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Jon Irabagon: Inaction is An Action
by Karl Ackermann
Saxophonist Jon Irabagon, a central figure in Mostly Other People Do the Killing, guitarist Mary Halvorson's Quintet and leader of his own trio with drummer Barry Altschul and bassist Mark Helias is one of the most prolific composers and performers in music. Still in his thirties, Irabagon has amassed about eighty recordings as a leader, co-leader ...
I 10 CD nel CD-Player di... Kirk Knuffke
by Vincenzo Roggero
01. John Tchicai -Reggie Workman -Andrew Cyrille -Witch's Scream (TUM Records -2006). Sono stato recentemente ad un concerto in solo di Andrew Cyrille. Avvincente. E dopo il concerto ho acquistato questo CD direttamente da lui. Ho suonato brevemente con John Tchicai prima che ci lasciasse, aveva una tale forza, una tale energia! Suonava e cantava ...
Creative Music Studio Announces Fall Workshop, October 5-9, 2015
Composer/multi-instrumentalist and Creative Music Studio alumnus Peter Apfelbaum, master percussionist/educator Billy Martin, and composer/saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa will join CMS Artistic Directors/Co-Founders Karl Berger and Ingrid Sertso as Guiding Artists for the Creative Music Studio Fall 2015 Workshop Intensive, October 5-9, at the ear-inspiring Full Moon Resort in Big Indian, NY. CMS’s Fall 2015 Workshop features a ...
Kirk Knuffke: Arms & Hands
by Vincenzo Roggero
Grande ammiratore di Mark Helias e di Bill Goodwin e collaboratore in alcuni dei loro progetti, il trombettista Kirk Knuffke, è riuscito nell'intento di farli suonare per la prima volta insieme in Arms & Hands, album al quale collabora un'altro eroe del leader come il sassofonista Daniel Carter. Knuffke è musicista atipico e trasversale, impossibile da ...
Mark Helias - Tony Malaby - Tom Rainey: The Signal Maker
by Stefano Merighi
Mark Helias è persona cordiale, generosa, empatica. Un carattere aperto, bilanciato tuttavia da un rigore assoluto che caratterizza la sua attività di bandleader e di contrabbassista. Ricordiamo che il suo curriculum è aureo avendo suonato con maestri come Ed Blackwell e Dewey Redman, Anthony Braxton e Ray Anderson, garantendo una versatilità ed una affidabilità assolute.
Samo Salamon Bassless Trio: Little River
by Angelo Leonardi
Trentasette anni, nato a Maribor (Slovenia), Samo Salamon è un prolifico chitarrista, compositore e leader, che dal 2003 a oggi ha realizzato 18 album alla guida di propri gruppi. Il valore dei partner che l'hanno affiancato in questi anni chiarisce bene la considerazione che ottiene tra i colleghi, anche se presso il pubblico e gli addetti ...
Mark Helias Open Loose: The Signal Maker
by John Sharpe
Bassist Mark Helias runs a tight ship. Not in the sense of tricksy arrangements or impossible time signatures. It's more the laser sharp focus his accomplished Open Loose combo brings to the job in hand. And that job is breathing bustling and unpredictable life into the baker's dozen selections that constitute The Signal Maker, the unit's ...
Juan Pablo Carletti / Tony Malaby / Christopher Hoffman: Niño/Brujo
by John Sharpe
For his debut album, NYC-based Argentinian drummer Juan Pablo Carletti has made some wise choices, even before one considers the music. Foremost among those is the selection of saxophonist Tony Malaby to front his trio. Malaby has a compelling track record of energising such threesomes, as evidenced by his 14 year tenure in bassist Mark Helias' ...
Kirk Knuffke: Arms & Hands
by Mark Corroto
Sometime, watch children as they eat the M&Ms. They will separate the colors into several piles--green, red, brown, yellow, orange, and blue. It's not that each color tastes different, except for maybe blue--I don't remember ever seeing that color before. Nonetheless, they go about savoring each color batch as an independent experience. Those little candies come ...
Mark Helias - Tony Malaby - Tom Rainey: The Signal Maker
by Glenn Astarita
Celebrated bassist Mark Helias brings his all-star Open Loose trio back to the studio where compositions are reimagined, and heavy doses of improvisation are devised with a whole lot of cunningness. With these 13 pieces, the band infuses changeable and buoyantly rendered grooves, ideas, and detours, highlighted by the respective musicians' signature styles and striking intuitiveness. ...
