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Arrive: There Was...
by Mark Corroto
It is astonishing to consider just how many differing ensembles in which a modern jazz musician might participate. Take, for instance, the players heard in alto saxophonist Aram Shelton's Arrive. Besides his own band Rolldown, vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz can be heard in seven other bands, including those of Rob Mazurek, Mike Reed, and Nicole Mitchell. Likewise, ...
Matt Bauder: Day In Pictures
by Troy Collins
Day In Pictures is Matt Bauder's first traditional jazz recording as the leader of a stellar acoustic quintet. Far from a debut, the young Brooklyn-based multi-instrumentalist already has a number of eclectic releases to his name, but none delve as far into the nuances of jazz tradition as this refined platter. His previous albums expand on ...
Yoni Kretzmer Trio: Nevertheless
by Eyal Hareuveni
Uprising Israeli-born, Brooklyn-based saxophonist Yoni Kretzmer is a musician well-versed in the rich history of free jazz, without confining himself to any specific genre. In his excellent debut release as a leader, New Dilemma (Earsay, 2009), he featured modern, chamber style compositions. Since than he has led a free-folk quintet in Israel, an Albert Ayler Memorial ...
Jason Adasiewicz: Sun Rooms
by Mark Corroto
Jason Adasiewicz is making the vibraphone a necessary ingredient for music making in this century. His mallets have been featured in recordings by Josh Berman, Jason Ajemian, Harris Eisenstadt, the Lucky 7s, and Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra.As a leader, his two recordings with Rolldown, the self-titled 2008 disc on 482 Music and Varmint ...
Chicago Underground Trio: Chronicle
by Seamus Seoighe
The Chicago Underground Trio is more of an idea than a group per se. With albums being put out by an ever-changing group of musicians over the last decade-and-a-half, carrying the torch as the Chicago Underground implies a commitment to pushing boundaries; be it sonic boundaries, or the boundaries that could inhibit a trio creating live ...
Jason Ajemian: Protest Heaven
by Mark Corroto
Bassist Jason Ajemian assembled a company of improvisers in December, 2006 at Heaven Gallery in Chicago as part of a music series he had been curating since 2002. The assemblage named Jason Ajemian's Daydream Full Lifestyles contained the infamous Chicago Underground players Rob Mazurek (trumpet), Chad Taylor (drums) and Jeff Parker (guitar), plus the well-traveled Tony ...
The Art of Dying
Label: Delmark Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: With or Without the Universalator (Birdie's Dream); The; Your Shirts; Art; Miss O; 9 Car; Of; U're the Guy (Keith Wood); Dying; Sackett's Harbor; Ludicrous Dreams and Solar Guided Lovehandles; Machine Gun Operator; Manisia Lynn; 2.4.7.9; Smokeless Heat Live on WMSE, Milwaukee.
Il contrabbasso esploratore di Jason Ajemian
by AAJ Italy Staff
Tra i tanti talenti che la scena di Chicago degli ultimi anni ha proposto, il nome del contrabbassista Jason Ajemian si è fatto largo con discrezione, a fianco di molti colleghi come Rob Mazurek o Jeff Parker. Con un approccio che ormai è frequente nei musicisti della sua generazione, Ajemian passa con disinvoltura dal jazz più ...
Jason Ajemian: The Art of Dying
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il dischi che nascono da un'intimità espressiva e da una continuità di lavoro si riconoscono a pelle. Indipendentemente dall'esito finale, sembrano possedere un calore e una dimensione narrativa molto più profonda rispetto ad altri progetti, portando con sè le tracce della costruzione e lasciando che queste tracce diventino parte integrante della musica. In questo The Art ...
