Sessantuno minuti e rotti dedicati alla memoria di uno dei numi tutelari della musica afro-americana. Titolari di questa incisione sono Paul Dunmall e Tony Bianco. Cominciamo subito con un accenno aneddotico: sembra persino ovvio che il disco di riferimento - quando si parla di Coltrane sperimentale in duo - sia il fondamentale Interstellar Space che il ...

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Mikolaj Trzaska / Paul Dunmall: London, England, October 15, 2012

by John Sharpe
November 2, 2012

Mikolaj Trzaska / Paul DunmallCafe OtoLondonOctober 15, 2012Three for the price of one? How could you resist. London boasts a sizeable Polish population, and it seemed like a large part of them had braved the cool Monday evening to visit Cafe Oto for a visit by Gdansk-born reedman Mikolaj Trzaska. But ...

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Mikolaj Trzaska / Olie Brice / Mark Sanders: Riverloam Trio

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by John Sharpe
October 21, 2012

Mikolaj Trzaska (pronounced “Miko-why Chass-kuh") is not a name which drops off even the most assiduous jazz fan's lips. But on the evidence of this recording, it will become increasingly familiar outside his native Poland. Already the reedman has featured alongside American multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee on the excellent Magic (Not Two, 2009), with reedman Ken Vandermark's ...

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Vision Festival, NYC, Days 6-7: June 16-17, 2012

by John Sharpe
August 14, 2012

Days 1-2 | Days 3-5 | Days 6-717th Annual Vision FestivalRouletteBrooklyn, NYJune 16-17, 2012 Chapter Index June 16: Steve Swell Quintet / Trio 3 / Jason Kao Hwang Burning Bridge June 17: Ingrid Laubrock's Anti-House / Burnt Sugar Holy Ghost & Fire / Rob Brown/Daniel ...

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Vision Festival, Days 1-2: June 11-12, 2012

by John Sharpe
July 27, 2012

Days 1-2 | Days 3-5 | Days 6-717th Annual Vision FestivalRouletteBrooklyn, NYJune 11-17, 2012For the 17th annual Vision Festival, organizer Patricia Nicholson Parker and her team had assembled one of strongest lineups in many years. Alongside many luminaries of the New York free jazz firmament, including accomplished working bands ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Paul Dunmall

May 6, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Paul Dunmall's birthday today! After turning professional at seventeen and touring Europe for one year with progressive rock group Marsupilami he moved to America and lived there for three years playing with many musicians including Alice Coltrane and toured with Johnny Guitar Watson for one year. On his return to the ...

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Keith Tippett: From Granite to Wind

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by AAJ Italy Staff
January 30, 2012

From Granite to Wind, registrata nel gennaio 2011, è una suite senza interruzioni che dura quarantasette minuti. Il titolo stesso sembra alludere a un percorso sonoro che da forme granitiche, ruvide e compatte, giunge all'eterea inconsistenza del vento, articolandosi al suo interno in passaggi obbligati, temi incisivi, sviluppi improvvisativi, momenti di transizione, fasi toniche ed altre ...