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Mark O' Leary: Signs
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il chitarrista Mark O’Leary cerca di individuare un suo percorso originale all’interno degli scenari del jazz attuale. In questo bel lavoro si muove con circospezione ed energia in trio, accompagnato da due eccellenti musicisti della West Coast statunitense, il bassista Steuart Leibig e il batterista Alex Cline. Le lunghissime linee eseguite in legato dal chitarrista lasciano ...
Mark O'Leary: Ellipses
by Glenn Astarita
Irish guitar wunderkind Mark O'Leary has now set his sights on the jazz-fusion element, to complement his already expansive improvisational vernacular. This 2008 effort might open up a few more doors for an artist who possesses the goods to go anywhere he darn well pleases. For this project, O'Leary and his trio investigate black hole stars ...
Mark O'Leary/Wayne Horvitz/Dylan Van Der Schyff: FLUX
by Glenn Astarita
Irish guitar wiz Mark O'Leary's relentless pursuit of melding his improvisational expertise with some of the top guns in the jazz-based business continues here during this trio setting recorded in Seattle, Washington. On this 2008 studio set, the musicians quietly surge into abstract-minimalism via the free-improv route. With O'Leary's harmonically appeasing volume control techniques and fluid ...
Mark O'Leary - Eyvind Kang - Dylan Van Der Schyff: Zemlya
by AAJ Italy Staff
Possono quattro composizioni che non superano i due minuti caratterizzare e determinare le sorti di un album, più dei brani che sfiorano i venti giri di lancette? Certamente, se nei primi vi si trova un concentrato di idee e di suoni baciati dal dono della sintesi, che soddisfano pienamente il palato dell’ascoltatore. E’ quello che succede ...
Mark O'Leary / Terje Isungset: Shamanic Voices
by Glenn Astarita
Irish guitar hero Mark O'Leary continues to pursue the outer boundaries of improvisation. Here, he aligns with Norwegian percussionist Terje Isungset for a polytonal and multihued improv fest. On 2008's Shamanic Voices, with more on the way, the guitarist intermingles acoustic and electric guitar parts with his partner's keen use of disparate percussion objects. Loaded with ...
Mark O'Leary "Ellipses" on FMR Records
Mark O'Leary Trio - Ellipses (FMR 254; UK) Featuring Mark O'Leary on guitar & electronics, Stale Storlokken on synth & samples and John Herndon on drums. Considering that Irish daredevil guitar wiz, Mark O'Leary's career is not yet a decade old, he has already unleashed more than a dozen discs as a leader on various labels ...
Mark O' Leary -- Eyvind Kang -- Dylan Van Der Schyff: Zemlya
by Glenn Astarita
This newly formed trio's 2008 release is thematically based upon a frigid pair of islands off the Russian coast. In turn, the artist and his venerable improvising/progressive-jazz associates weave a musically chilling panorama via spacey backdrops and tumultuous three-way dialogues. At times, they invoke danger, as if they're warning the listener to proceed with caution.
Mark O'Leary / Han Bennink: Television
by Glenn Astarita
It's a proven fact that rising guitar superhero Mark O'Leary only performs with the cr?me de la cr?me of progressive-jazz improvisers. No doubt, he's on a fast-track pace via notable recordings for Leo Records and others. This 2008 endeavor marks the Irish guitarist's inaugural outing for Sweden-based Ayler Records, and it's a download-only MP3 product that ...
Signs
By Mark O'Leary
Label: FMR Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Tilt; Falling; Skrakk; Signs; Want To Know A Secret; Bye For A While; Headphase.
