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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.
São Paulo Underground: Tres Cabeças Loucuras
by AAJ Italy Staff
Che annata per Rob Mazurek! Annata di grandi dischi (splendido il trio Starlicker, ma anche il meno conosciuto Calma Gente e la collaborazione con il batterista Enzo Carpentieri) e di ottime apparizioni dal vivo (anche in festival come Cormons o Sant'Anna Arresi), che si chiude con il nuovo lavoro a nome dei São Paulo Underground (che ...
Cuneiform Records: Growing Progressive Music for 27 Years
by Mark Redlefsen
Twenty seven years is a long time for a niche progressive music label such as Cuneiform Records not just to survive, but to remain inventive and, in the best sense, ambitious. Steve Feigenbaum founded Cuneiform back in 1984, and with his wife, Joyce, runs it from Silver Springs, Maryland. Hosting bands such as Universe Zero, digging ...
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