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La Elemental Music ristampa il catalogo della Xanadu Records

by Maurizio Zerbo
January 23, 2017

Grazie a produttori illuminati come Don Schlitten, il jazz degli anni Settanta ebbe modo di sottrarsi alle facili contaminazioni del rock o bossa nova. Il catalogo della sua label indipendente, la Xanadu, testimonia la capacità di attrarre con rispetto della tradizione il nuovo pubblico del jazz, riservando ampio spazio ai cosiddetti musician's musicians: artisti di culto ...

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Ivo Perelman: The Art of the Improv Trio

by Giuseppe Segala
January 16, 2017

Sei volumi dedicati all'arte dell'improvvisazione in trio rappresentano una bella impresa. Per il musicista e per chi ascolta. Anche per chi, come il sassofonista di origini brasiliane Ivo Perelman, non si fa certo intimorire dalle strade impervie. È connaturata alla sua personalità artistica la ricerca in ogni dettaglio e sotto ogni angolazione possibile delle vene aurifere ...

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Blues Deluxe: Colin James, Matthew Curry and Johnny Nicholas

by Doug Collette
January 14, 2017

The cultural fragmentation of the last two decades or so has resulted in such a multiplicity of niche categories that the blues community only benefits by its long-term standing of loyalty to the genre. Rather than suffer foolish players gladly or thoughtlessly reward the mediocre results of their efforts, these devoted and inveterate music-lovers deeply relish ...

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Weekertoft Hits Its Stride…

by John Eyles
January 7, 2017

As Weekertoft approaches its first anniversary, its teething troubles seem over as it is settling down into a pattern of releasing music regularly. Of the label's two latest releases, one is on CD, the other a download, a balanced approach that seems likely to become the norm. The download release is significant for two connected reasons: ...

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Ivo Perelman: The Art of the Improv Trio

by Jim Trageser
January 4, 2017

For the last few centuries, the avant-garde movement has taken for itself the role of challenging preconceived notions of what is acceptable in music, in poetry, in the visual arts. This challenge has, for the most part, consisted of violating accepted rules in order to provoke discussion about the validity of those norms. In ...

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2016: An Ivo Perelman Marathon

by Mark Corroto
January 3, 2017

The original marathoner, Pheidippides in 490 BC, is believed to have run from Marathon, where a battle was being fought, to Athens to inform an assembly that the Persians had been defeated. It certainly was quite the achievement, taking into account the sorry state of footwear at the time and lack of prepackaged gels and energy ...

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Pi Recordings 2016 Releases

by Hrayr Attarian
December 24, 2016

Over the 15 years of its existence, Pi Recordings has been the home of musical innovators both established and up and coming. Its catalogue includes works by such legends as composer and woodwind player Henry Threadgill, pianist Muhal Richard Abrams and other members of the Association for Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). The imprint is also ...

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Badbadnotgood Is Truly Goodgoodnotbad

by Dave Wayne
December 20, 2016

Among the pleasantest surprises of 2016, a year replete with many notably unpleasant surprises, was the appearance of IV by the poly-stylistic jazz / instrumental hiphop quartet BadBadNotGood. IV came hot on the heels of Sour Soul, their remarkable 2015 collaboration with Ghostface Killah. If you still bristle when you see the words “jazz" and “hiphop" ...

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Clouds and Stormy Nights: A New Pair from QFTF

by Geno Thackara
December 19, 2016

Germany's growing QFTF label remains ambitious as ever as 2016 draws to a close, showcasing two young off-the-beaten-path bandleaders with their own ideas of the directions modern jazz might take. With some fairly offbeat feels for melody, the pair manage to serve as two sides of the same semi-abstract coin. Matthew Sheens Cloud ...

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Emanem Tidies Up

by John Eyles
December 19, 2016

As well as releasing contemporary recordings of improv, Martin Davidson's Emanem label has played a vital role in documenting the history of the music by releasing, re-releasing or re-curating recordings that are decades old. In the process, Davidson has sometimes worked tirelessly to improve the sound quality of recordings that were never intended for release, and ...