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Rashied Ali is a progenitor and leading exponent of multidirectional rhythms/polytonal percussion. A student of Philly Joe Jones and an admirer of Art Blakey, Ali developed the style known as "free jazz" drumming, which liberates the percussionist from the role of human metronome. The drummer interfaces both rhythmically and melodically with the music, utilizing meter and sound in a unique fashion. This allows the percussionist to participate in the music in a harmonic sense, coloring both the rhythm and tonality with his personal perception. By adding his voice to the ensemble, the percussionist becomes an equal in the melodics of collective musical creation rather than a "pot banger" who keeps the others all playing at the same speed. Considered radical in the 1960s and scorned by the mediocre, multidirectional rhythms, polytonal drumming is now the landmark of the jazz percussionist. A Philadelphia native, Rashied Ali began his percussion career in the U.S
Ivo Perelman, Elliott Sharp, Cyro Baptista: Triacontagon
by Mark Corroto
To better appreciate Triacontagon, it helps to wind the clock back to Brazilian saxophonist Ivo Perelman's recordings from the mid-to-late 1990s. Consider Man of the Forest (GM Recordings, 1994), Brazilian Watercolour (Leo Records, 1999) and Aquarela do Brazil (Atração Fonográfica, 1999). Each featured fellow São Paulo native, percussionist Cyro Baptista. Perelman, who began his musical life ...
John Coltrane At 100: A Global Perspective
by Ian Patterson
With the advent of his birth centenary, John William Coltrane is on our minds again. But then he nearly always is. His influence on generations of saxophonists is palpable. For countless musicians the term “Coltranesque" can be a badge of honor or a millstone around the neck. With the exception perhaps of Miles Davis--whose centenary also ...
Remembering James Blood Ulmer: The Incognito Bluesman
by Ian Patterson
James Blood Ulmer, the pioneering electric guitarist and singer who first came to prominence in New York in the early '70s, has died at the age of 86. His extraordinarily visceral guitar style--ragged, choppy, spluttering yet deeply emotive--was instantly recognizable. Post-Jimi Hendrix, Ulmer was one of just a handful of guitarists to alter the language of ...
Moers Festival Interviews: Lakecia Benjamin
by Martin Longley
The last day of the Moers Festival is also the Monday holiday of Whitsun, still marked in Germany, even if it's dormant in England, but still technically observed in the USA, although not granted a public day off work. As a climax of both the five-day festival and the (Pentecost) holiday, the NYC alto saxophonist Lakecia ...
Carlos Nathaniel Ward: libertà, spiritualità e rigore
by Gaetano Fiore
“Arte e Jazz? Non facile e acritica gestualità ma concentrato di analitica ponderatezza". In occasione di un mio omaggio pittorico espositivo a Bill Dixon a San Vincenzo (LI) nel 2010, Libero Farnè scrive la suddetta frase che ben fa riflettere su quanto sia importante procedere con “lentezza" per tradurre i concetti di libertà, spiritualità ...
MetJazz 2026
by Neri Pollastri
MetJazz 2026 Teatro Metastasio e altre sedi Prato 16 febbraio--26 marzo 2026 La trentunesima edizione di MetJazz, il festival pratese organizzato dal Teatro Metastasio, era anche la prima dopo oltre vent'anni a non avere più come direttore artistico Stefano Zenni, ottimamente sostituito dalla coppia Enrico Romero e Giuseppe Vigna. Dopo l'anteprima ...
Rodrigo Amado: The Healing
by John Sharpe
The Healing unites tenor saxophonist Rodrigo Amado and drummer Chris Corsano in a tremendous set that tempers visceral power with nuanced exchange. An archival release, it documents a 2016 live date at Lisbon's ZBD Club, marking the second recording by this duo, after a 2014 session issued as No Place To Fall (Astral Spirits, 2019). However ...
Marilyn Crispell: Fearless, Deeply Sensitive and Shaping the Moment
by Dean Nardi
As Marilyn Crispell talked about her multitude of recent recordings, either solo or with this trio or that quartet, she mentioned needing to pack her bags before going out on tour. She has lived in Woodstock, New York since 1977 and is comfortable there. “When I'm at home, not out recording, I look out in the ...
New Releases, Record Store Day Specials, And Ivo Perelman On Leo Records
by Bob Osborne
This show includes many new releases and lots of those are self produced demonstrating the healthy state of independent music production in the industry. There is some classic jazz meets rock from over 20 years ago plus three outstanding live albums from Resonance Records for Record Store Day 2025. In addition with the planned release of ...
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