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Sabina Meyer: Dare voce all'invisibile

Read "Sabina Meyer: Dare voce all'invisibile" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Dare voce all'invisibile -Indagine sull'ineffabile in musica Sabina Meyer 172 Pages Scienze e Lettere Questo studio ci ricorda uno dei dialoghi di Platone, il Cratilo. In quel testo Socrate si domanda se il nome costituisca un attributo naturale delle cose o se sia imposto ad esse arbitrariamente dagli uomini. La ...

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Article: Album Review

Brända broar: Röjer På Vinden

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After gigging around their native Sweden for a few years, Brända Broar (Burnt Bridges) have finally issued their first album, Röjer På Vinden on Anders Ahlén's tiny Signal and Sound label. An EP-length vinyl-only audiophile quality 45-rpm album limited to 300 copies, Röjer På Vinden (literally “Delays in the Attic") is another powerful musical statement from ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Uno sguardo alla chitarra nel jazz contemporaneo

Read "Uno sguardo alla chitarra nel jazz contemporaneo" reviewed by Mario Calvitti


La chitarra è ormai da decenni uno degli strumenti più popolari e diffusi nel jazz; tanti sono stati, e sono tuttora, gli interpreti di questo strumento, protagonisti di un suo progressivo affrancamento dalle iniziali convenzioni per arrivare a renderlo sempre più libero e trasversale, al servizio di una maggiore e completa espressività del musicista che lo ...

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Article: Album Review

Myra Melford + Ben Goldberg: Dialogue

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In their first duo release Dialogue avant-garde jazz pianist Myra Melford and clarinetist Ben Goldberg's two instruments move in tandem yet independently, complimenting one another while exhibiting distinct qualities. At the forefront of open-minded music, the two have worked together in other ensembles yet performed sporadically as a duo since 2008. A 2013 Guggenheim Fellow, Melford ...

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Article: Album Review

Ches Smith with Craig Taborn and Mat Maneri: The Bell

Read "The Bell" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


Despite appearing on at least fifty recordings since 2001, Ches Smith remains the more under-recognized, yet highly in-demand, member of this newly formed trio. The drummer/percussionist and vibraphonist for Tim Berne's Snakeoil, Smith has played with John Zorn on Voices in the Wilderness (Tzadik, 2003), as well as Wadada Leo Smith, and guitarists Fred Frith and ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Jazzy Christmas - Creole Christmas

Read "Jazzy Christmas - Creole Christmas" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


I canti natalizi si sono trasformati nel tempo da inni prettamente religiosi, derivati da laudi o ninne-nanne in onore a Gesù bambino, a pop song strutturate sul modello Tin Pan Alley, che celebrano il Natale in un'ottica secolarizzata, mantenendo i valori di amore e fratellanza. La relazione tra jazz e canti di ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

The Spike Orchestra: Cerberus (Book of Angels - Volume 26)

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Taking inspiration from the divine is a tough sell. Get it wrong and it can appear sacrilegious or insulting to the faithful; too devout and our largely secular society turns away. In the past the poet William Blake was famously beaten by his own mother when he claimed to have had angelic visions at the age ...

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Article: Live Review

Bill Frisell Trio at Peace Center

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Bill Frisell Trio Peace Center Greenville, SC November 22, 2015 The promotional description for this Bill Frisell Trio show promised “music from Frisell's entire, and quite versatile, repertoire." A bold claim, given the guitarist's huge, varied discography, which ranges from experimental jazz with John Zorn to reinterpretations of pop songs. ...

Article: Live Review

Marc Ribot & The Young Philadelphians al Teatro Manzoni di Milano

Read "Marc Ribot & The Young Philadelphians al Teatro Manzoni di Milano" reviewed by Paolo Peviani


Aperitivo in Concerto Teatro Manzoni Milano 22.11.2015 Esploratore come pochi altri, Marc Ribot ha attraversato i territori musicali più disparati. Dal jazz di John Zorn alla canzone d'autore di Joe Henry, dalle atmosfere quintessenzialmente newyorchesi dei Lounge Lizards alla musica cubana di Arsenio Rodriguez, gli ambiti in cui il ...

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Article: Live Review

Amok Amor al Club Sudwerk di Bolzano

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Club Sudwerk Bolzano 18.11.2015 La tromba funambolica di Peter Evans ha incrociato la batteria rutilante di Christian Lillinger nel trio Amok Amor, già attivo e apprezzato sulla scena berlinese, facendo nascere vere e proprie scintille. La scorsa estate il quartetto, completato dal contrabbassista Peter Eldh e dal sassofonista alto Wanja Slavin, ...


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