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Aram Shelton: Everything For Somebody
by Mark Corroto
Alto saxophonist Aram Shelton cannot break his Chicago habit. We're not talking that monkey woman Joe Williams used to sing about, back in the day. Shelton, who left Chicago a few years back for the Bay area of California, returns to the windy city often, both physically and for its sound.His second quartet recording, ...
Aram Shelton Quartet: Everything for Somebody
by AAJ Italy Staff
Nativo della Florida, ormai da lungo tempo il trentaseienne Aram Shelton vive tra Chicago, da dove provengono gli altri membri del suo attuale quartetto, e Oakland, dove ha sede la sua etichetta Singlespeed Music con la quale ha pubblicato quest'ultimo album. L'impatto col quale rivela un'ampia cultura jazzistica, legata gioco forza - benché di fatto il ...
Incline
By Aram Shelton
Label: Singlespeed Music
Released: 2011
Track listing: Village; Tower; Plane; Orbit; Test; Grade; Rig; Soles; Slope.
Kjell Nordeson / Aram Shelton: Incline
by Glenn Astarita
The avant-garde schema is sort of an open-world platform where almost anything goes. But Incline is an album that sheds a radiant light on the sax-drums duo format, featuring an inordinate degree of textural components and a seamless integration of two like-minded artists, performing on similar planes. Here, Swedish drummer Kjell Nordeson and American alto saxophonist ...
These Times
Label: Singlespeed Music
Released: 2010
Track listing: These Times; Rings; Dusk; An Interrupted Stroll; Relief; Rise And Set.
Aram Shelton Quartet: These Times
by Mark Corroto
It is easy to admire the audacity of Aram Shelton's quartet. Not that the reedman writes insolent and defiant music; but given the attention-grab improvisers are facing today, he is so very loyal to the melody. This group is quartet subset of his Fast Citizens sextet, minus trumpet and cello, here, pairing things down to tenor ...
Last Distractions
By Aram Shelton
Label: Singlespeed Music
Released: 2009
Track listing: Straw Men; Ad Hominem I; Ad Hominem II, Broadened Issues; Marginalized; The Opposition; Scapegoats; Phenomena; Bandwagon.
The Way
By Aram Shelton
Label: Singlespeed Music
Released: 2009
Track listing: The Way; One Last Thing; Internal Frame; External Frame; Switches; Old Thoughts.
Josh Berman / Aram Shelton / Weasel Walter: Last Distractions
by Mark Corroto
Last Distractions is a highly ambitious project, undertaken with just two horns and a drummer--three horns, actually, as reedist Aram Shelton plays two different ones. This trio of Shelton, cornetist Josh Berman and drummer Weasel Walter has set its sights on a determined and inspiring set of improvised music. The Chicago jazz scene is the inspiration ...
Ton Trio: The Way
by Mark Corroto
Tasting just one slice of the musical pie that is Aram Shelton, one finds him in his Bay area trio with bassist Kurt Kotheimer and drummer Sam Ospovat. His Ton Trio makes a jazz sound reminiscent of a '60s venture into The New Thing, yet favors a very melodic writing.The saxophonist gained fame in ...
