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Saxophone and Drum duets: rue victor masse; Control This; Common Denominator; Two in NYC.
by John Sharpe
Ray Warleigh rue victor masse psi 2008 Michael Blake / Kresten Osgood Control This Clean Feed 2009 Bonnie Kane / Federico Ughi Common Denominator W.O.O. Music ...
Tommaso Cappellato's Releases Album "Open"
From Rush Hour Store: Open, the debut album from Italian composer Tommaso Cappellato delivers a stunning quartet studio session followed by two tours of live sessions at the best Italian jazz venues on the Elefante Rosso record label. Include Giovanni Guidi on piano and the Chicago born Joe Rehmer on bass. ELEFANTE ROSSO imprint, and including ...
Take Five With Tommaso Cappellato
by AAJ Staff
Meet Tommaso Cappellato: Italian drummer and composer Tommaso Cappellato always strived to leave his mark as the founder and creator of numerous musical situations. His curiosity for different styles and continuous will for research led him to travel and explore various countries in the world to meet, learn from and collaborate with influential musical artists. During ...
Michael Blake - Kresten Osgood: Control This
by AAJ Italy Staff
Control This è il disco che Michael Blake ha realizzato col batterista Kresten Osgood e di cui annunciava l'uscita nella bella intervista di Luca Vitali, pubblicata in settembre [clicca qui per leggerla]. Il sassofonista canadese è ormai un protagonista della scena di New York: iniziò ven'anni fa con i Lounge Lizards di John Lurie per proseguire ...
Andratx: Live
by Mark Corroto
The Nordic jazz trio of Jonas Kullhammar, Kresten Osgood and Ole Morten Vågan is the type of super group that keeps the jazz tradition alive, not in the sense of an institution as much as a provocateur praxis. Andratx Live is its second release following a self-titled record on Moserbie in 2007. The three ...
Torben Snekkestad: Conic Folded
by Mark Corroto
Patient jazz can be both restrained and determined. But, maybe the best word to describe the jazz of saxophonist/clarinetist Torben Snekkestad is persistent. The thirty-something Norwegian reeds man is both a classical and jazz composer playing in the Copenhagen Saxophone Quartet, London Improvisers Orchestra, Trygve Seim Ensemble, and Among Machines with Thomas Stronen. Conic ...
Michael Blake / Kresten Osgood: Control This
by Troy Collins
Interstellar Space (Impulse!, 1965), John Coltrane's raucous tenor sax duo album with drummer Rashied Ali, is widely considered the pinnacle achievement of such instrumental pairings. Its blistering intensity continues to haunt similar efforts, yet there are a few intrepid souls who have opted for a more subtle, dynamic approach--one which favors conversational interplay over kinetic fury.
You're Gonna Keep On Drinking? O.K., They'll Keep on Playing
Michael Blake Quartet with the bassist Ben Allison and the guitarist Steve Cardenas at City Winery in a series titled Wine & Jazz — A Great Pairing. The saxophonist Michael Blake gamely addressed his audience between songs at City Winery on Tuesday night, though that exercise must have felt a little disheartening. Most of the club’s ...
Amor de Cosmos
Label: Songlines Recordings
Released: 2008
Track listing: Ghostlines; Temporary Constellation; Amor de Cosmos; So Long Seymour; The Wash Away; Infirmary; The Hunt; Paddy Pie Face.
Michael Blake Sextet: Amor de Cosmos
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
With each release, saxophonist Michael Blake pushes himself in a different direction through composition, instrumentation and/or stylistic approach. On Amor de Cosmos, the native Canadian convened an all-Canuck sextet to perform compositions inspired by family memories and the local history of British Columbia, where he spent time as a child. In a departure for Blake, the ...
