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Cagexperience

Label: Amirani Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: Aria [solo (Milano, 1958)]; Four6 [for four players (New York City, 1992)]; Solo for voice no. 17 [from Songbooks I (Stony Point and NYC, 1970)]; Solo for voice no. 72 [from Songbooks II (Stony Point and NYC, 1970)]; Experiences No. 2 [solo (NYC, 1948)].

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Article: Album Review

Jon Irabagon: Inaction is An Action

Read "Inaction is An Action" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


The release of saxophonist and composer Jon Irabagon's album Inaction is An Action poses an interesting question. When should an artist release a record? It is not a matter of talent. Long ago, Irabagon has proven himself. He has won the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition and gained success in every measureable ...

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Article: Opinion

The Creative Music Studio Goes To College!

Read "The Creative Music Studio Goes To College!" reviewed by Karl Berger


This article was originally published in 2005. In 1972 I founded the Creative Music Studio (CMS) with Ingrid Sertso and Ornette Coleman. Many luminaries were among the initial advisors: John Cage, Gil Evans, Gunther Schuller, Alan Ginsberg, George Russell, Don Cherry, Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz, Dave Holland, Frederic Rzewski, Anthony Braxton and Jack DeJohnette, ...

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Article: Interview

Simon Toldam: A New Perspective in Jazz

Read "Simon Toldam: A New Perspective in Jazz" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


Danish pianist and composer Simon Toldam is a man who is used to getting involved in many different musical situations. Toldam thrives on diversity and he has played all kinds of music, from folk music to modern jazz and avant-garde. No matter what he is playing, he invests himself in the different musical contexts and brings ...

Article: Album Review

Francesco Negro, Igor Legari, Ermanno Baron: Aspettando il tempo

Read "Aspettando il tempo" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Non ancora trentenne, il pianista e compositore salentino Francesco Negro manifesta una progettualità artistica d'alto spessore, sicuramente insolita nei musicisti della sua generazione. Questo disco è l'ultimo volume di una trilogia iniziata con Abbagli (Philology, 2008) e proseguita con Silentium (Alfa Music, 2011). Se il primo esprimeva la sua vena di autore attento ai ...

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Article: Book Review

Philip Glass: Words Without Music - A Memoir

Read "Philip Glass: Words Without Music - A Memoir" reviewed by Nenad Georgievski


Words Without Music: A Memoir Philip Glass 432 pages ISBN: 0871404389 Liveright 2015 While composer John Cage is the first name in contemporary classical music that most people will likely know, the music of composer Philip Glass is probably more likely to be the first sound of it ...

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Article: Live Review

Bray Jazz Festival 2015

Read "Bray Jazz Festival 2015" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Bray Jazz Festival 2015 Various Venues Bray, Ireland May 1-3, 2015 Sunshine and squall. The sun and the clouds chased each other's tails throughout the May Bank Holiday weekend of the Bray Jazz Festival. In a way the weather mirrored the music--a pleasingly eclectic, bracing mixture--and the fortunes of the ...

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Article: Album Review

Stefano Luigi Mangia: Cagexperience

Read "Cagexperience" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro


Il trentatreenne leccese Stefano Luigi Mangia si è andato negli ultimi tempi affermando come una delle voci maschili più interessanti del panorama nazionale di ricerca. In questo lavoro monografico su John Cage, gli è prezioso sodale il corregionale Gianni Lenoci, che le note di copertina accreditano genericamente all'elettronica, mentre è tutto un florilegio di suoni e ...

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Article: Album Review

Morton Feldman: Two Pianos and other pieces, 1953-1969

Read "Two Pianos and other pieces, 1953-1969" reviewed by John Eyles


It has become a truism that AMM pianist John Tilbury is an interpreter of Morton Feldman's music par excellence--one of the very best, if not the best. Such opinions are backed up by his Feldman recordings such as Morton Feldman: All Piano (LondonHALL, 1999), Triadic Memories--Notti Stellate A Vagli (Atopos, 2008) and For Philip Guston (Atopos, ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

The Rich Musical Vision of Japanese Double Bass Player Tetsu Saitoh

Read "The Rich Musical Vision of Japanese Double Bass Player Tetsu Saitoh" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni


Japanese double bass master Tetsu Saitoh is one of the most original players of the bull fiddle. He is a resourceful and inventive free improviser but also feels at home when is playing Argentine tango, Brazilian music, Korean shaman music, obviously jazz or collaborating with poets, painters, dancers or theatre groups. All enrich his musical world ...


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