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Samuel Blaser: Consort in Motion
by Troy Collins
Initially defined by composer Gunther Schuller in the late 1950s as a synthesis of jazz improvisation and classical composition, the Third Stream movement has since drifted into relative obscurity. However, in the ensuing decades the milieu has provided fertile ground for a number of visionary artists to make bold statements. The increasingly commonplace role of conservatory ...
Pierre Favre Ensemble: Le Voyage
by Nic Jones
Pierre Favre is a scion of the improvisation scene in Europe and beyond. There's always been a reflective element in his drum and percussion work that suggests a slightly conservative disposition which has been manifested in a kind of politeness and reticence. Those two qualities in many respects sum up the music on this disc. While ...
Pieces of Old Sky
Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: Pieces of Old Sky; Red Hook; Choral I; Mystical Circle; Mandala; Speed Game; Choral II.
Vol à Voile
Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2010
Track listing:
1. Franchement; 2. Quai des Brumes; 3 Babel I; 4. Babel IV; 5. We Tried!;
6. Inextricable; 7. Les Pourchassés; 8. Life in Slow Motion; 9. Vol à Voile.
Pierre Favre - Samuel Blaser: Vol à Voile
by AAJ Italy Staff
Vol à voile è la prima di una coppia di uscite discografiche per la Intakt Records in cui Pierre Favre mette la sua esperienza a servizio di due suoi collaboratori più giovani, membri tra l'altro del suo Ensemble allargato: in Albatros, l'altra uscita, si tratta del duo con il chitarrista tedesco Philipp Schaufelberger; in Vol à ...
Samuel Blaser: Pieces of Old Sky & Vol à Voile
by David Adler
Samuel BlaserPieces of Old SkyClean Feed2009 Pierre Favre/Samuel BlaserVol à VoileIntakt2010 There's a wonderfully eerie quality to Pieces of Old Sky, trombonist Samuel Blaser's recording with guitarist Todd Neufeld, bassist ...
The Jazz Session #161: Samuel Blaser
On Pieces Of Old Sky (Clean Feed, 2009), Swiss trombonist Samuel Blaser explores space and spectral harmony to great effect. In this interview, Blaser discusses the challenges of leaving space in music; his Swiss roots and how moving to New York changed his life; and several upcoming projects, including his jazz take on the music of ...
Samuel Blaser Quartet: Pieces of Old Sky
by Eyal Hareuveni
Swiss-born, Berlin-based trombonist Samuel Blaser is a musician to watch. He has a unique and personal vision, imaginative scope of articulation, and an ability to communicate and surprise with his sonic discoveries and ideas. This excellent new recording, his best so far, impresses more with every listening. The album was recorded in New York with three ...
YaY
Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2009
Track listing:
01. Yay (Braff); 02. Tama (Braff); 03. Caravan (Ellington); 04. Manon (Gainsbourg); 05. Gugglie's (Braff); 06. Uncle Sam (Blaser);
07. Yele (Braff); 08. Sans Titre (Blaser); 09. Un petit dernier (Blaser/Braff); 10. Yay (live).
Pieces of Old Sky
Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Pieces of Old Sky; Red Hook; Choral I; Mystical Circle; Mandala; Speed Game; Choral II.
