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Steve Lehman: Mise en Abîme
by Luca Canini
È successo tutto piuttosto in fretta: da giovane promessa a venerato maestro. Un'ascesa irresistibile quella di Steve Lehman, un'esplosione assordante. Qualche anno e una manciata di dischi sono bastati per farlo entrare nel novero dei grandissimi del jazz che conta (quello che guardando al passato si proietta verso il futuro: il resto è tempo più o ...
Steve Lehman: Mise en Abîme
by Karl Ackermann
Composer/saxophonist Steve Lehman's credentials are as unique as his music. A Fulbright scholar with a PhD in composition, his on the job training has been at the hands of a diverse group of teachers including saxophone legends Jackie McLean and Anthony Braxton. A New York native, Lehman garnered widespread praise with the groundbreaking Travail, Transformation and ...
Mary Halvorson Septet: Illusionary Sea
by Phil Barnes
In 2009 Mary Halvorson was asked how relevant she felt that the word 'jazz' was to musicians of her generation. Her response was telling “Oh, I think about jazz all the time and although I don't play the traditional forms, I call myself a 'jazz musician.'.. trying to integrate everything into my own language." The corollary ...
Illusionary Sea
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Released: 2013
Track listing:
01. Illusionary Sea (No. 33); 02. Smiles of Great Men (No. 34); 03. Red Sky Stll Sea (No. 31); 04. Four Pages of Robots (No. 30); 05. Fourth Dimensional Confession (No. 41); 06. Butterfly Orbit (No. 32); 07. Nairam.
Moment & The Message
Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2013
Track listing: Circus; Lo Haze; Ruy Lopez; Carthage; Tensegrity; Le Bas-Fond; Tyre;
Fives and Pennies; Scaean Gates.
Moment And The Message
Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2013
Track listing: Circus; Lo Haze; Ruy Lopez; Carthage; Tensegrity; Le Bas-Fond; Tyre; Fives and Pennies; Scaean Gates.
Tri-Centric Orchestra Commissioning Series at Roulette
by Kurt Gottschalk
The Tri-Centric Orchestra Roulette Tri-Centric Orchestra Commissioning Series Brooklyn, NY Sept. 24-25, 2013 Addressing the audience at Roulette on Sept. 24, halfway through the first of two nights of the Tri-Centric Presenting Series, trumpeter and foundation executive director Taylor Ho Bynum acknowledged the influence of Artistic Director and spiritual godfather ...
Mary Halvorson Septet: Illusionary Sea
by AAJ Italy Staff
L'attuale settetto di Mary Halvorson inserisce un trombone e un sax tenore sul nucleo a cinque voci ascoltato, fra l'altro, all'ultimo Bergamo Jazz. I due strumenti aggiunti non fanno ovviamente che allargare quello spettro timbrico e dinamico che in una musica come questa, in cui l'elemento compositivo è assolutamente centrale, assume un'importanza-chiave. La cosa che può ...
Mary Halvorson Septet: Illusionary Sea
by Glenn Astarita
Guitarist Mary Halvorson's signature sound and methodologies have been making an impact within avant-garde and progressive-jazz circles on a global basis. Illusionary Sea marks the debut of her septet, comprised of impressionable players often residing at the forefront of the newer kindling of what may loosely be classified as jazz. Here, like minds coalesce for an ...
Mary Halvorson Septet: Illusionary Sea
by Hrayr Attarian
Guitarist Mary Halvorson's Illusionary Sea is rich and intriguing filled with contrasting yet complementary motifs and patterns. Leading a septet of versatile and idiosyncratic musicians, Halvorson deftly entwines divergent musical threads into an elegant musical tapestry that bears her distinctive mark without overshadowing her band mates' individuality.The elaborately constructed pieces allow ample room for ...
