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Keefe Jackson, Jason Adasiewicz: Rows and Rows

Read "Rows and Rows" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala

by Giuseppe Segala
September 26, 2016

Nella ricca cartografia musicale che alimenta la scena odierna di Chicago, quella successiva alla topica esperienza della AACM e ben descritta da James Falzone nelle note a questo CD, Keefe Jackson e Jason Adasiewicz rappresentano due personalità di rilievo, riscontrabili in molte realizzazioni e collaborazioni. Il sassofonista e clarinettista si è trasferito nella città ...

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Marc Riordan/Tim Daisy: Joyride

by Mark Corroto
June 27, 2016

Critics often speak of the chemistry between two musicians. Why? Because, it is so very easy to toss out this abstract, non-quantifiable concept. Those who agree, nod. Those who differ, well they have nothing on which to challenge your statement. But here I go, Tim Daisy and Marc Riordan showcase a stellar musical affinity on their ...

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Eric Platz: Life After Life

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by Troy Collins
March 5, 2016

Since the late 1990s, percussionist Eric Platz has maintained a busy performance schedule working in a variety of musical genres. He has served as a sideman to such luminaries as Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano and Lucinda Williams, co-led the improvised music trios Fat Little Bastard and FourMinusOne, and is a member in both the world music ...

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The Room Is

By James Falzone

Label: Allos Documents
Released: 2015
Track listing:

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Tim Daisy: October Music – 7 Compositions For Duet (Vol 1)

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by Giuseppe Segala
July 27, 2015

Nel suo libro Ein Fenster aus Jazz (Una finestra sul jazz), il compianto Joachim Ernst Berendt dedica un intero capitolo all'Arte del duo, sottolineando come in tale contesto ancora più che in altre occasioni la relazione umana intensa sia indispensabile. Il duo nel jazz mette in scena un dialogo più serrato, più complesso, più rischioso e ...

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Steel Bridge Trio: Different Clocks

Read "Different Clocks" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
June 25, 2015

Heard at the imaginary music awards ceremony, “and the winner of the quietest and most accessible avant-garde recording of 2015 (dramatic pause), Different Clocks by Steel Bridge Trio." “Accepting the award for the trio is Jimmy Giuffre and Eric Dolphy. If there were such awards, and certainly there should be, Chicagoan Tim Daisy would ...

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James Falzone: The Room Is

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by Mark Corroto
April 20, 2015

Legend has it that Jimmy Giuffre harbored a vehement distaste for the use of percussion in his ensembles. He found drummers distracting, irritating and clamorous. By the time he recorded the classic records 1961 (ECM, 1992) and Free Fall (Columbia, 1963) he had jettisoned drummers from his piano and bass trio. It must have driven marketing ...

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James Falzone - The Renga Ensemble: The Room Is

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by Glenn Astarita
April 12, 2015

Enterprising Chicago-based clarinetist James Falzone and a core band of fellow improvisers signal a modern day avant-jazz summit, inspired by the leader's affinity for Renga, which is a Japanese poetic tradition where 2 or more poets work in parallel to produce a new work. Falzone yields dividends by enlisting an ensemble, featuring prominent trailblazers of the ...

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Timothy Daisy: October Music (Vol. 1) 7 Compositions For Duet

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by Mark Corroto
December 26, 2014

In 2001 drummer Tim Daisy replaced Tim Mulvenna in Vandermark 5. From that instant, his career has evolved first as a sideman to composer/saxophonist Ken Vandermark in V5, Bridge 61, Resonance Ensemble, The Frame Quartet, and more recently in Audio One and Made To Break. Next he distinguished himself with fellow Chicago musicians in Dave Rempis' ...

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Cicada Music

By James Falzone

Label: Delmark Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: 01. The Dark; 02. Wet Feet Slashing; 03. Yards; 04. Babies; 05. Adrian; 06. Driven; 07. Tragically Positive; 08. Bedbugs; 09. Typophile/Apples, 10. Credits. Tutte le composizioni sono di Frank Rosaly.