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Cacaw: Stellar Power
by Glenn Astarita
Cacaw evolved from an acoustic trio as a mechanism for keyboardist Landon Knoblock to merge his compositions with electronics, and a result of his affiliation with drummer Jeff Davis and saxophonist Oscar Noriega in a band that performed the music of jazz piano great, Andrew Hill. Time marches on, as Cacaw underscores its musicality with a ...
Cacaw: Stellar Power
by AAJ Italy Staff
Inizialmente, siamo nel 2010, Cacaw si presenta come trio rigorosamente acustico nel quale le composizioni del pianista Landon Knoblock fungono essenzialmente da pretesto per alimentare l'estro improvvisativo dei componenti del gruppo in forme più o meno organizzate e con diversi gradi di libertà esecutiva. Poi, in maniera per certi versi misteriosa, avviene un deciso cambio di ...
Endangered Blood: Work Your Magic
by Troy Collins
Work Your Magic is the sophomore follow-up to Endangered Blood's self-titled 2011 Skirl Records debut. The acoustic quartet features an all-star lineup, with Human Feel's Chris Speed and Jim Black joined by fellow Skirl label mates Oscar Noriega and Trevor Dunn. First named The Benefit Band, the group was initially formed in 2008 to help Human ...
Manzanita
Album: Work Your Magic
By Endangered Blood
Label: Skirl Records
Released: 2013
Duration: 5:16
Dirigo Highlights
Album: Dirigo Rataplan
By Devin Gray
Label: Skirl Records
Released: 2012
Duration: 2:28
Dirigo Rataplan
By Devin Gray
Label: Skirl Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Quadraphonically; Cancel the Cancel; Down Time; Prospect Park in the Dark (For Charles
Ives); Talking with Hands; Otaku; Thickets (For Gerald Cleaver); Katahdin.
Devin Gray: Dirigo Rataplan
by Dave Wayne
In today's crowded jazz market, it's an achievement to come up with a signature group sound. And yet, this is just one of the wonderful things immediately apparent on Devin Gray's Dirigo Rataplan. An amazing percussionist, Gray's stunningly detailed playing sounds like a cross between Fritz Hauser and Roy Haynes.He flashes some serious compositional ...
Devin Gray: Dirigo Rataplan
by Eyal Hareuveni
Devin Gray is only 28 years old but, in his case, age does not mean much. Already, in his debut as a leader, this Brooklyn-based drummer proves himself a mature and resourceful composer and promising band leader, one who can lead any outfit with the energy and colors produced from his drum set, as the Latin-French ...
Devin Gray: Dirigo Rataplan
by Hrayr Attarian
Despite his youth, drummer Devin Gray has built an impressive resume and a well- deserved reputation as both an improviser and instrumentalist. His first CD as a leader, Dirigo Rataplan shows that he is not a slouch in the composition or bandleader department either. The record's title, loosely translated from Latin and French, ...
Endangered Blood
By Chris Speed
Label: Skirl Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Plunge; Rare; Epistrophy; Elvin Lisbon; K; Tacos At Oscars; Iris; Uri Bird;
Valva; Andrew's Ditty Variation One.
