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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Tommaso Cappellato

by AAJ Staff
July 24, 2009

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 ...

Article: Album Review

Michael Blake - Kresten Osgood: Control This

Read "Control This" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 10, 2009

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 ...

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Andratx: Live

by Mark Corroto
May 14, 2009

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 ...

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Torben Snekkestad: Conic Folded

Read "Conic Folded" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
May 9, 2009

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 ...

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Article: Album Review

Michael Blake / Kresten Osgood: Control This

Read "Control This" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
April 23, 2009

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.

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News: Performance / Tour

You're Gonna Keep On Drinking? O.K., They'll Keep on Playing

March 19, 2009

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 ...

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Amor de Cosmos

By Michael Blake

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.

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Michael Blake Sextet: Amor de Cosmos

Read "Amor de Cosmos" reviewed by Sean Patrick Fitzell

by Sean Patrick Fitzell
December 20, 2008

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 ...

Article: Interview

Intervista a Michael Blake

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 8, 2008

Sono ormai trascorsi vent’anni da quando il sassofonista canadese Michael Blake decise di trasferirsi in pianta stabile da Vancouver a New York. Dopo un inizio difficile e alcuni anni di militanza nei Lounge Lizards di John Lurie, si avviò a una scintillante carriera da solista. Il suo percorso musicale lo ha portato, negli anni, a frequentare ...

Article: Album Review

Michael Blake Sextet: Amor De Cosmos

Read "Amor De Cosmos" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 8, 2008

Dopo tante collaborazioni e album americani, Michael Blake, canadese di nascita ma da sempre tra gli elementi più rappresentativi della scena Downtown newyorkese, decide di realizzare un disco con organico interamente canadese. Il titolo stesso rimanda alla storia del suo paese e ricorda quel William Alexander Smith, giornalista e politico canadese ottocentesco, che decise di farsi ...