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Joe McPhee - Michael Zerang: Creole Gardens (A New Orleans Suite)

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Joe McPhee fa parte degli improvvisatori più prolifici su disco, ma anche di quelli più ignorati. Piuttosto schivo, concentrato soltanto sulla musica, è invece tra i musicisti più riflessivi e in relazione con ciò che lo circonda. Questo bel duetto con il percussionista Michael Zerang è legato a memorie di New Orleans e di tutta la ...

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Article: Live Review

Roscoe Mitchell: London, England, March 9, 2012

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Roscoe MitchellCafé OtoLondonMarch 9, 2012 Saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell followed an increasingly well trod path. Dalston's Cafe Oto has a strong track record in bringing great names from the free jazz past to the north London stage, with previous guest artists including trumpeters Wadada Leo Smith and Ted Daniel, and saxophonists Joe ...

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Article: Album Review

Daunik Lazro / Jean Francois Pauvros / Roger Turner: Curare

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Silence could be the fourth member of the group responsible for the cooperatively derived Curare, joining the French pairing of reed supremo Daunik Lazro and guitarist Jean-Francois Pauvros with English drummer Roger Turner. As the four cuts are sourced from two live dates some 20 months apart, this cross-Channel aggregation is clearly not a one-off. Lazro ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

The Free-bassing Ingebrigt Håker Flaten

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Devotees of jazz bassists also tend to enjoy cycling's domestiques, baseball's infielders, and football's (both European and American) defensive players. The timekeeper's fans appreciate craftsmanship over the flamboyance and flash of the leader. So a musician such as Norway's Ingebrigt Håker Flaten often finds his role has been overshadowed by his bandmates. In the free jazz/quasi-rock ...

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Article: Album Review

Matthew Shipp Trio: Elastic Aspects

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When speaking of the development of the piano trio, talk inevitably turns to its different lineups, such a the evolution of Bill Evans' trio before and after the Scott LaFaro, or the differing approaches of drummers Paul Motian and Joe La Barbera. For Matthew Shipp, his latest company signals a sort of turning point--perhaps even a ...

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Article: Year in Review

John Sharpe's Best Releases of 2011

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Here are ten new releases and three reissues which stood out from those heard this year: Wadada Leo Smith's OrganicHeart's ReflectionsCuneiform String ensembles and fusion don't usually go together, but in AACM trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith's universe anything is possible. His Organic ensemble made its first ...

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Under A Double Moon

Label: Kedar Entertainment Group
Released: 2011

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Ibsen’s Ghosts

Label: Kedar Entertainment Group
Released: 2011

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Creole Gardens (A New Orleans Suite)

Label: NoBusiness Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Congo Square Dances / Saints and Sinners; Rise / After The Flood; Crescent City Lullaby; And Now Miss Annie, The Black Queen; The Drummer-Who-Sits-On-The-Drum.

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Blue Chicago Blues

Label: Not Two Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: 1. Truth In The Abstract Blues; 2. Cerulean Mood Swing; 3. Requiem for an Empty Heart; 4. I Love You Too Little Baby; 5. The Shape of Blues to Come; 6. Legend of the Three Blind Moose.


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