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I nuovi orchestratori - 2: Kyle Saulnier - Rob Mazurek
by Angelo Leonardi
Parliamo ancora di orchestre e arrangiatori [per leggere la prima puntata di questo approfondimento -clicca qui. Tralasciando per il momento di considerare i contributi più innovativi della scena europea (tra cui spiccano la Vienna Art Orchestra e l'Italian Instabile Orchestra) dopo la stagione del Free la ricerca d'avanguardia statunitense non si è fermata. Purtroppo ...
The Point of It All
Label: Songlines Recordings
Released: 2012
Track listing:
01. Interlude; 02. The Sweetest Thing; 03. Buttermilk Hill Suite; 04. Sad
Waltz; 05. The Point of It All; 06. Couch Alternate (alternate); 07. Tiny
Swing;
08. Against the Drift; 09. 10.15.07; 10. After the Gold Rush; 11. The
Scavenger's Song; 12. Electrical Storm; 13. The Rain.
Robin Holcomb and Talking Pictures with Wayne Horvitz: The Point of It All
by AAJ Italy Staff
In questi tempi tormentati e dilaniati, solo i poeti sanno indicare il cammino. E Robin Holcomb è una poetessa coi controfiocchi e ovviamente non sbaglia questa ennesima rarefatta occasione. Sono con lei il marito tastierista Wayne Horvitz e un manipolo di eccellenti musicisti canadesi che oscillano operativamente fra Vancouver e Seattle, certamente uno degli snodi geografici ...
Vision Festival 16 - June 9: An Evening of Special Projects
The special project nights embody the epitome of the festival and the most striking contrast with the pre packaged, off the shelf bloat fests. And the events are thoughtfully timed to allow for movement between performances in the Main Stage and the Downstairs Theater, where the evening begins with the final panel discussion looking to education ...
Bill Frisell: The ECM Years
by John Kelman
Nothing trumps right place, right time. Sure, most artists pay plenty of dues-- sometimes in the public eye, oftentimes not--but for some, there's that serendipitous event that leads to greater visibility. Bill Frisell, surely one of the most important and influential guitarists of his generation, undoubtedly deserves all the accolades and artistic freedom he's achieved in ...
Danny Frankel with Nels Cline & Larry Goldings: The Interplanetary Note/Beat Conference
by Mark Corroto
Enough is sometimes enough. Drummer/percussionist Danny Frankel presents a shortish (by modern CD standards), 34-minute collection of 11 compositions on The Interplanetary Note/Beat Conference. Then again, sometimes a sketch can speak louder than an entire painting.Frankel, a consummate player, has been a sideman to the likes of Laurie Anderson, Steven Bernstein, Lou Reed, Robin ...
Robin Holcomb: Distinctive Mysteries
by Gordon Marshall
Robin Holcomb's songs are knotty like tumbleweeds, braided like roads on maps along which tumbleweeds roll. She lays her songs down like baskets that have the rustic grace of birds' nests, always on the verge of promising a truth, but brimming with natural mysteries. Mysteries accrue, creating a keen urge to get at the kernel of ...
Singer/Songwriter Robin Holcomb Interviewed at All About Jazz
While she's been around since the early '80s, emerging in New York's Downtown Scene alongside husband Wayne Hortivtz, pianist/vocalist Robin Holcomb made her first major leap onto a broader radar with her eponymous 1990 debut, on Nonesuch Records. Her ability to combine left-leaning concerns with Americana traditionalism and historical concerns have made her a unique voice ...
The Point Of It All
Label: Songlines Recordings
Released: 2010
Track listing: Interlude; The Sweetest Thing; Buttermilk Hill Suite; Sad Waltz; The Point of It All; Couch Alternate (alternate); Tiny Swing; Against the Drift; 10.15.07; After the Gold Rush; The Scavenger's Song; Electrical Storm; The Rain.
Sarah Wilson: Trapeze Project
by Eyal Hareuveni
San Francisco-based trumpeter/vocalist Sarah Wilson is gifted with idiosyncratic and fresh composing skills that are so rare in jazz musicians who have gone through the formal avenues of jazz education. Her career began when she composed and played music for the Bread and Puppet Theater troupe; continued by studying with esteemed trumpeters John McNeil and Laurie ...
