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Hedvig Mollestad Trio: All of Them Witches
by John Kelman
It may well be sexist to suggest that there are few female heavy rock guitarists. Still, as society moves towards greater equity among the genders, there are thankfully a lot more talented and intrepid women transcending conventional expectations of their “place" in music--and few countries exemplifying this more than Norway. Sidsel Endresen may be a singer, ...
Fred Frith Cosa Brava: The Letter
by AAJ Italy Staff
Se c'è un musicista che possa davvero fregiarsi del titolo di signore del rock creativo questi non può essere altri che Fred Frith. Il leggendario chitarrista britannico ormai da anni stabilitosi negli Stati Uniti (a parte le sue ultime incisioni, i più giovani vadano ad ascoltare tutta la discografia della vita precedente, leggi Henry Cow, Skeleton ...
Nels Cline: Finding Others
by Ted Harms
Ask 10 people when they first heard of guitarist Nels Cline and you'll get 10 different answers. Maybe it was when he joined award-winning, arena-packing, ever-touring rock band Wilco. Or maybe it was stumbling upon a guitar internet forum where nerd boys and girls go over the minutiae of his expansive and varied effect pedals, amps, ...
David Soler: Botánicas
by Enrique Turpin
Hay discos que nacen con la condición de outsiders. No sólo es que vayan a contracorriente, es que encuentran sentido en los márgenes. La periferia es su dominio y cobran sentido pleno cuando dejan descubrir su lateralidad. David Soler es el baricentro que equilibra las fuerzas, densidades y distancias del conjunto heterogéneo que es Botánicas. Un ...
Hugo Carvalhais: Particula
by Eyal Hareuveni
Portuguese bassist Hugo Carvalhais creates a highly personal musical universe on this, his sophomore release. His compositions draw inspiration from the American free jazz of the sixties, the sonic experimentalism of saxophonist John Zorn and guitarist Fred Frith, and European chamber jazz, but do not surrender to any of these formative influences. Furthermore, Carvalhais chooses a ...
Eve Risser / Benjamin Duboc / Edward Perraud: En Corps
by Eyal Hareuveni
This magnificent French trio is comprised of three promising and yet underrated young musicians-- experimental pianist Eve Risser, an explorer of paradoxical piano sounds and a member of the French-Swedish-German musicians collective Umlaut, the band The New Sounds and the duo Donkey Monkey; likeminded prolific bassist Benjamin Duboc, whose activity encompasses free improvisation, free jazz and ...
Guelph Jazz Festival: Guelph, Canada, September 5-9, 2012
by Ted Harms
Guelph Jazz FestivalGuelph, OntarioSeptember 5-9, 2012The Guelph Jazz Festival is in its 19th year. Under the direction of Ajay Heble, the festival has few equals in Canada, attracting the upper echelon of improvising musicians.It is a rare festival that can resist the allure of “tent-pole" shows--the mass-appeal artists that have vague, ...
Two Sides of Fred Frith
by John Eyles
From the very start of his musical career, guitarist Fred Frith has been equally at home as an improviser, a songwriter or a combination of the two. His first group, the legendary Henry Cow, always featured a balance between songs that were used as a springboard for improvisation and free improvisations. In contrast, his debut solo ...
Nate Wooley / Christian Weber / Paul Lytton: Six Feet Under
by John Sharpe
Having established a template with their eponymous 2007 Broken Research debut and Creak Above 33, (psi, 2010), avant trumpeter Nate Wooley and English drummer Paul Lytton have been looking to stretch the confines of their duo with the addition of impromptu guests. Accomplices on their 2008 American tour included guitarist Fred Frith, pianist Marilyn Crispell, bassist ...
Rusconi: Revolution
by Ian Patterson
Revolution is in the air, and Rusconi knows it. The Swiss trio's fifth album sees it break with major record labels-- following its memorable tribute to indie-rock band Sonic Youth on It's a Sonic Life (Sony, 2010)--and head out into the great unknown of self-promotion. It's a bold move, but one befitting of the sonic explorers ...
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