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Mats/Morgan: Schack Tati
by Claudio Bonomi
Raccontano le cronache che gli svedesi Mats Oberg (tastierista) e Morgan Agren (batterista) suonano insieme dall'età rispettivamente di 10 e 14 anni. Si direbbe un sodalizio di acciaio che si fonda su una fraterna amicizia e su un amore smisurato per Frank Zappa che fu agli inizi degli anni Ottanta anche loro mentore. Fini ...
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Frank Zappa (1940-1993), a gifted musician who dipped his toe into jazz, never demonstrated more than a smidgeon of what he knew about the genre. But he left us with the memorable observation, “Jazz isn’t dead. It just smells funny.” A web search shows that lesser wits have adapted Zappa’s line to all kinds of topics ...
Various Artists: Six Degrees Records' Psychedelic Planet
by Chris M. Slawecki
Comprising new remixes of recent tunes from the label's catalog, Six Degrees Records' Psychedelic Planet colorfully spins and orbits around its electronic global beat. Psychedelic Planet seems to offer as many different styles and sounds as there are stars in the sky. Jef Stott's ethereal horn floats through the murky “White Tara (Vlastur Remix)" ...
Troker: Crimen Sonoro
by Chris M. Slawecki
It's curious how the exact same things that attract one person to music will repel another. For example, I'm at my friend Mike's birthday party and we start talking about music we're listening to, and I bring up Crimen Sonoro, the new release by Troker, which my wife and I listened to in the car driving ...
What a Wonderful World (of Music)
by Chris M. Slawecki
Wil Blades Field Notes Royal Potato Family 2014 It's good to know that no matter how many things change around us, there's still nothing that kicks out the jams like a good old school B-3 organ, guitar and drum trio. Wil Blades provides an excellent case study ...
A Celebration of Lindsay Cooper (1951-2013)
by Duncan Heining
Lindsay Cooper Barbican London Jazz Festival November 21, 2014 I confess I'm less familiar with the work of the late composer and multi-instrumentalist Lindsay Cooper than I might be. On the basis of this gig, that's very much my loss. What brought me here was the fact that I did know ...
The Ed Palermo Big Band: Oh No! Not Jazz!!
by Vic Albani
La Big Band di Ed Palermo ha iniziato a suonare le composizioni di uno dei più grandi musicisti del secolo scorso, Frank Zappa, per puro e immenso amore nei confronti di quel genio poco dopo la sua scomparsa avvenuta il 4 dicembre del 1993. A parte la risaputa difficoltà tecnica ed esecutiva delle ...
Rory Gallagher: Irish Tour '74
by Maurizio Comandini
Sono passati oltre quarant'anni dal tour irlandese del gruppo di Rory Gallagher che toccò Belfast, Dublino e Cork fra fine dicembre del 1973 e l'inizio del nuovo anno. La Sony Music fa un bellissimo regalo ai tanti fan del focoso chitarrista irlandese e pubblica un cofanetto quadrato (è un insolito formato di 24x24 centimetri) che contiene ...
Jazztopad 2014, Three World Premieres
by Ian Patterson
Jazztopad Wroclaw, Poland November 13-15, 2014 Jazztopad enters its second decade with confident stride. The festival has come a long way in the first ten years, evolving, experimenting and growing as any good festival should. In 2014, Jazztopad stands as an internationally renowned festival with a clearly defined ethos, one that combines ...
The Cellar and Point: Ambit
by Vic Albani
Due chitarre, violino, violoncello, vibrafono e ritmica. Curiosa line-up per uno dei gruppi più interessanti del momento, capace forse di rispondere alla domanda “dove sta andando la musica?." Molti recensori e critici festeggiano la strada di The Cellar and Point chiedendosi che razza di musica proponga questa formazione. New jazz o new pop? ...
