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Sam Bardfeld: Periodic Trespasses

Read "Periodic Trespasses" reviewed by Robert R. Calder

by Robert R. Calder
March 24, 2006

Vibes, bass and drums make an interestingly different rhythm section, one that Bobby Hutcherson long ago used to help jazz musicians reach new places without exiling them from their origins. One musician the master vibraphonist helped was Eric Dolphy, who is mentioned in this set's notes. Quite right, there is some Dolphy in Sam Bardfeld, who ...

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Sam Bardfeld: Periodic Trespasses (The Saul Cycle)

Read "Periodic Trespasses (The Saul Cycle)" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
March 1, 2006

Ask most artists and they'll tell you their albums tell a story. The idea of musical narrative is nothing new--listen to any ECM disc, where emotional arcs often transcend any collection of discrete pieces. Rare, however, are the recordings where there's an all-encompassing theme. Rarer still are those that tell a specific and self-contained story. Percussionist ...

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Sam Bardfeld: Periodic Trespasses (The Saul Cycle)

Read "Periodic Trespasses (The Saul Cycle)" reviewed by A. Henkin

by A. Henkin
February 21, 2006

With his second release as a leader (and first for Fresh Sound), violinist Sam Bardfeld presents an album full of modern Jewish intellectual reflection, as practiced by such diverse artists as Saul Bellow and Woody Allen, but couched in terms owing more of a debt to Frank Zappa's Joe's Garage. But given those ...

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Sam Bardfeld: Periodic Trespasses

Read "Periodic Trespasses" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
February 9, 2006

The cover certainly does grab at your attention. It's hard to say what that thing is. A War of the Worlds creature gone goofy? It does give you a clue that New York-based violinist Sam Bardfeld doesn't take himself too seriously. Another clue in this direction is the spoken word intervals--"The Saul Cycle"-- inserted throughout and ...

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Taxidermy

By Sam Bardfeld

Label: CIMP Records
Released: 2000

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Sam Bardfeld's Cabal Fatale: Taxidermy

by Glenn Astarita
March 1, 2000

Jazz violinist Sam Bardfeld exhibits a good deal of exuberance, along with proficient chops on his new release for the “CIMP” label, titled – Sam Bardfeld’s Cabal Fatale Taxidermy. Here, the young violinist displays a wide-ranging repertoire as these pieces either skirt the fringes of pure unadulterated free-improv with lots of expressive soloing or they are ...