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Adam Kolker: Beckon
by Angelo Leonardi
Ad eccezione di un solo brano, di chiara impronta rock come “Cannonball" (inserito chissà perchè), la musica di questo disco si colloca tra due estetiche molto presenti negli anni cinquanta: il Third Stream di Gunther Schuller, John Lewis e Ran Blake e il Cool Jazz di Lee Konitz e Warne Marsh. Il trio sax, chitarra e ...
Sara Serpa: Close Up
by Jerome Wilson
Portuguese vocalist Sara Serpa has been a significant presence on the New York jazz scene for several years now, creating music with literary and artistic allusions in the company of renowned musicians like Ran Blake, Nicole Mitchell and Tyshawn Sorey. For her latest project she leads a trio that also features saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock and cellist ...
Ran Blake: Something To Live For
by Alberto Bazzurro
Con copertina diversa, torna a quasi diciannove anni dalla sua prima edizione (1999; incisione Boston, marzo '98) un album certamente prezioso (per quanto magari un po' discontinuo) di quel singolare pianista (e personaggio tout court) che è Ran Blake, oggi ottantatreenne. L'album si compone, adesso come allora, di diciannove brani, per lo più brevi o molto ...
Dominique Eade: Town and Country
by Angelo Leonardi
A sei anni dall'incisione di Whirpool (Jazz Project, 2012), Ran Blake e Dominique Eade ripropongolo la loro esplorazione piano/voce privilegiando l'attenzione dal Great American Songbook ai canti della tradizione popolare e di denuncia sociale. Com'è noto l'83enne Ran Blake è un decano del New England Conservatory di Boston, dove fondò con Gunther Schuller il Third Sream ...
Nightports w/Matthew Bourne: Nightports
by Gareth Thompson
The night he was named Perrier Young Jazz Musician 2001, pianist Matthew Bourne gave a performance that rather set out his stall. Using stillness and eruptions in the mode of Ran Blake, with soundtrack samples from Willy Wonka, Bourne played like a man possessed. Since then he's left few tones unturned in the search for new ...
Paula Shocron: Paths to a New Sound
by Jakob Baekgaard
When Werner X. Uehlinger, the founder of Hat Hut Records, was asked about a statement on why he liked Argentinian pianist Paula Shocron's music, the answer was clear, short and succinct: “The quality of surprise." Uehlinger discovered Shocron's music through her work with the SLD Trio and he liked their debut Anfitrión so much that the ...
Noirish
by Ludovico Granvassu
More music that could work very well as soundtrack for an imaginary film noir... with some spaghetti-western variations. Happy Listening! And if you like what you hear, listen to the first part of this noir investigation. Playlist Guano Padano, “A Country Concept" from Guano Padano (Important) 0:00 Guano ...
Something To Live For
By Ran Blake
Label: Hat Hut Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Elijah Rock 1; Something to Live For; Get Out of Town; Enigma Suite: Part 1; Memphis; Vilna; Enigma Suite: Part 2; Mood Indigo; Eclipse; Elijah Rock 2; Enigma Suite: Part 3; Judy; A Night in Tunisia; Enigma Suite: Part 4; Nightcrawler; Throw It Away; Impresario of Death; Doktor Mabuse; Ghosts of Cimetière de Père Lachaise.
New England Conservatory’s Jazz Studies And Contemporary Improvisation Departments Present Performances And Events For 150th Season
New England Conservatory’s (NEC) internationally renowned Jazz Studies and Contemporary Improvisation (CI) Departments announce nearly 100 concerts for the celebratory 150th anniversary season. The 2017-2018 season continues to build on NEC’s rich legacy featuring 150 years of innovation showcasing the work of the first fully accredited jazz studies program at a music conservatory as well as ...
Solo Piano – Fred Hersch and Ran Blake
by C. Michael Bailey
Fred Hersch Open Book Palmetto 2017 Pianist Fred Hersch's 2015 release Solo (Palmetto) and the present Open Book recall Keith Jarrett's deeply introspective The Melody at Night, With You (ECM, 2000) with respect to the two artists having survived significant health crises. While Open Book is not as introspective as the ...
