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Corey Wilkes & Abstrakt Pulse: Cries From Tha Ghetto
by Troy Collins
Trumpet player Corey Wilkes was just 24 when saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell recruited him to join the Art Ensemble of Chicago in 2003, four years after Lester Bowie's passing. Since then he has demonstrated remarkable technical and creative ability, serving as a sideman in James Carter's Quintet, Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra ...
Avram Fefer Trio: Ritual
by Troy Collins
Saxophonist Avram Fefer has led a diverse career since his emergence in the early 1990s. An eclectic collaborator, Fefer has performed with pianist Bobby Few, The Last Poets, North and West African musicians, numerous acid jazz and trip-hop artists, and served in the big bands of Frank Lacy, Adam Lane, Butch Morris and David Murray, among ...
James Falzone / Jason Adasiewicz / Jason Roebke: Klang
by Mark Corroto
Dudley Bayne's fledgling Luminescence label was formed to capture moments in time that may never repeat again. The pianist found the Chicago scene a whirlwind of activity, with soon-to-be famous musicians forming multiple groups, and he began recording their shows. His Luminescence Live releases are a series of limited edition discs documenting some very creative music ...
Rob Mazurek Quintet: Sound Is
by Troy Collins
Currently residing in Brasilia, Brazil, but making frequent returns to his hometown of Chicago, cornetist Rob Mazurek is the quintessential international artist, and one of the Windy City's most prolific scene leaders. A former hard bop prodigy, Mazurek long ago took the road less traveled, developing into one of today's most creative sound sculptors. Moving beyond ...
Rob Mazurek's excellent adventures in Brazil and France
by Mark Corroto
Like bassist Williams Parker or fellow midwesterner, reed player Ken Vandermark, trumpeter and cornetist Rob Mazurek is a hub around which much creative activity revolves. He is a musician, musical organizer and visual artist whose hunger for invention is seemingly limitless. After his early (1990s) foray into bebop, he began to realize the possibilities of modern ...
We Are from Somewhere Else
By Rob Mazurek
Label: Thrill Jockey
Released: 2007
Track listing: 01. String Ray And The Beginning Of Time (Part 1);
02. String Ray And The Beginning Of Time (Part 2);
03. String Ray And The Beginning Of Time (Part 3) (Psycho-Tropic Electric Dream);
04. String Ray And The Beginning Of Time (Part 4);
05. Black Sun;
06. Cosmic Tomes For Sleep Walking Lovers (Part 1);
07. Cosmic Tomes For Sleep Walking Lovers (Part 2);
08. Cosmic Tomes For Sleep Walking Lovers (Part 3);
09. Cosmic Tomes For Sleep Walking Lovers (Part 4) (Fifteen Ways Toward A Finite Universe);
10. Cosmic Tomes For Sleep Walking Lovers (Part 5).
Chronicle [CD - DVD]
By Rob Mazurek
Label: Delmark Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: 01. Initiation - 5:23;
02. Resistance - 7:43;
03. Power - 28:27;
04. Crisis - 13:20;
05. Transformation - 5:22;
06. Trascendence - 13:43.
Chicago Underground Trio: Chronicle [CD - DVD]
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by AAJ Italy Staff
Filmare della musica da vivo e aggiungervi un apporto creativo è cosa maledettamente difficile. La cosa più ostica è trovare innanzitutto l'equilibrio tra la documentazione di ciò che viene girato e l'idea originale del filmmaker. Ripreso allo Spazio Culturale Tedesco di Chicago, questo nuovo lavoro [in DVD, ma anche in CD] del Chicago Underground Trio [che ...
Exploding Star Orchestra: We Are from Somewhere Else
by AAJ Italy Staff
Per potere vivere davvero su una stella che esplode, bisogna esplorarla a fondo e negli ultimi anni Rob Mazurek lo sta facendo con una curiosità e un'energia creativa davvero singolari, infilando il suono acuminato della propria cornetta nelle fessure tra i mondi e aprendone i meccanismi in un'esplosione di colori e suoni davvero straordinaria. Così, dopo ...
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