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Marc Ribot: Silent Movies
by AAJ Italy Staff
Solo a chi non ha seguito da vicino i passi di Marc Ribot nell'ultimo decennio Silent Movies potrà apparire come l'ennesima svolta spiazzante di un inguaribile eclettico o, peggio ancora, un episodio minore, quasi un capriccio, nella discografia del chitarrista di Newark. Niente di più approssimativo e lontano dalla realtà: Silent Movies è un'opera perfettamente coerente, ...
Rudresh Mahanthappa / Bunky Green: Apex
by Troy Collins
Apex is a cross-generational collaboration between ubiquitous 39 year-old poll-winner Rudresh Mahanthappa and undersung 75 year-old legend Bunky Green. Supported by an all-star rhythm section, the ideally paired alto saxophonists are joined by Mahanthappa's regular bassist François Moutin and stellar pianist Jason Moran, with newcomer Damion Reid and the renowned Jack DeJohnette alternating on drums. Encompassing ...
Henry Threadgill's "This Brings Us To, vol. 2" Out Now
October 26th Henry Threadgill's This Brings Us To, vol. 2 comes out. 2009's This Brings Us To, vol. 1 received across-the-board accolades as one of the best releases of 2009, coming in at #4 in the Down Beat Critics Poll, #4 in the Jazz Times Poll, and #2 in the Village Voice Jazz Poll, as well ...
Henry Threadgill Zooid: This Brings Us To, Volume II
by Troy Collins
This Brings Us To, Volume II is the sequel to 2009's This Brings Us To, Volume I (Pi Recordings), Henry Threadgill's celebrated return to the studio after eight years. Culled from the same recording session, these complimentary releases are the renowned multi-instrumentalist's first commercially available recordings in almost a decade. Volume II finds the legendary AACM ...
Steve Coleman and Five Elements: Harvesting Semblances and Affinities
by AAJ Italy Staff
È dedicato al filosofo Raimondo Lullo quest'ultimo CD di Steve Coleman, che al jazz degli ultimi due decenni ha regalato le idee più fervide ed emozionanti. Anche qui la dimensione rituale è al centro di un mobilissimo percorso sonoro, volto a tradurre in termini musicali (i ritmi asimettrici) le corrispondenze fisiche e simboliche tra uomo e ...
Steve Coleman and Five Elements: Harvesting Semblances and Affinities
by Glenn Astarita
Celebrated and highly influential alto saxophonist Steve Coleman reenters the progressive jazz context with his cutting-edge Five Elements band. A purveyor of M-Base processes, which are centered upon a synchronous balance between structure and improvisation, Coleman's odd-metered metrics revert to kaleidoscopic sentiment on “Clouds."Trombonist Tim Albright launches the track with warmly stated choruses, underscored ...
Rudresh Mahanthappa / Bunky Green: Apex
by Mark F. Turner
Apex is an alto sax summit of huge proportions--a prodigious work of collaboration and stirring performances--boasting Rudresh Mahanthappa, one of today's rising stars, and Bunky Green, a lesser known master who has influenced innovators such as Greg Osby and Steve Coleman. Like another memorable 2010 release, Dual Identity (Clean Feed), which featured Mahanthappa and alto conceptualist ...
Steve Coleman and Five Elements: Harvesting Semblances and Affinities
by Troy Collins
As the founder of the M-Base movement, alto saxophonist Steve Coleman has been at the forefront of advances in jazz composition for 25 years. Culled from traditions with roots in the diverse music of the African Diaspora, M-Base's intricate fusion of syncopated rhythms and polyphonic harmonies has provided a vivacious, forward-thinking alternative to staid conventions for ...
Amir ElSaffar / Hafez Modirzadeh: Radif Suite
by Stuart Broomer
This is an illuminating meeting between musicians who share similar cultural background and creative directions. Trumpeter Amir ElSaffar is an Iraqi-American whose work has fused elements of jazz and the maqam music of Iraq. His CD-length suite from 2007, Two Rivers, was a triumph of synthesis and vision. Tenor saxophonist Hafez Modirzadeh is an older Iranian-American ...
Henry Threadgill Zooid: This Brings Us To, Volume 1
by AAJ Italy Staff
Che Henry Threadgill sia uno dei più straordinari protagonisti della storia della musica afroamericana è un dato che si spera nessuno possa mai mettere in discussione: a colpire, oltre alla eccellente qualità delle sue composizioni, è certamente la capacità di lavorare su processi creativi di fortissimo spessore e personalità, del tutto incurante di mode o di ...
