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I nuovi percorsi del Polish Jazz

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by Angelo Leonardi

Una nuova generazione si fa avanti con determinazione sulla scena del Jazz polacco e molti trovano accoglienza nel catalogo della For-Tune. L'etichetta si propone ambiziosamente di “salvare dall'oblio i fenomeni musicali di natura eterna." Non si rivolge esclusivamente al jazz o agli artisti polacchi e il suo catalogo ospita anche lavori di William Parker, Mary Halvorson, ...

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Article: Album Review

Scott Neumann/Tom Christensen: Spin Cycle

Read "Spin Cycle" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

The new ensemble led by Scott Neumann and Tom Christensen is called Spin Cycle. It could, maybe should, have been dubbed The Chameleonic Quartet. Along with the virtuosic sidemen, guitarist Pete McCann and bassist Phil Palombi, the ten tracks spin-off varying styles and musical modes, from blues to ballads, punk to funk. Such catholic ...

Article: Album Review

Henry Butler, Steven Bernstein and the Hot 9: Viper's Drag

Read "Viper's Drag" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi

Cosa unisce la dissacrante verve di Steven Bernstein -estroverso leader dei Sex Mob e animatore di vari progetti con la Tzadik di John Zorn-col virtuosistico pianismo di Henry Butler, fortemente intriso di blues? Questa rilettura sul primo jazz di New Orleans è una delle risposte. La passione per la tradizione ha accomunato i due ...

Article: Album Review

Michael Blake: Fulfillment

Read "Fulfillment" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala

by Giuseppe Segala

I fatti da cui Michael Blake prende lo spunto per realizzare le musiche di Fulfillment risalgono al 1914, ma sono tristemente attuali. Un dramma dell'immigrazione, verificatosi a Vancouver, quando una nave a vapore giapponese, la Komagata Maru, fu respinta con il suo carico umano di quasi quattrocento persone provenienti dall'India orientale. Solo a ventiquattro migranti fu ...

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Thomas Chapin: Never Let Me Go

Read "Never Let Me Go" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala

by Giuseppe Segala

L'ascolto di questo cofanetto fa rinascere aspra l'amarezza per la scomparsa prematura, nel 1998 a soli quarant'anni, di Thomas Chapin. Una raccolta che contrasta l'oblio e aggiunge qualche motivo di stupore e riflessione all'esperienza di chi ha apprezzato la fulminea, ricchissima eppure troppo breve vicenda artistica di quel grande musicista, straripante di vitalità e umanità.

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News: Recording

Spin Cycle, Co-Led By Drummer Scott Neumann & Saxophonist Tom Christensen, Releases Self-Titled Debut CD on May 6

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 ...

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Michael Blake: Fulfillment

Read "Fulfillment" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

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 ...

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Article: Album Review

Erik Friedlander: Oscalypso

Read "Oscalypso" reviewed by Troy Collins

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 ...

Article: Album Review

Erik Friedlander: Oscalypso

Read "Oscalypso" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

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 ...

Article: Lyrics

I 10 CD nel CD-Player di... Samuel Blaser

Read "I 10 CD nel CD-Player di... Samuel Blaser" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

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 ...


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