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Spin Cycle, Co-Led By Drummer Scott Neumann & Saxophonist Tom Christensen, Releases Self-Titled Debut CD on May 6
With its strong melodies, tight rhythms, intriguing textures, and sophisticated interplay, Spin Cycle has got everything covered. What makes the band special is how everything fits together—or, by intention, doesn’t. For listeners and band members alike, every tune is an adventure. Spin Cycle is the new quartet co-led by drummer Scott Neumann and tenor saxophonist Tom ...
Michael Blake: Fulfillment
by Glenn Astarita
Saxophonist Michael Blake's previous concept album Kingdom of Champra (Intuition, 1997) is based on his experiences living with his family in Vietnam. On Fulfillment, the artist centers his focus on India, namely an incident that occurred when a Japanese freighter, transporting hundreds of East Indian immigrants was denied entry into the port of Vancouver, Canada in ...
Erik Friedlander: Oscalypso
by Troy Collins
As a veteran of the fertile 1990s Downtown NYC scene, cellist Erik Friedlander has been involved in myriad creative endeavors, including innovative sideman work with Dave Douglas and John Zorn, while leading his own unique ensembles, such as Chimera and Topaz. More recently, Friedlander has been performing solo and developing projects inspired by rural Americana, but ...
Erik Friedlander: Oscalypso
by Vincenzo Roggero
Quattro rappresentanti della storica scena downtown newyorchese si riuniscono negli studi East Side Sound di quella città e registrano un disco tributo all'Oscar Pettiford violoncellista. Nove brani mostrano senza veli l'eleganza, lo swing, il senso melodico, la precisione della scrittura di Pettiford, con il quartetto di Erik Friedlander che asseconda pienamente queste caratteristiche esaltandole e personalizzandole ...
I 10 CD nel CD-Player di... Samuel Blaser
by Vincenzo Roggero
01. Clifford Jordan plays Leadbelly -These Are My Roots (Atlantic Records -1965). Ho condiviso l'ascolto di questo fantastico disco durante una session a Brooklyn circa due anni fa con il sassofonista Michael Blake e il bassista Michael Bates. 02. Michael Blake -Tiddy Boom (Sunnyside Records -2014). Con Michael, che è uno ...
Michael Bates: Northern Spy
by Mark Corroto
Did you ever get a bit envious listening to a recording and thinking the band is having way too much fun making music? I'm not saying Northern Spy stirs up jealousy, but damn the trio of bassist Michael Bates, saxophonist Michael Blake and drummer Jeremy “Bean" Clemons are up to some serious jollification here.This, ...
Secondo capitolo per il trio di Giovanni Guidi
by Angelo Leonardi
A distanza di un anno da City of Broken Dreams, l'ECM pubblica in questi giorni il nuovo capitolo del trio di Giovanni Guidi con Thomas Morgan e João Lobo, This Is the Day. Un lavoro particolarmente raffinato e maturo, con nuove splendide composizioni e una ricca empatia. Il pianista umbro ce ne parla in quest'intervista.
Tiddy Boom
Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: 1. Skinny Dip; 2. Tiddy Boom; 3. Hawk's Last Rhumba; 4. Boogaloop; 5.
Coastline; 6. Letters in Disguise; 7. A Good Day for Pres; 8. The
Ambassadors.
Michael Blake: Tiddy Boom
by Maurizio Comandini
Michael Blake cita espressamente tre sassofonisti nelle rarefatte note di copertina di questo album: Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young e Ross Taggart. I primi due sono la fonte di ispirazione di questo eccellente Tiddy Boom, mentre Taggart viene menzionato soprattutto per ricordarne la figura, di recente scomparsa. Ma non sarebbe sbagliato tirare fuori dall'armadio anche ...
Michael Blake: Tiddy Boom
by Glenn Astarita
Tenor saxophonist Michael Blake has played a prominent factor within the backbone of New York's progressive jazz scene, having performed with big bands, small ensembles and on Tiddy Boom, re-aligning with New York Jazz Collective comrades, pianist Frank Kimbrough and bassist Ben Allison. In-demand session drummer Rudy Royston complements a group that proffers sympathetic support to ...
