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Breaking The Cycle
By Marbin
Label: MoonJune Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Loopy; A Serious Man; Mom's Song; Bar Stomp; Outdoor Revolution;
Western Sky; Burning Match; Claire's Indigo; Snufkin; The Old Silhouette;
Winds of Grace.
Marbin: Breaking the Cycle
by Chris M. Slawecki
At its jazz-rock core, Marbin is the Israeli duo of guitarist Dani Rabin and saxophonist Danny Markovitch, sort of a Israeli version of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, the essence of Steely Dan. Bassist Steve Rodby and drummer Paul Wertico, who cumulatively won 18 Grammy Awards as members of the Pat Metheny Group, provide the rhythm ...
MoonJune Records: A Decade of Progressive Rock Documentation
by Mark Redlefsen
On a moon of this past June, appropriately enough, Leonardo Pavkovic, owner of the progressive jazz label MoonJune Records, gave All About Jazz an interview at the label's office in Union Square, New York City. The name MoonJune Records, which Pavkovic started back in 2001, is taken from the title of a song, “Moon In June," ...
Boris Savoldelli: Biocosmopolitan
by Glenn Astarita
The polyphonic vocal expertise of Italian artist Boris Savoldelli alters implications for the proverbial one-man band format. Although he receives assistance from revered session bassist/solo artist Jimmy Haslip, and some additional help from trumpeter Paolo Fresu--both appearing on selected tracks--it is Savoldelli who propagates the mesmeric performances. The vocalist uses electronics and voice overlays, ...
Copernicus: Cipher And Decipher
by Mark Redlefsen
For those new to work of New York City performance poet Copernicus (aka Joseph Smalkowski), Cipher and Decipher, might be an appropriate onramp. This release of improvised music plus poetry appears to be aimed at a wider, more cynical audience than those that pioneered the form in previous decades in the jazz world, such as Gil ...
Soft Machine Legacy: Live Adventures
by Chris M. Slawecki
Many have found elements of jazz in the music of European progressive rock artists such as Gong, Can, King Crimson and even, to a certain improvisational extent, Yes. Soft Machine Legacy continues this...umm, legacy with an amoeba-like lineup (mostly) from alumni of the original progressive instrumental group Soft Machine: guitarist John Etheridge, bassist Roy Babbington and ...
Boris Savoldelli: Biocosmopolitan
by Mark Redlefsen
What a contrast Boris Savoldelli's Biocosmopolitan is to the vocalist's predecessor, Protoplasmic (MoonJune Records, 2009), which featured guitarist Elliot Sharp as his chief collaborator. While Protoplasmic was a brave dive into the experimental, Biocosmopolitan is a bright, infectious and singable work. The right balance of passion, delivery, and technology come together for 16 enjoyable tracks with ...
douBt: Never Pet a Burning Dog
by Mark Redlefsen
Guitarist Michel Deville, of the Belgian Wrong Object, and British keyboardist Alex Maguire team up to form a power trio with drummer Tony Bianco as doubt, on its debut, Never Pet a Burning Dog. Deville steps out with a louder, more direct tone, affectionately and more overtly exposing the influence of Terje Rypdal--even including one of ...
Soft Machine Legacy: Live Adventures
by AAJ Italy Staff
Con la recente dipartita di Hugh Hopper il gruppo Soft Machine Legacy ha perso il suo ultimo legame diretto con la formazione classica dei Soft Machine che immancabilmente siamo portati ad associare all'album Third, uno dei capolavori della musica giovane di ogni tempo. A questo punto il legame più solido rimane quello del batterista John Marshall ...
