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Michael Musillami Trio: Pride
by Karl Ackermann
With ten albums as a leader in his portfolio, guitarist and composer, Michael Musillami remains disproportionately under the radar in the public domain. Working in formats from duo to octet and inspired by classic artists like John Coltrane and Miles Davis, Musillami has a gifted touch for arranging the traditional and highly improvisational together in accessible ...
Eric Revis Quartet: In Memory of Things Yet Seen
by Vincenzo Roggero
Nel corso degli anni la figura artistica di Eric Revis--giunto alla ribalta delle cronache jazzistiche per la lunga permanenza nel quartetto di Branford Marsalis, qui presente in due brani--è andata acquisendo i contorni di musicista che, pur senza la pretesa di cambiare le sorti del jazz, ne è diventato esponente di spicco, dalla consistente vena creativa ...
Peter Van Huffel/Michael Bates/Jeff Davis: Boom Crane
by Mark Corroto
Pity the neighbors of the jazz trio Boom Crane. It's not that their garage band approach to music making is off-putting or offensive, it's that the ferocity of their approach is just so demanding. Saxophonist Peter Van Huffel's New York trio of Michael Bates (bass) and Jeff Davis (drums) release this, their inaugural recording, as a ...
Tom Rainey: Obbligato
by Libero Farnè
Ecco un disco bello, intelligente, del tutto convincente in quanto rimane aderente ad una precisa tradizione jazzistica, riuscendo nello stesso tempo a trascenderla e rivitalizzarla. L'idea è semplice: reinterpretare composizioni storiche del repertorio jazzistico, fra le quali alcuni standard ben noti ed altri meno frequentati, conferendo loro un'insolita veste armonica, strutturale e ...
Matt Bauder And Day In Pictures: Nightshades
by Mark Corroto
The lesson learned from listening to saxophonist Matt Bauder's second Day In Pictures release Nightshades is that you would never want to take a blindfold listening test with him. He'd steal your records. The quintet from his 2010 self-titled release on Clean Feed remains intact, with the exception that Angelica Sanchez was replaced by ...
Matt Bauder And Day In Pictures: Nightshades
by Glenn Astarita
Saxophonist Matt Bauder was mentored by celebrated avant-garde jazz saxophonist and composer Anthony Braxton and has been a busy and quite productive artist on numerous jazz fronts. As a topnotch session man and leader, Bauder's resume intimates fruitful affiliations with musicians who are at the forefront of the progressive jazz and avant-garde sectors. Fueled by an ...
Tom Rainey: Obbligato
by Troy Collins
Tom Rainey has been a fixture in New York's Downtown scene since the early '90s. The stalwart drummer's current efforts have found him expanding his purview, collaborating with a new generation of creative improvisers. Working on original material with young Brooklyn-based artists like Ingrid Laubrock and Mary Halvorson, Rainey continues experiments in form and structure that ...
Massive Threads
By Kris Davis
Label: Thirsty Ear Recordings
Released: 2013
Track listing: Ten Exorcists; Desolution And Despair; Intermission Music; Massive
Threads; Dancing Marlins;
Evidence; Leaf-Like; Slow Growing.
Kris Davis: Massive Threads
by Mark Corroto
The first five minutes of “Ten Exorcists," the opening track of Massive Threads by pianist Kris Davis, consists of minimalist repetitive percussive playing of her prepared piano. The Steve Reich-like repetition mimics percussive tape-loops that cease, but the momentum endures and lays the foundation for her solo. This solo outing benefits from Davis' classically ...
