Results for "Pi Recordings"

Amir ElSaffar - Hafez Modirzadeh: Radif Suite

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 20, 2011

La Pi Recordings ha pubblicato una serie di interessanti incisioni in cui l'avanguardia di matrice afroamericana si confronta con musiche di origine etnica, senza per questo cadere nelle facili trappole del genere world. È un'esigenza nata dalle origini degli autori, musicisti come Rudresh Mahantappa, che ha riscoperto legittimi legami tra musica indiana e improvvisazione jazzistica, o, ...

Radif Suite

By Amir ElSaffar

Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2010
Track listing: Radif-E Kayhan: Facet One;Facet Two; Facets Three/Four; Facets Five/Six; Facets Seven/Eight; Facet Nine; Facet Ten; Facets Eleven/Twelve; Copper Suite:Introduction: Copper Refraction; Post-Idiomatic Blues/Cells A; Doves Over Zion (Dream of the Beloved)/Duet Interlude;Uganda/Trio Interlude; Bird of Prey; Awj/Ancestral Memory; Quintuplets/Triptych/Bass Solo; All Said and Done/Sirens/Reverence.

Harvesting Semblances and Affinities

By Steve Coleman

Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2010
Track listing: Attila 02 (Dawning Ritual); Beba; Clouds; 060706-2319 (Middle of Water); Flos Ut Rosa Floruit; Attila 04 (Closing Ritual); Vernal Equinox 040320-0149 (Initiation).

This Brings Us To, Volume II

Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2010
Track listing: Lying Eyes; This Brings Us To; Extremely Sweet William; Polymorph; It Never Moved.

Apex

By Rudresh Mahanthappa

Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2010
Track listing: Welcome; Summit; Soft; Playing with Stones; Lamenting; Eastern Echoes; Little Girl, I'll Miss You; Who?; Rainer and Theresia; The Journey.

Radif Suite

By Hafez Modirzadeh

Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2010
Track listing: 01. Facet One (Hafez Modirzadeh) - 2:36; 02. Facet Two (Hafez Modirzadeh) - 2:41; 03. Facets Three/Four (Hafez Modirzadeh) - 3:24; 04. Facets Five/Six (Hafez Modirzadeh) - 4:50; 05. Facets Seven/Eight (Hafez Modirzadeh) - 5:44; 06. Facet Nine (Hafez Modirzadeh) - 1:50; 07. Facet Ten (Hafez Modirzadeh) - 5:51; 08. Facets Eleven/Twelve (Hafez Modirzadeh) - 3:57; 09. Introduction: Copper Refraction (Amir ElSaffar) - 2:25; 10. Post-Idiomatic Blues/Cells A (Amir ElSaffar) - 7:35; 11. Doves Over Zion (Dream of the Beloved)/Duet Interlude (Amir ElSaffar) - 5:21; 12. Uganda/Trio Interlude (Amir ElSaffar) - 4:39; 13. Bird of Prey (Amir ElSaffar) - 3:43; 14. Awj/Ancestral Memory (Amir ElSaffar) - 5:07; 15. 7 Quintuplets/Triptych/Bass Solo(Amir ElSaffar) - 5:22; 16. All Said and Done/Sirens/Reverance (Amir ElSaffar) - 4:32.

Silent Movies

By Marc Ribot

Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2010
Track listing: 1. Variation 1 - 3:18; 2. Delancey Waltz - 5:19; 3. Flicker - 2:04; 4. Empty - 5:15; 5. Natalia in E Major - 3:47; 6. Solaris - 5:31; 7. Requiem for a Revolution - 4:47; 8. Fat Man Blues - 4:58; 9. Bateau - 4:05; 10. Radio - 8:30; 11. Postcard from N.Y. - 4:15; 12. The Kid - 6:46; 13. Sous le Ciel de Paris ( Hubert Giraud) - 6;46. Tutte le composizioni sono di Marc Ribot.

Marc Ribot: Silent Movies

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 20, 2010

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
November 2, 2010

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 29, 2010

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 ...