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Instrument: Saxophone, soprano
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Steve Lacy, one of the greatest soprano saxophonists of all time and a New England Conservatory faculty member since fall 2002, died Friday [June 4th, 2004] at New England Baptist Hospital. The jazz master who once defined his profession as “combination orator, singer, dancer, diplomat, poet, dialectician, mathematician, athlete, entertainer, educator, student, comedian, artist, seducer and general all around good fellow” was 69. He leaves his wife and collaborator, the Swiss singer Irene Aebi. Born Steven Norman Lackritz in New York City, Lacy was the first avant garde jazz musician to make a specialty of the soprano saxophone--an instrument that had become almost completely neglected during the Bop era
François Houle: Insider Listening that Makes You Clever
by Kerilie McDowall
Canadians and local Vancouverites have been in awe at BC, Canada's prestigious regular rising star clarinetist François Houle's international ranking status. Houle creates brilliantly fascinating compositions and such clever, innovative work. He has released seven albums as a leader from 2022-2023 and has four more plus on the way. Incredibly he will have released 11 albums ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Steve Lacy
All About Jazz is celebrating Steve Lacy's birthday today! Steve Lacy, one of the greatest soprano saxophonists of all time and a New England Conservatory faculty member since fall 2002, died Friday [June 4th, 2004] at New England Baptist Hospital. The jazz master who once defined his profession as “combination orator, singer, dancer, diplomat, poet, dialectician, ...
IzangoMa: Ngo Ma
by Chris May
The first thing that needs to be said is: this is not a jazz album. Jazz is only one of many musical traditions, most of them South African, that coalesce to form IzangoMa's debut. The percussion-rich, horn-embellished, multi-layered blend weaves together kwaito, mbaqanga, township jazz, marabi, pantsula, mbube, Jamaican nyabhingi drumming, electronica and a whole lot ...
Day and Taxi: Live in Baden
by John Sharpe
With only seven releases over its 30 plus year history, the Swiss band Day & Taxi, led by saxophonist and composer Christoph Gallio, is not exactly over documented. That is a shame as it has been a consistently stimulating outfit which takes an expansive view of the free jazz tradition. Gallio has been the only constant ...
Roberto Ottaviano: Skins
by Neri Pollastri
Roberto Ottaviano è oggi non solo uno dei maggiori musicisti jazz italiani, ma è anche e soprattutto uno dei massimi maestri--non solo nazionali--di quello strumento affascinante e singolare che è il sax soprano. Allievo di Steve Lacy, prima seguendo le sue tracce, poi autonomamente, Ottaviano ha sperimentato le molteplici possibilità dello strumento nei concerti in solo, ...
Roberto Ottaviano: sul palco e dietro le quinte
by Libero Farnè
È estremamente opportuno tornare periodicamente ad analizzare le esperienze più recenti di musicisti di grande personalità del panorama jazzistico italiano. Uno di questi è dagli anni Ottanta Roberto Ottaviano, che esordì discograficamente nel 1983 con Aspects, un lavoro rivelatore, in solo e in sestetto, di una potenza espressiva e di una creatività sconvolgenti. Dopo ...
Jeb Bishop, Pandelis Karayorgis, Damon Smith: Duals
by Mark Corroto
The Jeopardy answer is “three to the power of 2." If you buzzed in fast enough with “what is the album Duals“? You would be correct. The three musicians, trombonist Jeb Bishop, bassist Damon Smith, and pianist Pandelis Karayorgis recorded these 33 duos in Boston between the fall of 2021 and the summer of 2022. While ...
Stefano Galvani: Augusto Mancinelli o della sei corde
by Giuseppe Segala
Augusto Mancinelli o della sei corde Stefano Galvani 75 Pagine Guasco Editore 2022 La copertina dell'agile volume che Stefano Galvani dedica ad Augusto Mancinelli rivela visibilmente il contenuto e le motivazioni dell'autore. Nella bella fotografia, uno scatto dello stesso Galvani, preso a Fano nel 2003, Mancinelli è colto in ...
Andrew Cyrille, William Parker, Enrico Rava: 2 Blues for Cecil
by Giuseppe Segala
È già stato detto molto, di questo album. Appuntamento al vertice di tre musicisti, che in momenti diversi hanno incrociato la personalità magmatica di Cecil Taylor e la sua musica. Andrew Cyrille, William Parker ed Enrico Rava, nell'ordine alfabetico in cui sono elencati dal disco, hanno dato vita al trio per la prima volta ...
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