Results for "Michael Bisio"

Matthew Shipp: Poetic Connection

by Seton Hawkins
May 21, 2020

It is difficult to describe the impact of pianist and composer Matthew Shipp without descending into hyperbole. A core figure in the now-legendary David S. Ware Quartet, a bandleader with a staggering recording output, a groundbreaking curator for the influential Blues Series of Thirsty Ear Records, Matthew Shipp has also more recently broken new ...

Rich Halley: Terra Incognita

by Neri Pollastri
May 15, 2020

Ultimo di una lunga serie, quest'album di Rich Halley vede il settantatreenne tenorsassofonista di Portland affiancato da quello che, in buona sostanza, è il trio del pianista Matthew Shipp, con Michael Bisio al contrabbasso e Newman Taylor Baker alla batteria. Formazione dunque di grande prestigio e affiatatissima, la quale si mette alla prova su sei improvvisazioni, ...

Whit Dickey: Tao Quartets: Peace Planet & Box of Light

by Giuseppe Segala
March 5, 2020

Possiamo dire che l'assioma secondo il quale tutti i jazzisti sono sottovalutati, non sia poi così paradossale. Parliamo naturalmente dei musicisti che mettono al primo posto del loro operato il fare artistico e non la realizzazione di un prodotto solo ben accetto sul mercato. Spesso ci troviamo di fronte a musicisti che subiscono tale disattenzione in ...

Michael Bisio

Michael Bisio invariably astounds audiences with the beauty of his tone and the intensity of his very personal musical language. His music has received 4 stars from DownBeat, Jazz Times states his music "resonates with intelligence, emotional depth and probing virtuosity." Journalist Paul DeBarros in Signal to Noise notes; "For years free improvisers have explored the tactile aspect of performance, in which the nature of the encounter between the player and the instrument becomes the subject of the music itself. Bisio is one of the few musicians that has managed to meld this high-concept sense of physicality with the soulful charge of jazz. His fiddle-high, scraped overtones create a tangled choir that is impossible to resist; his expressiveness with the bow is unmatched. Having whirled the listener into a transportive state, he gently shows them the way out..."

Luminous Arcs

By Brian Groder

Label: Latham Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Moon Bow; Spanglin’; Far Between; Sundog; Bonds of Now; Winter Wurr; Until Eyes Met; Longer Than Sky; Crystal Lattice; Pirr; Smoored.

Tao Quartets: Peace Planet & Box of Light

By Whit Dickey

Label: AUM Fidelity
Released: 2019
Track listing: Peace Planet; Seventh Sun; Ancient Monument; Suite for DSW; Blossom Time; Eye Opener; Ellipse: Passage Through; Ethereality; Box of Light; Rotation Steps; Jungle Suite.

John Sharpe's Best Releases Of 2019

by John Sharpe
December 19, 2019

There's sometimes a backlash against picking the year's best albums. Understandably so when it entails pitting one honest artistic endeavour against another. Best to view the selections as a chance to pick up on something that you might otherwise have missed. As a listener I always look forward to the annual year end lists for precisely ...

Matthew Shipp trio at Ai Confini tra Sardegna Jazz 2019

by Danilo Codazzi
September 17, 2019

Ai Confini tra Sardegna e Jazz - XXXIV Edizione

by Paolo Peviani
September 14, 2019

Ai Confini tra Sardegna e Jazz Sant'Anna Arresi 30.08.2019 -08.09.2019 “Dobbiamo prendere atto che il percorso del festival si è concluso... Forse siamo caduti nella trappola auto-costruita della piccola comunità... Il festival era un pretesto per parlare nuovi linguaggi ... Le questioni artistiche vanno bene ma oggi il festival esprime poco ...

Rich Halley: Terra Incognita

by Jerome Wilson
September 8, 2019

On paper this is a very promising match-up: uninhibited tenor saxophonist Rich Halley backed by the relentless force of pianist Matthew Shipp and his current trio. For the most part, the resulting session delivers on its promise although at times Halley's playing is shoved so far to the front of the mix it drowns out everything ...