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Large Ensembles: Is There a Place in This Large Music World?
by R.J. DeLuke
The big band in jazz has a long and glorious history. It was a prevalent form in jazz music in the '20s and '30s, comprising a substantial part of America's popular music heard on radio, spun on gramophones and record players, and enjoyed in dance halls. It gave rise to iconic band leaders like Fletcher Henderson, ...
The Jazz Conceptions Orchestra: The Best is Yet to Come
by Barbara Salter Nelson
For many people, the bonds forged at college serve as the foundation for lifelong friendships; bonds that often keep like- minded friends committing to get together once in awhile to share passions. The Jazz Conceptions Orchestra (JCO) was created along these lines, but instead of getting together for the occasional game of golf or ...
Frank Carlberg: The American Dream
by AAJ Italy Staff
Si contano numerosi e piuttosto riusciti gli omaggi da parte del mondo jazzistico all'arte poetica di Robert Creeley. Ultimo in ordine di tempo quel So There a nome Steve Swallow, che vide esibirsi Creeley pochi giorni prima della sua scomparsa. The American Dream è un poema in dodici parti basato su altrettante liriche di Robert Creeley, ...
Frank Carlberg: The American Dream
by Eyal Hareuveni
The poetry of Robert Creeley (1926-2005) has been arranged a few times in jazz settings and acknowledges the music's strong influence on his work. The late saxophonist Steve Lacy arranged the introspective and laconic verses of Creeley into an almost operatic setting in Futurities (Hat Hut, 1985) and later on The Beat Suite (Universal, 2003). In ...
Frank Carlberg: State of the Union
by AAJ Italy Staff
Questo gruppo potrebbe essere definito il quintetto stabile di Frank Carlberg visto che, salvo minime variazioni, opera ed incide dal lontano 1996. Oltre al leader, pianista e compositore di origine finlandese, membri stabili sono il notevole sassofonista Chris Cheek e la cantante di origine indiana Christine Correa. L’ensemble si muove, quindi, a meraviglia e con grande ...
In the Land of Art
Label: Blue Moon
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Misery Poesy 2. Hills 3. Nowhere One Goes 4. In the Land of Art 5. The Act 6. Better on Your Arse 7. Asparagus 8. This is the Gallows 9. Fat Rate (Be at That) 10. Wit in Fools 11. Pull my Daisy
Frank Carlberg: In the Land of Art
by Elliott Simon
The beat poets and writers of the '50s idolized the bop players of their day. Jazz served as a template for their compositional methods, performing styles and as soundtrack to their writings. This adulation may not have gone both ways, though, as a quote attributed to Miles Davis indicates: “The Beat Generation ain't nothin' but just ...
Frank Carlberg: Variations On A Summer Day
by Mark Corroto
Adapting the poetry of Wallace Stevens to music is an almost natural task for Frank Carlberg. The ex-lawyer turned insurance executive (Stevens not Carlberg) wrote from pure imagination. His early associations had been with the New York intelligentsia, including William Carlos Williams and Marcel Duchamp. Carlberg, a Finnish born pianist and composer has been a frequent ...
Frank Carlberg featuring Christine Correa: Variations On A Summer Day
by Glenn Astarita
Hailing from Helsinki, Finland – composer/pianist Frank Carlberg provides the musical setting for Variations On A Summer Day which is a collection of poems by Wallace Stevens. Vocalist Christine Correa is co-featured on this production along with a prominent assemblage of modern jazz all-stars consisting of saxophonists Chris Speed, Andrew D’ Angelo, drummer Kenny Wolleson and ...
