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Article: In Pictures

Ravi Coltrane Live in Montreal and New York City

by Dave Kaufman
July 27, 2017

Ravi Coltrane continues to evolve as an artist of remarkable depth and breadth as reflected in the diversity of contexts in which he engages. Coltrane was featured in three different musical settings at the recent (2017) Montreal International Jazz Festival Invitation Series. All concerts were held at the Centre de Creativite Gesu, an intimate concert hall ...

Article: Album Review

Maria Grand: Tetrawind

Read "Tetrawind" reviewed by Geannine Reid

by Geannine Reid
July 24, 2017

Throughout the history of jazz there has always seem to be two camps, one camp maintains a discriminatory dividing line between vocalists and instrumentalists. Vocalist are not always viewed as equals with instrumentalist. Unfortunately, vocalists are stigmatized as not possessing the same time sense, improvisatory skills, and instrument control. However, this has thankfully been changing as ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Pi Recordings 2016 Releases

by Hrayr Attarian
December 24, 2016

Over the 15 years of its existence, Pi Recordings has been the home of musical innovators both established and up and coming. Its catalogue includes works by such legends as composer and woodwind player Henry Threadgill, pianist Muhal Richard Abrams and other members of the Association for Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). The imprint is also ...

Article: Book Review

Dafnis Prieto: A World Of Rhythmic Possibilities

by Dan Bilawsky
October 18, 2016

A World Of Rhythmic Possibilites Dafnis Prieto 276 Pages ISBN: #978-0-692-65526-9 Dafnison Music 2016 Learning to fluently and fluidly dissect, construct, and speak rhythms through the drums is a lifelong process of study, discovery, and growth. Touching on the new while truly expanding that coded language is incredibly ...

Article: Album Review

Henry Threadgill Ensemble Double Up: Old Locks and Irregular Verbs

Read "Old Locks and Irregular Verbs" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala

by Giuseppe Segala
April 11, 2016

Il criterio dell'integrazione a coppie di strumenti omologhi o affini è uno degli aspetti che maggiormente caratterizzano la musica di Henry Threadgill. Già nel gruppo Very Very Circus si incontrava il raddoppio di chitarra e tuba, mentre l'impianto di Zooid, nato come sestetto in cui si specchiavano chitarra acustica e oud da un lato, violoncello e ...

Article: Album Review

Henry Threadgill Ensemble Double Up: Old Locks And Irregular Verbs

Read "Old Locks And Irregular Verbs" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
March 18, 2016

The premiere of Old Locks and Irregular Verbs--Henry Threadgill's tribute to his longtime friend and colleague, musical pioneer Lawrence D. Butch" Morris--was easily one of the most talked about events at the 2014 edition of New York's Winter Jazzfest. The buzz factor and expectation surrounding this work and the band performing it was so strong, in ...

Article: Album Review

Marta Sanchez Quintet: Partenika

Read "Partenika" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero
November 6, 2015

Marta Sanchez è una giovane pianista dalla formazione accademica che ha successivamente trovato nella scena creativa newyorchese terreno fertile per la propria vena artistica. Numerose e assai diversificate le situazioni che la vedono coinvolta, dal piano trio al quartetto con voce e a quello con sassofono, fino alla dimensione orchestrale. In Partinika debutta con un quintetto ...

Article: Album Review

Marta Sanchez Quintet: Partenika

Read "Partenika" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
April 29, 2015

A marriage of moody yet calming piano seesaws, cymbal swells, and arco bass serves as the entry portal into pianist Marta Sanchez's Partenika. The feelings that come over the mind and body while taking in those overlaid ingredients during the opening of “Opening" must be like what Dorothy felt when she awoke in Oz or what ...

Article: Album Review

Roman Filiu: Musae

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 14, 2013

Dafnison Music è l'etichetta fondata dal batterista di origine cubana Dafnis Prieto allo scopo di presentare sul mercato discografico i propri lavori con pieno controllo su tutte le fasi della realizzazione. Con Musae questo processo viene messo a disposizione per la prima volta di un leader diverso, nella fattispecie il sassofonista, anch'esso di origini cubane, Roman ...

Album

Musae

By Roman Filiu

Label: Dafnison Music
Released: 2012
Track listing: Summer Song; Dark Room; Episode I: Riding Waves; Ojos; Episode II: Rebellion; Guerilla; Episode III: The Fall; Ocho De Mayo; El Nanga; La Montana; Venus; La Montana (Excerpt).