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Rodrigo Amado: The Abstract Truth
by Mark Corroto
Saxophonist Rodrigo Amado, bassist Kent Kessler, and drummer Paal Nilssen-Love is an international trio featuring players from Portugal, United States and Norway, respectively. But on its second recording, The Abstract Truth, the assemblage speaks the same language; its mother tongue being hard-hitting, concise improvisation. This disc follows the Teatro (European Echoes, 2006), the trio's ...
Dennis Gonzalez: A Matter Of Blood
by Mark Corroto
The reemergence of trumpeter Dennis Gonzalez continues. But, to quote an infamous rapper, “Don't call it a comeback, I've been here for years." And Gonzalez has been making music for many years. Since he has lived the last three decades in Texas, the New York-centric jazz world tended to overlook him. With a flurry of activity ...
Dance of the Soothsayer's Tongue (at Tonic)
Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: 01. Reaching Through the Skin; 02. The Matter at Hand; 03. Dance of the Soothsayer's Tongue; 04. Soundrhythium; 05. African
Suite; 06. Archipelago of Days.
Tutte le composizioni sono di Dennis Gonzalez tranne la #4 di M. Thompson.
The Gift Of Discernment
Label: Not Two Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Raise The Spirit; There’s A Face For Every Year; Ganesha The Spy; Tamazunchale I; Portugal (for Linda Sharrock); Tamazunchale II.
Dance of the Soothsayer
Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Reaching Through the Skin; The Matter at Hand; Dance of the Soothsayer
Dennis Gonzalez / Jnaana Septet: The Gift Of Discernment
by Nic Jones
Trumpeter Dennis Gonzalez has been responsible for some beautifully realized music on record in the past and this is a worthy addition to the canon. The music's full of that often difficult to define quality called life, shot through with a group conception which makes for a realization which is simultaneously both tight and loose. The ...
Dennis Gonzalez NY Quartet: Dance of the Soothsayer's Tongue (at Tonic)
by AAJ Italy Staff
Dance of the Soothsayer's Tongue comprende due distinte sedute di registrazione accomunate, nell’intento del leader, dallo stesso spirito improvvisativo. La prima, datata 9 agosto 2003, consiste nei trentaquattro minuti live, registrati al Tonic di New York, sopravvissuti ad una serie di inconvenienti di tipo tecnico e rimasti per lungo tempo nel cassetto. La seconda è una ...
Dennis Gonzalez: Dance of the Soothsayer
by Mark Corroto
Dennis González may the greatest trumpeter that you've never heard of. The Texas native, active some thirty years ago, has reawakened to provide a batch of stellar recordings. Dance of the Soothsayer's Tongue (Live at Tonic), with his New York Quartet, might be one of the best jazz releases of 2007. With nearly thirty ...
Dennis Gonzalez / Yells at Eels: Geographia
by Donald Elfman
Trumpeter Dennis González's tunes and improvisations are open and free-form, while still retaining a strong rhythmic pulse and forward motion. Evident, too, is a kind of Southwestern color that looks towards Mexico and Latin America. Yells at Eels is the name of a group he started with his sons, bassist Aaron and drummer Stefan.
