are typical of the label's Radical Jewish Culture series. This is most audible in the manner ...
Cyro Baptista's Banquet of the Spirits: Infinito
by Joel Roberts
Multi-talented percussionist Cyro Baptista may have the most dazzlingly eclectic resumé in contemporary music. He's performed and recorded with mainstream jazzers like Herbie Hancock and Wynton Marsalis; downtown experimentalists like John Zorn and Laurie Anderson; pop icons like Sting and Paul Simon and major Brazilian stars like Milton Nascimento and Ivan Lins. And he may be ...
Cyro Baptista:Infinito
By: Dennis Cook There are musicians whose presence bestows a stamp of quality and originality regardless of the specific project, and Cyro Baptista is surely of this breed. He infects music with his joyful gusto for his craft, leaving one slightly heated and nicely agitated. One quickly picks up on this energy with opener Infinito Coming," ...
Brazilian Buffet: Trio + 1, Patricia Talem, Paulinho Garcia, Nilson Matta, Fred Hersch
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
Here's a tasty buffet from Brasil: five newly released, or in 2009 recently revived, CDs that underscore the richness of the music. The artists range from brand new to legendary, while the menu includes two vocal CDs, one mix of vocals and instrumentals, and a pair of unusual takes on the genre: an other-worldly trio, and ...


