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John Law: Deeper into the Music
by Jakob Baekgaard
Classical music and jazz are often perceived as two radically different art forms that cannot be merged. Historically, the idea of a so-called “third stream" that is able to combine the language of jazz and classical music into a coherent whole has proved rather difficult to translate into praxis, and yet it is undeniable that a ...
The Paul Dunmall Trio at the Vortex, London
by John Sharpe
Paul Dunmall/Nick Stephens/Tony Marsh The Vortex London, England May 19, 2009 British reedman Paul Dunmall breaks bread with a wide range of collaborators. While the ensuing documentation is less prolific than say Anthony Braxton's or Steve Lacy's in either's heyday, there is rarely overlap in personnel on consecutive discs. Saxophone, ...
Take Five With Joe Higham
by AAJ Staff
Instrument(s):Saxophones, clarinets.Teachers and/or influences? John Ruocco, Charlie Banacos.I knew I wanted to be a musician when... I saw Elton Dean and Ninesense play. I was at art college, hesitating between playing music and making art, but seeing Elton's band start up with the likes of Louis Moholo, Harry Miller, Keith ...
Harry Miller's Isipingo: Full Steam Ahead
by Nic Jones
Such is the nature of the reviewing game that some reviews just flow out, taking the perennial word count with it. This is usually because the force of life running through the music under discussion is vibrant enough to make it so, and Full Steam Ahead is a case in point. If the notion ...
Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet: Bridging the Future with the Past
by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.
There may not be a more creative group of artists anywhere within the boundaries of any art form than those within the Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet. These are individuals that comprehensively understand their responsibility to art and it is only through this level of integrity and creativity that art can, and will continue to move forward. ...
Paal Nilssen-Love: Transforming the Boundaries of Creative Music
by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.
He learned to play the drums before he could walk, battled cancer before the age of thirty, and is a driving force behind several of today's most innovative and progressive bands (Atomic, The Thing, Ken Vandermark, Frode Gjerstad and the Peter Brotzmann Tentet) just to name a few. He has taken the drums to new creative ...
Louis Moholo: Bra Louis - Bra Tebs / Spirits Rejoice!
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il jazz di Louis Moholo negli anni sessanta e settanta era una sintesi tra la libertà espressiva del free storico e le radici profonde della musica africana. E tale è rimasto negli anni successivi, come testimonia il disco in esame, che ricorda il suo sessantacinquesimo compleanno. Questo meraviglioso doppio CD celebra il passato ripubblicando Spirits Rejoice!, ...
