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Tomeka Reid: Tomeka Reid Quartet
by Patrick Burnette
Even jazz fans who follow recordings coming out of Chicago might still not have heard of cellist Tomeka Reid. Before 2015, when Tomeka Reid Quartet was released, she worked mostly as a sideman (side-person?) with such local luminaries as Nicole Mitchell and Dee Alexander, as well as participating in the AACM. Given that it's her debut ...
Nicole Mitchell: Mandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds
by Vincenzo Roggero
All'origine vi è una novella scritta dalla stessa Nicole Mitchell, ambientata in un futuro prossimo, su di un'isola denominata Mandorla situata nell'Oceano Atlantico, dove prospera una società basata sull'armonia e sul rispetto della natura. E non poteva che essere il Black Earth Ensemble con i suoi formidabili musicisti, da sempre la formazione di Mitchell più legata ...
Jaimie Branch: Fly Or Die
by John Sharpe
Since breezing in from Chicago, trumpeter Jaimie Branch has quickly become a major presence on the NYC scene, thanks not only to her instrumental chops but also her ceaseless organizing. However that influence has yet to translate into a commensurate discography. Fly Or Die (the name variously of the album, the band, the suite and a ...
15 Italian Jazz Musicians You Need To Know About
by AAJ Staff
It is not unusual for colleagues and promoters from across Europe and the United States to ask me: “Which Italian jazz musicians should I check out?" For decades, Italy has enjoyed an increasingly prominent place in the vast landscape of European Jazz. The names of some of its most famous players, like trumpeters Enrico ...
Meridian Trio: Triangulum
by Troy Dostert
2017 is proving to be something of a breakout year for alto saxophonist Nick Mazzarella. He recently released Signaling, a superb freely-improvised duo recording with cellist Tomeka Reid, and now he's followed it up with this excellent outing from the Meridian Trio, where he is joined by his colleagues Matt Ulery on bass and Jeremy Cunningham ...
A dialogo con Silvia Bolognesi
by Neri Pollastri
Silvia Bolognesi, contrabbassista, compositrice e band leader senese, è tra le più interessanti personalità del jazz italiano. Recentemente ha inoltre ricevuto un riconoscimento internazionale tanto lusinghiero, quanto meritato: la chiamata di Roscoe Mitchell per entrare a far parte del sestetto da lui formato per un progetto in onore di John Coltrane, del quale ricorre quest'anno il ...
Hear In Now: Not Living In Fear
by Neri Pollastri
A otto anni dal loro incontro e dopo cinque dall'uscita del primo album, Mazz Swift, Tomeka Reid e Silvia Bolognesi -ovvero il fantastico trio d'archi al femminile Hear in Now -tornano con un nuovo CD, ancorché registrato in due sessioni del 2012 e del 2014. Nel frattempo non solo le tre protagoniste hanno continuato le loro ...
Jaimie Branch: Fly or Die
by Vincenzo Roggero
Un debutto discografico all'età di trentaquattro anni è evento raro in un mercato dove abbondano baby fenomeni, giovani promesse, fuoriclasse del futuro e dischi del secolo. Evento raro e prezioso perché questo Fly or Die è disco di sconvolgente bellezza. La protagonista è Jaimie Branch, trombettista e compositrice sconosciuta ai più, frequentazioni importanti nella scena avant ...
Nick Mazzarella and Tomeka Reid: Signaling
by Troy Dostert
On this captivating, fully-improvised duo recording by alto saxophonist Nick Mazzarella and cellist Tomeka Reid, we find a superlative example of two leading-edge musicians who continue to draw vital inspiration from their forbears. Reid, a contributing member of the hugely influential Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), has previously paid tribute to some of ...
Jaimie Branch: Fly Or Die
by Karl Ackermann
Improvisational trumpeter and electronics artist Jaimie Branch, a Chicago native, began playing trumpet at the age of nine. Doing double-duty, she has also worked around her home town as a sound engineer for Tim Daisy and Ken Vandermark. A relative newcomer, Branch moved to New York to complete a Master's degree in in Jazz Performance and ...
