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Troy Collins' Best Releases of 2013
by Troy Collins
Considering the sheer quantity of recordings issued in a year's time, attempting to mention every notable session would result in a list of epic proportions. These ten records represent a fertile cross-section of some of the most compelling modern jazz issued in 2013, highlighting sophisticated new developments in composition and improvisation with an unintended (but entirely ...
São Paulo Underground: Beija Flors Velho E Sujo
by AAJ Italy Staff
Poteva sembrare un divertissement nel già denso percorso progettuale di Rob Mazurek, quello dei São Paulo Underground e invece eccoci qui al quarto disco, nonché a una continuità concertistica che ci raccontano della centralità della band nel mondo del compositore e trombettista americano. Le ragioni tra l'altro non sono difficili da capire: da sempre aperto alle ...
Sao Paulo Underground: Beija Flors Velho E Sujo
by Glenn Astarita
Once again this trio sounds like a larger unit and its capricious implementations remain a constant. The band's makeup contains an assortment of keys, percussion, electronics effects and other tools of the trade. Yet Chicago progressive jazz trumpeter Rob Mazurek is the primary soloist, sporting a big brassy tone and imposing presence. The musicians unify the ...
Sao Paulo Underground: Beija Flors Velho E Sujo
by Troy Collins
Integrating spirited avant-garde jazz improvisation and lo-fi electronica with the revolutionary innovations of Brazil's Tropicalia movement, Beija Flors Velho E Sujo is São Paulo Underground's fourth recording and the first to exclusively feature the variable ensemble's core trio. The group was originally co-founded by Chicago-based cornetist Rob Mazurek and Brazilian multi-instrumentalist Mauricio Takara, whose debut, Sauna: ...
Rob Mazurek Octet: Skull Sessions
by Troy Collins
The shadow of Miles Davis continues to influence the efforts of generations of jazz musicians, especially fellow trumpeters. Davis' myriad innovations span multiple styles and time periods, making it virtually impossible to ignore his achievements. Yet when the We Want Miles exhibition in São Paulo, Brazil asked former resident Rob Mazurek to devise a presentation inspired ...
Três Cabenças Loucuras
Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Jagoda's Dream; Pigeon; Carambola; Colibri; Just Lovin'; Lado Leste; Six Six Eight; Rio Negro.
Jagoda's Dream
Album: Tres Cabecas Loucuras
By Sao Paulo Underground
Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2011
Duration: 04:19
Rob Mazurek Pulsar Quartet: Stellar Pulsations
by Troy Collins
Originally schooled in the foundations of hard bop, cornetist Rob Mazurek, quickly surpassed the form's conventional limitations; his multihued electro-acoustic work over the past two decades has subsequently drawn inspiration from numerous genres besides jazz. Mazurek's unfettered creativity and stalwart leadership skills have thereby cemented his reputation as a key figure in the Chicago scene--primarily as ...
São Paulo Underground: Três Cabenças Loucuras
by Raul d'Gama Rose
As the great tradition of Brazilian music swept down in all its glory from the sertão, into the river basins, and gradually to the urban areas of Rio and São Paulo, several mavericks remained in the vanguard, continuing to cross-pollinate the music as it gathered in strength and momentum. Among the first of these was Hermeto ...
Tres Cabecas Loucuras
Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Jagoda's Dream; Pigeon; Carambola; Colibri; Just Lovin'; Lado Leste; Six Six Eight; Rio Negro.
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