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Andrew Cyrille & Haitian Fascination: Route de Frères
by AAJ Italy Staff
America del ghetto, Africa e Caraibi s'incontrano in questo nuovo lavoro (incisione, però, del 2005) dell'oggi settantaduenne batterista già gloriosamente a fianco di Cecil Taylor. Negritudine sugli scudi, quindi, anche perché l'altro elemento schiettamente jazzistico del quintetto è quell'Hamiet Bluiett la cui prima visibilità rimanda all'estrema stagione mingusiana. Più Mingus, se proprio vogliamo (ricordiamo almeno l'"Haitian ...
Andrew Cyrille & Haitian Fascination: Route de Freres
by Nic Jones
Defying preconceived notions, a band featuring two highly persuasive advocates of the free and the near-free has produced a record of warm and winning world music potent enough to lift the spirit in the depths of winter. The band is named Haitian Fascination for a very good reason. Not only is drummer Andrew ...
Nu-Art Series Announces Concerts Featuring "The Music of Bluiett," Freddie Washington
The Nu-Art Series has announced two concerts in December: Saxophonist and composer Hamiet Bluiett (pictured) will direct a performance of his music by the East St. Louis Senior High School music department, including the woodwind ensemble, percussion ensemble, jazz orchestra and combo, at 3:00 p.m. this Saturday, December 3. Saxophonist Freddie Washington will perform with his ...
Andrew Cyrille / Haitian Fascination: Route de Freres
by Dave Wayne
Despite all of the cross fertilization that's taken place over the decades between the US and the various island nations of the Caribbean, it could be argued that the jazz world hasn't really dealt with the music of Haiti in any fundamental way. Andrew Cyrille--who's drawn on his Haitian heritage throughout his career as a solo ...
Bluiett, Bistro Among Riverfront Times "Best of St Louis" Winners for 2011
The Riverfront Times' 2011 “Best of St. Louis" issue is out, and this year's winner for “Best Jazz Artist" is baritone saxophonist Hamiet Bluiett. (Bluiett also won the BOSTL award two years ago, with pianist Peter Martin getting the trophy in 2010. ) Jazz at the Bistro once again is the winner in 2011 for “Best ...
STLJN Audio Archive: Hamiet Bluiett - S.O.S.
This week's Audio Archive entry features S.O.S., a 1977 session from the great baritone saxophonist Hamiet Bluiett. Recorded live at an NYC performance space called Axis, S.O.S teams Bluiett with a stellar rhythm section comprised of Don Pullen on piano, Fred Hopkins on bass and Famoudou Don Moye on percussion. When originally issued as an LP ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Hamiet Bluiett
All About Jazz is celebrating Hamiet Bluiett's birthday today! The finest baritone saxophonist of the 1970s and beyond, Hamiet Bluiett has demonstrated a huge, impressive sound, superb technique, and a mastery of his horn in every register. In his solos, he can provide an array of tonal colors and harmonic options. A first-rate free player who\'s ...
Shana Tucker: Shine
by Larry Reni Thomas
Shine is a bright, bluesy, jazzy album from the multitalented vocalist Shana Tucker. She also plays cello and guitar on this set of Tucker compositions, with insightful autobiographical titles like the upbeat “Fast Lane," with a great line “leave the porch light on," and the ever-moving “No Get Back (Together With Me)." These tunes, along with ...
Vision Festival 16 - June 9: An Evening of Special Projects
The special project nights embody the epitome of the festival and the most striking contrast with the pre packaged, off the shelf bloat fests. And the events are thoughtfully timed to allow for movement between performances in the Main Stage and the Downstairs Theater, where the evening begins with the final panel discussion looking to education ...
Vision Festival 16 Opening Night; Echoes of Ascension, Marion Brown and John Tchicai.
Having covered the Panel Discussion for Sunday the music needs its due. Where else but the Vision Festival, in the US at least, would you find a night given to two participants in that legendary extended fanfare the world knows as Ascension. One still works among us, John Tchicai, and the other left us since Vision ...
