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Joëlle Léandre

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Joelle Leandre started playing recorder but quickly moved to piano and from the age of 9 to 14 studied both piano and double bass in her home town of Aix-en-Provence. Her double bass teacher, Pierre Delescluse, encouraged her to apply to the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris where she won first prize for double bass. In 1976 she received a scholarship to the Center for Creative and Performing Arts in Buffalo, a time that was to prove particularly influential due to encounters with Morton Feldman, and the music of Earl Brown, John Cage and Giacinto Scelsi. At the same time, she was able to experience the downtown New York music scene and continue her involvement in improvised music. Joelle Leandre has continued to be involved with contemporary 'straight' music, not only as a member of contemporary music ensembles such as 2E2M, Itineraire and l'Ensemble Intercontemporain but particularly through the works of Cage and Scelsi, several of which have been recorded by her

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Article: Album Review

Earscratcher - Rempis/Harnik/Lonberg-Holm/Daisy: Otoliths

Read "Otoliths" reviewed by Mark Corroto


How do these four musicians--individually and collectively--manage to create music that is consistently compelling? Part of the answer lies in their versatility. Each is a formidable soloist, an accomplished bandleader and a sought-after collaborator in improvising ensembles. For Earscratcher, Austrian pianist Elisabeth Harnik joins forces with three longtime stalwarts of the Chicago scene: saxophonist Dave Rempis, ...

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Article: Live Review

Now Music Festival 2025

Read "Now Music Festival 2025" reviewed by Marco Iacoboni


Now Music Festival 2025 Castello Il Poggiarello Pieve di Ponte allo Spino -Sovicille (SI) 20-24 agosto 2025 La quinta edizione del Now Music Festival, tenutasi dal 20 al 24 agosto, ha trasformato la suggestiva Pieve di Ponte allo Spino, vicino a Siena, in un vero e proprio santuario del suono. Le ...

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Article: Interview

Zlatko Kaučič: The Discipline of Freedom

Read "Zlatko Kaučič: The Discipline of Freedom" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


Fresh from the release of the four-CD box set Inklings (Fundacja Sluchaj, 2024) and on the eve of the 15th edition of the Brda Contemporary Music Festival--which he founded and still directs--drummer, percussionist, composer and educator Zlatko Kaučič continues a career spanning over four decades, marked by collaborations with many of Europe's greatest improvisers. A passionate ...

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Article: Live Review

A lezione da Jöelle Léandre: diario di un enigma

Read "A lezione da Jöelle Léandre: diario di un enigma" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


Classe 1951, prossima a festeggiare il mezzo secolo di carriera, la contrabbassista francese Joëlle Léandre è considerata una delle maggiori interpreti mondiali dell'improvvisazione libera, o non idiomatica, ambito nel quale opera fin dalla sua uscita dal conservatorio. Solita affiancare l'attività concertistica a quella didattica, ha volentieri accolto l'invito rivoltole da Toscana Produzione Musica e da Silvia ...

Article: Interview

Zlatko Kaučič: il rigore della libertà

Read "Zlatko Kaučič: il rigore della libertà" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


Reduce dall'uscita del cofanetto di quattro CD Inklings (Fundacja Słuchaj) e alla vigilia della quindicesima edizione del Brda Contemporary Music Festival, da lui fondato e diretto, il batterista, percussionista, compositore e didatta Zlatko Kaučič continua una carriera ultraquarantennale che l'ha visto collaborare con i più grandi improvvisatori europei. Musicista appassionato e persona schietta, sensibile ai temi ...

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Article: Album Review

Stefan Keune / Sandy Ewen / Damon Smith: Two Felt-Tip Pens: Live At Moers

Read "Two Felt-Tip Pens: Live At Moers" reviewed by Mark Corroto


This recording from the Moers Festival in May 2023, Germany, is dedicated to the late Hans Schneider. Bassist and label curator Damon Smith has made it a lifelong practice to seek out and collaborate with his musical heroes, a list that includes Jaap Blonk, Roscoe Mitchell, Henry Kaiser and Vinny Golia. Naturally, that list also honors ...

Article: Interview

Maria Borghi ci parla della We Insist!

Read "Maria Borghi ci parla della We Insist!" reviewed by Libero Farnè


L'indagine sulle case discografiche indipendenti italiane, di cui sono già state presentate due interviste relative a Red Records e Dodicilune, ha lo scopo soprattutto d'individuare le differenze e le peculiarità che caratterizzano queste coraggiose realtà; ognuna infatti ha una propria storia, una sua filosofia, oltre che metodi organizzativi per affrontare i vari aspetti della produzione, distribuzione ...

Article: Album Review

Joëlle Léandre: Lifetime Rebel

Read "Lifetime Rebel" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


RogueArt presenta questo cofanetto di cinque dischi interamente dedicato alla figura della leggendaria contrabbassista francese Joëlle Léandre, documentando la sua presenza al Vision Festival 2023, tenutosi presso il Roulette di Brooklyn, e aggiungendovi un concerto tenutosi pochi mesi dopo in Francia ed un DVD con un video nel quale l'artista suona alcuni brani in solo durante ...

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Article: Album Review

Zlatko Kaučič: Zlatko Kaučič@70 - Inklings

Read "Zlatko Kaučič@70 - Inklings" reviewed by Mark Corroto


I am tempted to call Inklings, a tribute to 70-year-old Slovenian drummer, composer, and percussionist Zlatko Kaučič, a celebration of his long and inspirational career. Yet, I hesitate, for much like the indefatigable octogenarians Han Bennink and Louis Hayes, Kaučič shows no signs of slowing down. It would not be surprising if he, like Roy Haynes, ...


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