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Article: Album Review

Red Hill: Red Hill

Read "Red Hill" reviewed by John Ephland


Red Hill is the collection of six group-composed pieces, led by trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, this very fine aggregate also including keyboardist Jamie Saft, Joe Morris playing acoustic bass and drummer Balazs Pandi. Indeed, Red Hill can't be heard except as a portrait of four vivid musical personalities interacting across musical terrain loaded with many unexpected ...

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Article: Album Review

Plymouth: Plymouth

Read "Plymouth" reviewed by Claudio Bonomi


Decisamente affascinanti le trame policrome, acide e vintage dei Plymouth, inedito combo dedito all'improvvisazione radicale animato dal tastierista Jamie Saft e dal chitarrista Joe Morris e che in questa nuova avventura associa una solida sezione ritmica formata dal bassista Chris Lightcap e dal batterista Gerald Clever. Dulcis in fundo i Plymouth si avvalgono in questa occasione ...

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News: Recording

Avant-Garde Icon Wadada Leo Smith Joins Forces With Jamie Saft, Joe Morris, Balazs Pandi On Startling RareNoise Release Red Hill

Avant-Garde Icon Wadada Leo Smith Joins Forces With Jamie Saft, Joe Morris, Balazs Pandi On Startling RareNoise Release Red Hill

There’s a sense of mystery, majesty and daring surrounding this remarkably deep studio session, the first of its kind for the adventurous renegade label RareNoiseRecords. Each piece resounds with such compelling, conversational, in-the-moment playing that it sets a new standard in collective improvisation. “I believe it raises the bar for what improvised music can achieve on ...

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News: Contest

Enter the "Jamie Saft/Steve Swallow/Bobby Previte - The New Standard" Giveaway!

Enter the "Jamie Saft/Steve Swallow/Bobby Previte - The New Standard" Giveaway!

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the RareNoiseRecords “Jamie Saft/Steve Swallow/Bobby Previte - The New Standard“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on August 10th Click here to enter the contest (Tracking Jamie Saft at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! ...

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Article: Album Review

Jamie Saft, Steve Swallow, Bobby Previte: The New Standard

Read "The New Standard" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero


Tre personalità assai differenti sia dal punto di vista generazionale che artistico accomunate dal medesimo spirito curioso e dal gusto per la sfida come Jamie Saft, Steve Swallow e Bobby Previte si danno appuntamento nello studio di registrazione di Saft e tre ore dopo scodellano questo The New Standard. Buona la prima, nessuna ...

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Article: Album Review

Jamie Saft, Steve Swallow and Bobby Previte: The New Standard

Read "The New Standard" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Inimitable bassist Steve Swallow has pretty much seen and done it all. His vast achievements, historic alliances, and easily recognizable sound are firmly ingrained into the jazz idiom. Yet drummer Bobby Previte and keyboardist Jamie Saft are among the more notable modern trendsetters. They've both played significant roles in New York City's nonconforming downtown scene amid ...

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Article: Album Review

Slobber Pup: Black Aces

Read "Black Aces" reviewed by Claudio Bonomi


Nel catalogo dell'iperprolifica RareNoise Records ci sono anche gli Slobber Pup, gruppo avant rock che allinea un poker di musicisti più o meno noti ai cultori della scena underground americana. Si tratta dell'organista Jamie Saft, già con i New Zion Trio e collaboratore degli Electric Masada di John Zorn), il bassista Trevor Dunn, anche lui un ...

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Article: Bailey's Bundles

Jazz Quanta May

Read "Jazz Quanta May" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Oran Etkin Gathering Light Motema 2014 Multi-reedist Oran Etkin gathers his scattered points of inspiration from the whole of the Eastern Hemisphere and a good bit of the Western one. Etkin's main horn is the bass clarinet...not completely unheard of, Eric Dolphy played a mean one, but one ...

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News: Recording

Jamie Saft Joins Steve Swallow And Bobby Previte On The New Standard

Jamie Saft Joins Steve Swallow And Bobby Previte On The New Standard

Collaborative Outing Strikes The Jazziest Chord In The RareNoise Catalog While Jamie Saft has been a significant presence on previous RareNoise recordings by Slobber Pup, Plymouth and Metallic Taste of Blood, the renegade keyboardist and essential Downtown improviser steps into a dramatically different role on The New Standard. A collaborative trio outing featuring the dream rhythm ...

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Article: Album Review

Plymouth: Plymouth

Read "Plymouth" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Jamie Saft, Joe Morris, Chris Lightcap, Gerald Cleaver, and Mary Halvorson. The simple mention of these five names is probably enough to frighten some people away from this album and make others rush toward it with open ears. Each one of the aforementioned musicians has a reputation for being a musical provocateur, pushing buttons, pushing the ...


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