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Joshua Abrams Quartet: Unknown Known
by John Sharpe
"There are known knowns; there are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns; that is to say, there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns--there are things we do not know we don't know." Strangely, Donald Rumsfeld didn't mention the unknown known: the things we ...
Nicole Mitchell’s Ice Crystal: Aquarius
by AAJ Italy Staff
Dei tanti progetti della flautista Nicole Mitchell - oggi tornata in quella California in cui è cresciuta, ma sempre legata a doppio filo con la scena di Chicago - il quartetto Ice Crystal mi sembra tra quelli più immediati e stimolanti. La formazione, specialmente per l'abbinamento di flauto e vibrafono, non può che evocare riferimenti precisi, ...
Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Electro Acoustic Orchestra: The Space Between
by Mark Corroto
Like a painting by Mark Rothko, whose canvasses contain rectangular fields of color and light that convey more than a visual experience, the music of Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Electro Acoustic Orchestra transcends a mere audio happening. Rothko's paintings exceeded the aesthetic confines of their canvasses into a spiritual and psychological realm. Likewise, Mazurek makes visually ...
Denis Fournier / Nicole Mitchell: Watershed
by John Sharpe
Flautist Nicole Mitchell has found a supportive outlet in the Paris-based Rogue Art imprint, with her past outings including Anaya (2009), Emerald Hills (2010), The Ethiopian Princess Meets The Tantric Priest (2012) and Arc Of O (2012), and she is the most well-known name on Watershed. However she sits second in the billing below French percussionist ...
Nicole Mitchell, Jason Hwang And Kamala Sankaram Premiere New Music With Tri-Centric Orchestra
TRI-CENTRIC ORCHESTRA TO PREMIERE COMMISSIONS BY NICOLE MITCHELL, JASON KAO HWANG, AND KAMALA SANKARAM 8pm, April 21, 2013 at Roulette 509 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn NY Brooklyn, NY - On April 21st at Roulette, the Tri-Centric Orchestra, the resident ensemble of Anthony Braxton’s Tri-Centric Foundation (TCF), will premiere three compositions for a 16- piece ensemble ...
Rob Mazurek Octet: Skull Sessions
by Glenn Astarita
Chicago-based cornetist Rob Mazurek has performed with the best and brightest of the new jazz music scene. On this outing he merges his Sao Paulo Underground and Starlicker bands and invites other artists, capturing the essence of Miles Davis' Bitches Brew era. Mazurek frames Davis' jazz-fusion attributes as a fertile means of reimagining the overall vibe ...
Umbria Jazz Winter: Orvieto, Italy, December 28, 2012 - January 1, 2013
by Sara Villa
Umbria Jazz Winter 2013Orvieto, ItalyDecember 28, 2012--February 1, 2013Dee Alexander's Evolution Ensemble Dee Alexander's sensitive and virtuosic voice, together with the exquisite harmony of her group, charmed the Umbria Jazz Winter public with two different concert series. The first was dedicated to the memory of Alexander's mentor, Light Henry Huff, and ...
Nicole Mitchell & Black Earth Ensemble
by AAJ Italy Staff
Aperitivo in concerto Teatro Manzoni - Milano - 16.12.2012 L'afro-centrismo che sta caratterizzando la ventottesima edizione di Aperitivo in Concerto ha mostrato con il concerto di Nicole Mitchell e Black Earth Ensemble il suo volto più raffinato, intellettuale, meditato. Perché se è vero che il propellente del concerto, l'aspetto più coinvolgente si è concretizzato nei numerosi ...
Rob Mazurek Octet: Skull Sessions
by Troy Collins
The shadow of Miles Davis continues to influence the efforts of generations of jazz musicians, especially fellow trumpeters. Davis' myriad innovations span multiple styles and time periods, making it virtually impossible to ignore his achievements. Yet when the We Want Miles exhibition in São Paulo, Brazil asked former resident Rob Mazurek to devise a presentation inspired ...
Roscoe Mitchell: Three Compositions
by John Sharpe
On Three Compositions, veteran Chicago saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell's scores are interpreted by an established grouping with an AACM lineage, namesake flautist Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble, unlike his previous album of written material, Numbers (Rogue Art, 2011), which featured a varied cast of contemporary players. It makes all the difference. This performance was one of three ...
