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Mark Dresser Seven: Sedimental You
by Karl Ackermann
In the early stages of his career, bassist/composer Mark Dresser was working with the likes of Anthony Braxton, Marilyn Crispell, and Gerry Hemingway. His long track record of working in composition and improvisation has made him one of the most respected artists in creative music. On Sedimental You, Dresser surrounds himself with a top tier ensemble ...
Mark Dresser Seven: Sedimental You
by Jerome Wilson
Bassist Mark Dresser has had a long, distinguished career in jazz and new music working with a long list of musicians that includes Anthony Braxton, Tim Berne, Anthony Davis and John Zorn but he hasn't recorded much lately as a leader. This project sees him leading and writing for a diverse group of familiar and relatively ...
Percussionist/Composer Brian Adler Fuses Eastern Philosophy, Digital Technology, And Improvisation
NEWS RELEASE from Circavision Productions Percussionist/Composer Brian Adler Fuses Eastern Philosophy, Digital Technology, and Improvisation New Trio and Quintet EPs Convey a Prismatic Vision With two new EPs, percussionist/composer Brian Adler offers listeners beautiful and arrestingly original music via two formations of his newest project: Shankar. On Binary, he performs with the trio, featuring pianist Santiago ...
Autobahn: Of the Tree
by Dave Wayne
Not to be confused with the band of the same name from The Big Lebowski (or the similarly-named British indie- rock / emo band, for that matter) this Autobahn is a trio of jolly Canadians who play 21st Century jazz. Not “swinging" jazz in the traditional Blue Note sense, the music of this bass-free trio of ...
Satoko Fujii / Joe Fonda with Natsuki Tamura: Duet
by Karl Ackermann
Two of creative music's most inventive forces come together on Duet. Musical restiveness is at the core of pianist/accordionist and composer Satoko Fujii. With a catalogue three-score deep, she has covered formations from large orchestra to solo where the common denominator is her wide and daring exploration of improvisational spaces. Her adroit aptitude for moving through--and ...
Ellery Eskelin Trio: Willisau - Live
by Giuseppe Segala
Ci sono musicisti preziosi nel panorama del jazz contemporaneo. Il loro valore sta non solo in quello che fanno, ma nel rapporto di passione che mantengono con la vicenda della musica neroamericana e improvvisata, nella riflessione e fruizione profonda che li connette alla storia di questa forma artistica. Ellery Eskelin è senz'altro uno di questi: l'ascolto ...
Quinsin Nachoff: Flux
by Mark Corroto
Listening to Flux by saxophonist Quinsin Nachoff, it's easy to see in your mind's eye the DNA double helix beautifully spinning in the dark space of the human cell. That's because Nachoff composes tight, complex chamber pieces, seemingly delicate in structure, but able to withstand the attack of the jazz infantry. Nachoff's training and ...
A dialogo con Stefano Tamborrino
by Neri Pollastri
Il trentacinquenne Stefano Tamborrino è oggi uno dei musicisti più interessanti della scena nostrana. Membro stabile di alcuni dei migliori gruppi italiani del momento, come Hobby Horse e Frontal, ma anche parte di molteplici formazioni di orientamenti musicali diversi, dal quartetto di Nico Gori a quello di William Tatge, dal trio di Alessandro Galati a quello ...
Carla Bley Trio e Stefano Bollani Napoli Trip a Valdarno Jazz
by Neri Pollastri
Valdarno Jazz Terranova Bracciolini e San Giovanni Valdarno 11 e 18.7.2016 Giunto alla ventisettesima edizione, il festival Valdarno Jazz ha anche in quest'anno di crescenti ristrettezze finanziarie offerto un programma di altissimo profilo, curato da Daniele Malvisi, che ha visto la presenza di formazioni di prima scelta del panorama nazionale come ...
Südtirol Jazz Festival Alto Adige 2016
by Libero Farnè
Südtirol Jazz Festival Alto Adige Bolzano e provincia 24.06-03.07.2016 Come nelle passate due edizioni, dedicate alla scena francese e a quella britannica, anche quest'anno il Südtirol Jazz Festival Alto Adige si è confermato una delle mete da frequentare con curiosità per ascoltare nomi nuovi ed emergenti. Per quanto riguarda l'affollato palinsesto delle ...
