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Steve Swell: Magical Listening Hour & Planet Dream
by Wilbur MacKenzie
Magical Listening HourLive @ Southstreet SeaportCadence Jazz Records2009 Steve SwellPlanet DreamClean Feed2009 While these two new discs from trombonist Steve Swell may exhibit elements of contrasting methodology, at the root ...
Firehouse 12 to Present the Michael Attias Quintet May 1st
On Friday, May 1st, New York-based saxophonist/composer Michael Attias will make his Firehouse 12 debut as part of the venue's ongoing 2009 Spring Jazz Series. Fresh off a two-week stint performing his original live electronic score for the Yale Repertory Theater's production of Dostoevsky's “Notes From The Underground" in late March and early April, Attias will ...
Amanda Monaco: I Think I'll Keep You
by Stuart Broomer
Amanda Monaco is a guitarist whose style is deeply rooted in her instrument's lyrical lineage, at times channeling the singing tone of Jim Hall, at others declaring her own, more forceful sound. Most of the tunes here are Monaco originals and she's created efficient vehicles for both her own voice and the collective dialogues that seem ...
Credo
Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: 01. Credo (Michael Attias); 02. I's (Attias); 03. Orange (Attias); 04. Dream That Darn (Attias); 05. Hot Mountain Song (Attias); 06. Mes Petites Amoureuses (Attias); 07. Labat (Attias-Foni); 08. Berechit (Attias).
Micha
by Celeste Sunderland
Paris has always been a haven for musicians. In the late 1980s a stream of jazz greats passed through the bar at Alan Silva's music school where saxophonist Michaël Attias manned the tap. “I remember pouring [saxophonist] Frank Wright a beer two weeks before he died, he recalled. “Sunny Murray, Jerome Cooper, Abbey Lincoln rehearsing...I remember ...
Michael Attias: Credo
by AAJ Italy Staff
Attivissimo sassofonista dagli anni 90, Michael Attias raggiunge con Credo il punto più alto della sua produzione. Realizzato attraverso diverse fasi di progettazione nel corso di un decennio, il repertorio approntato prende spunto da un casuale ritrovamento di un frammento di una Messa di Frescobaldi, appunto il “Credo". Attias, affascinato dalla semplice struttura di quel testo, ...
Credo
Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Credo; I's; Orange; Dream That Darn; Hot Mountain Song; Mes Petites Amoureuses; Labat; Berechit.
Michael Attias: Credo
by Francis Lo Kee
Saxophonist Michael Attias has played a bunch of gigs as a sideman with some well known musicians over the years, but recently he has started to make releases as a leader. His singular effort Credo, recorded in 1999, is finally seeing the light of day. The music has a joyous positive energy from ...
Renku
Label: Playscape Recordings
Released: 2005
Track listing: Dark Net; The Crunch; Renku; King Fish; Slow Arrows; Lumbago Boogaloo; Hotel New #1;
Horse Fly; Loom; Ciao Monkey; Snow; Work.
Michael Attias: Renku
by Celeste Sunderland
Individual strengths can sometimes be overlooked in a musical group. The eternal quest for that momentous sound that occurs when the right guys play the right stuff at the right time can often overshadow the importance of the unique parts within the greater structure. Renku, saxophonist Michael Attias' two-year-old trio with bassist John Hebert and drummer ...
