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Russ Lossing Trio: Oracle

by Mark Corroto
May 17, 2011

Pianist Russ Lossing's trio evokes a dreamlike state on Oracle, by communicating an atmosphere of unearthly elegance through trance-inducing energy. Lossing, bassist Masa Kamaguchi and drummer Billy Mintz commune at this level because they'd been a working trio for six years when this studio recording was made in 2007. Besides that, all three bring ...

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Matt Renzi: Happy Hour

Read "Happy Hour" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
May 7, 2011

Reedman Matt Renzi's Happy Hour is curiously titled, given the music at hand. A “Happy Hour" brings cheap drinks and cacophonous good times in the bar room to mind. The CD of that name opens with a tranquil reverie, as mystical, inward-looking and spiritually directed as a late-period Impulse! John Coltrane rumination. The trio ...

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News: Education

Summer Jazz Sicily: 8-Day Workshop in Polizzi Generoso - Applications Due April 15, 2010

April 12, 2010

New York, NY - Summer Jazz Sicily is pleased to announce openings for our 2010 jazz workshop in Polizzi Generoso, Sicily, led by NYC jazz drummer and director of percussion at the Fieldston School, Scott Latzky. Aspiring jazz musicians of all levels are invited to join us for this intensive 8-day workshop which includes private lessons, ...

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Article: Interview

Chris Jentsch: Cycles and Reflecting on the Journey

by Ludwig vanTrikt
February 9, 2010

John Coltrane once said, “Let the music speak for itself." The guitarist/composer and band leader Christopher Jentsch adds an interesting twist on that subject by opting to describe himself when asked about the broader subject of how to capture his music in his own words. “I think of myself as a composer/guitarist working with contemporary improvisational ...

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Lunch Special

By Matt Renzi

Label: Three P's Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Track Listing: Circolazione; Happy Hour; Chopping Mall; Pula Paradise; Nothing Could Be; School's Out (intro); School's Out; Chicken Soup Dance (intro); Chicken Soup Dance; Lunch Special.

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News: Interview

Reedman/Composer Matt Renzi Interviewed at AAJ

August 11, 2009

Matt Renzi is a multi-reedist, best known for his tenor sax playing and clarinet (his two main horns), but who has a knack for picking up other instruments as needed such as oboe, piccolo and flute. His New York City-based trio has been well-recognized for its group improv and composition and has recorded several CDs. Performing ...

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Article: Interview

Matt Renzi: Between the Lines

by Blaine Fallis
August 11, 2009

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Article: Album Review

Matt Renzi: Lunch Special

Read "Lunch Special" reviewed by Blaine Fallis

by Blaine Fallis
July 9, 2009

Lunch Special should win a marketing award for having the freshest CD design concept, although the actual photo of linguine with oysters used as the CD imprint may not be as fresh as the music itself. At least the designer was nice enough to reveal a relatively clean plate inside the tray card once the CD ...

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Article: Album Review

Matt Renzi: Lunch Special

Read "Lunch Special" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
June 8, 2009

This Brooklyn, NY-based progressive jazz trio brings memorable compositional frameworks and intriguing improvisational endeavors to the proverbial table. Saxophonist Matt Renzi is a well-schooled musician who possesses a fertile imagination. The evidence lies within the buoyant works that are partly devised upon subtle tension and release statements and pulsating flows, abetted by his trio's democratic mode ...

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Lo schiavo

By Matt Renzi

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2008
Track listing: 1. Cheap (E.Bracco) - 05:39; 2. Bisteccone (A.Sciommeri) - 05:22; 3. Lo schiavo (A.Sciommeri) - 09:46; 4. G.S. (A.Sciommeri) - 06:36; 5. Rick (E.Bracco) - 06:42; 6. Quarantena (E.Bracco) - 06:52; 7. Six and Four (O.Nelson) - 04:10.