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To Fly to Steal

Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: 1. Messiaenesque (Courvoisier) - 5:52; 2. Whispering Glades (Courvoisier/Morgan/Hemingway/Feldman) - 8:34; 3. The Good Life (Feldman) - 10:23; 4. Five Senses of Keen (Feldman) - 12:13; 5. Fire, Fist and Bestial Wail (Courvoisier/Morgan/Hemingway/Feldman) - 9:44; 6. Coastlines (Courvoisier/Morgan/Hemingway/Feldman) - 5:29; 7. To Fly, to Steal (Courvoisier) - 10:58.

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News: Event

ISIM Proposal Deadline Extension

The deadline for proposals for the 6th annual International Society for Improvised Music conference and festival has been extended to October 4. The event, to be held at William Patterson University in Wayne, New Jersey, February 16-19, 2012, will feature performances by leading improvisers and workshops by respected academics in the broad field of improvised music. ...

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Article: Live Review

Vision Festival: Days 2-3, June 6-7, 2011

Read "Vision Festival: Days 2-3, June 6-7, 2011" reviewed by John Sharpe


Day 1 | Days 2-3 | Day 4 | Days 5-6 | Day 7 Vision FestivalAbrons Arts CenterNew York, NYJune 6-7, 2011 Having two stage areas allowed the Vision Festival organizers to minimize changeover times by programming consecutive performances alternately, between the main hall and the downstairs theater. Breathless ...

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Article: Live Review

Ted Daniel and Tomasz Stanko: Vision Festival 16, June 7, 2011

Read "Ted Daniel and Tomasz Stanko: Vision Festival 16, June 7, 2011" reviewed by Warren Allen


Ted Daniel's International Brass Membrane Society Salute to King OliverAbrons Art Center Main StageNew York, NYJune 7, 2011 Tuesday night at lower Manhattan's Abrons Art Center saw the Festival of New Trumpet team up with the hosting Vision Fest for a night of great music from musicians of all ages, ...

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News: Festival

It's Trumpet Time with the Festival of New Trumpet at Vision Festival 16

It's Trumpet Time with the Festival of New Trumpet at Vision Festival 16

Festival of New Trumpet makes its contribution to Vision Festival 16 and offers a detailed interview with Ted Daniel including this summary below. FONT: What is your relationship to King Oliver's playing? TD: King Oliver's improvisations were blues based, rhythmically intricate and his sound, which he constantly worked on, was highly personal and original. He was ...

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News: Advocacy

John Zorn Presents Three Special Benefit Concerts for Japan

John Zorn Presents Three Special Benefit Concerts for Japan

In the wake of the disaster that struck the country of Japan and the still unresolved dangers its people now face, composer and saxophonist John Zorn has organized three special benefit concerts in New York City. Shows will be held at Columbia University's Miller Theater, the Abrons Arts Center, and the Japan Society to raise funds ...

Article: Album Review

Mark Feldman - Sylvie Courvoisier: To Fly to Steal

Read "To Fly to Steal" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Si può essere troppo bravi? Sotto le spoglie di una domanda all'apparenza sciocca si nasconde un'annosa questione. Il virtuosismo come zavorra: da risorsa a limite, da mezzo a fine. Chitarristi che sfrecciano alla velocità della luce senza avere uno straccio di idea. Tastieristi da competizione per musica da circo. Non c'è peggior razza degli inutili virtuosi. ...

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Article: Live Review

Guelph Jazz Festival, September 8-12, 2010

Read "Guelph Jazz Festival, September 8-12, 2010" reviewed by Kurt Gottschalk


Guelph Jazz FestivalGuelph, CanadaSeptember 8-12, 2010 Some music festivals are holidays and some are expeditions. The annual Guelph Jazz Festival & Colloquium in Ontario has a way of being more safari than respite. The days are long, with lectures and panel discussions on some days beginning at 9:00am and concerts on others ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

John Zorn: Dictee / Liber Novus

Read "John Zorn: Dictee / Liber Novus" reviewed by Warren Allen


John ZornDictée / Liber NovusTzadik2010 If the ever-productive multi-instrumentalist John Zorn's compositional oeuvre yields one simple theme, it is the sheer variety of his interests and vision. Perhaps none of his personal oeuvres better encapsulate this than his file card compositions. These are usually extended pieces that consist ...

Album

To Fly To Steal

Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: Messiaenesque; Whispering Glades; The Good Life; Five Senses Of Keen; Fire, Fist And Bestial Wall; Coastlines; To Fly To Steal.


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