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Starlicker - Double Demon (Delmark, 2011)
Cornetist Rob Mazurek may live in Brazil now, but he retains deep ties to the Chicago jazz scene. Joining up with John Herndon on percussion and Jason Adasiewicz vibraphone they take us on a beautiful cosmic voyage, something akin to an updated Sun Ra small ensemble if there were such a thing. They combine their sounds ...
Sao Paulo Underground
by AAJ Italy Staff
Area Sismica - Forlì - 16.4.2011 A un paio d'anni di distanza dal precedente tour, si è fermato all'Area Sismica, in data unica italiana, il treno del Sao Paulo Underground. Il progetto è uno dei numerosi portati avanti da Rob Mazurek, musicista di punta del nuovo jazz americano ed esploratore dei territori di confine fra free, ...
Delmark New Jazz Release on CD and LP: May Tour for Rob Mazurek's Starlicker
ROB MAZUREK'S STARLICKER Starlicker Double Demon (Delmark) release date May 17, 2011 The prolific Chicago/Brazil cornetist/sound manipulator Rob Mazurek of Exploding Star Orchestra and Chicago Underground collective has a new project called Starlicker with vibraphone king Jason Adasiewicz and Tortoise drummer John Herndon and they'll be touring throughout May Rob Mazurek (cornet), John Herndon (percussion), and ...
Exploding Star Orchestra - We Are All from Somewhere Else (2007)
By Tom Johnson Tortoise alum Rob Mazurek had a big concept behind this project. As we all know, sometimes big concepts pay off, sometimes they simply lead to big letdowns. Exploding Star Orchestra's We Are All From Somewhere Else was a big concept that luckily actually paid off. Either way, feel free to simply ignore the ...
Matt Bauder: Day In Pictures
by Troy Collins
Day In Pictures is Matt Bauder's first traditional jazz recording as the leader of a stellar acoustic quintet. Far from a debut, the young Brooklyn-based multi-instrumentalist already has a number of eclectic releases to his name, but none delve as far into the nuances of jazz tradition as this refined platter. His previous albums expand on ...
Exploding Star Orchestra: Stars Have Shapes
by Nic Jones
This release by the Exploding Star Orchestra is one of those rare examples of a present day unit able to travel to other places. Under the direction of cornet player and composer Rob Mazurek they've come up with a program of music which incorporates advances outside of the jazz tradition even while it strikes an extraordinary ...
Exploding Star Orchestra: Stars Have Shapes
by Troy Collins
Stars Have Shapes is dedicated to the memory of recently deceased seminal free jazz innovators Fred Anderson and Bill Dixon, both of whom played with cornetist Rob Mazurek's all-star ensemble on separate occasions, including the magnificent summit meeting Bill Dixon With Exploding Star Orchestra (Thrill Jockey, 2008). Featuring a rotating cast of renowned Chicago improvisers, the ...
Jason Adasiewicz: Sun Rooms
by Mark Corroto
Jason Adasiewicz is making the vibraphone a necessary ingredient for music making in this century. His mallets have been featured in recordings by Josh Berman, Jason Ajemian, Harris Eisenstadt, the Lucky 7s, and Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra.As a leader, his two recordings with Rolldown, the self-titled 2008 disc on 482 Music and Varmint ...
Eclectic electric jazz comes of age
by Mark Corroto
Back in the 1980s, the marriage of jazz and electronics produced the unfortunate, creativity destroying “jazz fusion" genre. That was because drum machines, synthesizer produced horn lines and computer generated hand claps were often too perfect. A sort of “sanitized for your protection" version of motel drinking glasses. Think about the then innovative trumpeter Miles Davis' ...
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