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Roswell Rudd/Jamie Saft/Trevor Dunn/Balazs Pandi: Strength & Power
by Dan Bilawsky
Buckle up. This is one wild ride that cares not for your apprehension, concerns, expectations, or fears. Pianist Jamie Saft and two of his regular collaborators--bassist Trevor Dunn and drummer Balazs Pandi--got together with trombone icon Roswell Rudd to get down to the art of music making with nothing but their senses to guide them. It ...
Steve Swell: Kanreki: Reflection & Renewal
by John Sharpe
To mark his sixtieth birthday (December 6, 2014), trombonist Steve Swell, long the pre-eminent trombonist on the NYC free jazz scene, invokes the Japanese custom of Kanreki. Although it is said to signal both a rebirth and a handing on of responsibilities, Swell shows no signs of allowing the occasion to inhibit his ambition. Over the ...
Franco D'Andrea uno e trino
by Giuseppe Segala
La pubblicazione del triplo CD con i concerti registrati al Parco della Musica di Roma, offre l'occasione per una chiacchierata con Franco D'Andrea, che partendo da questo lavoro, un vero autoritratto provvisorio, si racconta con generosità sulla soglia del suo settantacinquesimo compleanno e dall'alto del suo mezzo secolo abbondante di attività artistica. All ...
Barry Altschul's 3dom Factor: Tales of the Unforeseen
by John Sharpe
Veteran drummer Barry Altschul has enjoyed something of a late career resurgence over the last decade. Work with co-operatives such as the FAB Trio, as well as with trombonists Steve Swell and Roswell Rudd presaged his first leadership date for a quarter of a century in 3dom Factor (TUM Records, 2013). That trio with bassist Joe ...
Ifa y Xango Tentet: Twice Left Handed / Shavings
by Dave Wayne
A culturally improbable collaboration of Brazilian, Portuguese, and Belgian musicians, the Ifa y Xango Tentet is easily one of the most adventurous large ensembles operating anywhere in the world today. Co-operative in nature, and playing entirely their own original compositions, the group's vision, as captured on Twice Left Handed / Shavings encompasses jazz, rock, post-rock, doom ...
Lafayette Harris, Jr.: Bend To The Light
by Dan Bilawsky
While art often takes cues from life, and life certainly offers up its fair share of trials, tribulations, and dark spells, pianist Lafayette Harris, Jr. prefers to emphasize the positive while pouring existential thought into his music. On Bend To The Light--the seventh offering from Harris over the past twenty-plus years--hope, happiness, and ...
Enrico Rava Quartet with Gianluca Petrella: Wild Dance
by Karl Ackermann
The senior statesman, and easily the most recognizable name in Italian jazz, trumpeter Enrico Rava returns with a revised quintet line up on Wild Dance. Rava, who early in his career worked with saxophonist Steve Lacy, pianist Mal Waldron and trombonist Roswell Rudd, later went on to team with drummer Tony Oxley and sit in with ...
Max Johnson, Kirk Knuffke, Ziv Ravitz: Something Familiar
by Karl Ackermann
New York native Max Johnson does not appear to require sleep. The bassist/composer, whose career spans the wide terrain from the Trans-Siberian Orchestra to Lollapalooza to Anthony Braxton consistently delivers fresh, adventurous, high-quality music against an ambitious output. With his now-regular working trio of Kirk Knuffke on cornet and drummer Ziv Ravitz, the group has released ...
Ab Baars e il Questionario di Proust
by AAJ Staff
All About Jazz: Il tratto principale della mia musica. Ab Baars: Allegramente ostinata. AAJ: La qualità che desidero nei musicisti che suonano con me. A.B.: Grandi orecchie e una storia da raccontare. AAJ: Come musicista, il momento in cui sono stato più felice. A.B.: ...
Emanuele Parrini: Are You Ready? Viaggio al centro del violino - Vol. 2
by Neri Pollastri
Dopo il primo volume, in solitudine e in duo con la viola di Paolo Botti (clicca qui per leggerne la recensione), arriva ora il seguito del Viaggio al centro del violino di Emanuele Parrini, con un sestetto al quale si aggiungono in alcuni brani anche due voci. Il lavoro include composizioni di Archie Shepp,Roswell ...
