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Baghdassarians/Baltschun/Bosetti/Doneda: Str
by Mark Corroto
Another “beyond free music" release from the exquisite improvisation label Potlatch matches saxophonists Michel Doneda and Alessandro Bosetti with guitarist and mixer Serge Baghadassarians and sampler Boris Baltschun. The meeting of breath and machine produces a music of industry. Doneda, a frequent participant in Potlatch outings, is quite comfortable with Italian saxophonist Bosetti, having ...
Eric Revis: Tales Of The Stuttering Mime
by Mark Corroto
Did you see bassist Eric Revis in Branford Marsalis' DVD remake of John Coltrane's A Love Supreme? He was not impersonating Jimmy Garrison. Unlike Branford's not imitating Coltrane, you could become hypnotized by his solos. His presence was almost overwhelming. A member of Branford's band for the past seven years, the bassist began his ...
Kevin Norton's Bauhaus Quartet: Time-Space Modulator
by Mark Corroto
I must admit, I didn't consider Kevin Norton's latest entitled Time-Space Modulator to be a reference to L'szl' Moholy-Nagy's sculpture “Light-Space Modulator." Nope. I referenced the drummer's work with, and admiration for Anthony Braxton, and immediately connected this disc with Bugs Bunny's encounters with Marvin the Martian. I can even picture Braxton speaking with Marvin's voice ...
Gold Sparkle Trio w/Ken Vandermark: Brooklyn Cantos
by Mark Corroto
They say great minds think alike. I say great musician minds don't think so much alike as they are alike. Bird and Dizzy. Ornette and Cherry. Bennink and Mengelberg. Operating in similar but different spheres for quite some time, the collaboration between Ken Vandermark and the Gold Sparkle Trio is a true meeting of ...
Michel Doneda/Jack Wright/Tatsuya Nakatani: From Between
by Mark Corroto
Once, a very long time ago, “jazz" was about “that swing." The substance without which it didn't mean a thing manifested itself externally in the rhythms, the walk, the “fashion" of the hipster. Once co-opted by Madison Avenue, jazz then kept its hipness either well-hidden or moved it constantly like a weapon of mass destruction.
Many Axes: 2 Many Axes
by Mark Corroto
Many Axes creates spontaneous music and performs on primitive instruments. Artist and master flute player Susan Rawcliffe designed and created most of the instruments this trio plays. Her clay pieces, modeled after world music traditions, seamlessly fit the improvisational manner of Rawcliffe, wind player Scott Wilkinson, and percussionist Brad Dutz. That is, they agree ...
Collections Of Colonies Of Bees: Customer
by Mark Corroto
I cannot tell you that I understand the role of music in our society today. Like many things (including consumer goods), music plays the role of a mild distraction. Sure, some teenager somewhere feels the earth move every time he/she hears “that song" on the radio. But for the most part we are a visual people, ...
Kenneth Patchen: Reads With Jazz In Canada
by Mark Corroto
Funny how poet Kenneth Patchen's message is even more poignant today, two generations down the road. His antiwar pacifism was eclipsed by the overindulgent “beat generation" poets, who claimed him as a father, then quickly chose to become his prodigal sons. His message of love, blurred by their self-obsession, has come around again. Patchen's words for ...
Vandermark 5: Elements of Style, Exercises in Surprise
by Mark Corroto
By my count, this is the tenth release from Ken Vandermark's quintet, the primary vehicle for his compositions, following seven previous recordings on Atavistic and two hard to find discs on Savage Sound. The V5 began with 1997's Single Piece Flow and the band has changed a bit, shedding saxophonist Mars Williams and drummer Tim Mulvenna ...
Carolino/Delgado/Fraz: Tuba, Guitarra & Bateria
by Mark Corroto
The trio TubaGuitarra&Bateria (tuba, guitar & drums) is described as a “portable" band. But they are also a very potable band. I'm not imitating a Boston accent pronouncing “portable." They are, as defined, drinkable, and very satisfying. This unusual lineup certainly reminds you of John Zorn's News For Lulu band, the short lived saxophone, ...
