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Avanti Galoppi

Label: CIMP Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Underground Elevation; Avanti Galoppi; Dancing Shadows; Lake George; Ballad of 9/11; Squatting Women; Willie B

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Lou Grassi Quartet: Avanti Galoppi

Read "Avanti Galoppi" reviewed by Germein Linares

by Germein Linares
April 30, 2005

With over thirty years of dedication to jazz, drummer Lou Grassi should be better known. In the netherworld of jazz, though, and its even darker region of free jazz, no one seems capable of escaping obscurity, a sort of reverse vampire state. Avanti Galoppi brings Grassi closer to the light, closer to the recognition he deserves ...

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Ken Wessel, Ken Filiano & Lou Grassi: Jawboning

Read "Jawboning" reviewed by Derek Taylor

by Derek Taylor
February 12, 2005

Matriculation from sideman to frontman can be a stressful process. Guitarist Ken Wessel makes the long due move with aplomb. A short string of CIMP dates supporting saxophonist William Gagliardi and violinist Sam Bardfield, as well as a long-standing slot in Ornette Coleman's Prime Time band, solidified the clout. Wessel chose Lou Grassi, his colleague in ...

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Lou Grassi: Joining Two Worlds

by Rico Cleffi
February 11, 2005

Drummer Lou Grassi has appeared on over two dozen sessions in addition to serving up over a half dozen of his own CDs, many at the helm of his Po Band group which has featured such special guests as Sun Ra Arkestra saxophonist and bandleader Marshall Allen, the legendary Danish saxophonist John Tchicai and Art Ensemble ...

Album

Avanti Galoppi

By Lou Grassi

Label: CIMP Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Underground Elevation/ Avanti Galoppi/ Dancing Shadows/ Lake George/ Ballad of 9/11/ Squatting Women/ Willie B.

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Lou Grassi Quartet: Avanti Galoppi

Read "Avanti Galoppi" reviewed by Derek Taylor

by Derek Taylor
November 23, 2004

Inspiration for album titles rarely conforms to any sort of conventional wisdom. Witness the curious phrase chosen by drummer Lou Grassi to christen his latest CIMP offering. The Italian expression translates to “gallop ahead," a directive that mirrors Grassi's tendency toward barely bridled energy behind his kit. Subtlety and passivity aren't his usual temperaments and he's ...

Album

comPOsed

By Lou Grassi

Label: CIMP Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1.Daddy No Mana 2.Yolo

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Lou Grassi's PoBand and John Tchicai: comPOsed

by Glenn Astarita
January 24, 2003

Seven years running amid a few personnel changes along the way, drummer Lou Grassi’s PoBand conglomerate is most assuredly founded upon richly formulated methodologies. With this effort, legendary modern jazz saxophonist/composer John Tchicai lends his expansive talents to this supercharged quintet. Yet sadly, this recording marks one of the final sessions of the great modern jazz ...

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Live In Wuppertal

By Lou Grassi

Label: Alea Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: 1.Danger On The Stairs 2.Look Before You Leap 3.One Of These Kinds 4.For Those Who Know 5.Watch These Steps 6.Wet Night 7.By Itself 8.Leaving Tomorrow

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Gunter Heinz & Lou Grassi: Live In Wuppertal

by Glenn Astarita
January 1, 2002

New York City-based drummer/percussionist, Lou Grassi has been interrogating the modern jazz genre for quite some time, largely due to his ongoing “PoBand” aggregation. Grassi’s often-ferocious polyrhythmic attack is prominently highlighted during this pared down set featuring trombonist, Gunter Heinz, and special guest, guitarist Peter A. Worringer. Simply put, Grassi and Heinz, engage on a musical ...