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Burton Greene / Perry Robinson: Two Voices In The Desert
by Lyn Horton
Pianist Burton Greene and clarinetist Perry Robinson have been close friends for a very long time. During those years, they have bonded with a common musical purpose that stems from free expression to the gentle molding of a life perspective. Working together in Greene's groups--Klezmokem and Klez-Edge--the pair has become identifiable with an open and unfettered ...
Guy Klucevsek: Dancing on the Volcano
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
With good reason, Guy Klucevsek is considered one of the preeminent accordionists in new music. Firmly grounded in tradition, he can play all the styles associated with the instrument with a dizzying facility: fleet melodic runs, droning harmonic accompaniment and solid rhythmic support. No mere technician, Klucevsek's also a dynamic improviser--a quick-witted, deep listener, able to ...
John Zorn: O'o
by Troy Collins
Named after an extinct Hawaiian bird, O'o is the charming follow up to the self-titled debut of composer John Zorn's most accessible project, The Dreamers. Culled from Zorn's inner circle of longstanding collaborators, this all-star sextet of Downtown veterans explores his most tuneful compositions, threading aspects of easy listening, exotica, film soundtracks, surf, and world music ...
Okkyung Lee - Peter Evans - Steve Beresford: Check for Monsters
by AAJ Italy Staff
Registrato fra New York e Philadelphia, Check for Monsters è figlio di un tour del 2008 che ha portato a spasso il trio anglo-coreano-americano formato da Steve Beresford, che non abbisogna presentazioni, Okkyung Lee, giovane violoncellista sempre più invischiata in situazioni intriganti, e Peter Evans, autentico virtuoso della tromba (leggi la recensione del doppio in solo ...
Masada Quintet Featuring Joe Lovano: Stolas: Book of Angels, Volume 12
by Troy Collins
John Zorn's Masada project has blossomed over the past decade and a half, demonstrating durability in the face of multiple interpretations. The composer's stated intention to create a classic songbook, a consistent body of written work to inspire artists beyond his own performances, has been fruitful. However, most of the variations on these Hassidic-inspired tunes have ...
Rob Burger: City of Strangers
by Warren Allen
Whether in his playing as a founding member of the chamber jazz Tin Hat Trio, or in his sideman appearances with everyone from Iron & Wine to Laurie Anderson, Rob Burger brings an exotic and evocative touch to his music. John Zorn has featured Burger's accordion and/or piano on many soundtrack albums, and Burger's City of ...
Daphna Sadeh and the Voyagers: Reconciliation
by Ian Patterson
The ringing endorsement by John Zorn, describing bassist Daphna Sadeh and the Voyager's Reconciliation as 'brilliant and hypnotic... seductive and powerful music" might sound just a tad like self publicity, given that he commissioned the music for his own label, were it not for the fact that it is true. Sadeh has led the Voyagers on ...
Wadada Leo Smith / Jack DeJohnette: America
by Troy Collins
Originally proposed to ECM Records in 1979, the collaboration of trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith and drummer Jack DeJohnette has finally found new life in America. Recorded last year in Bill Laswell's New Jersey studio (but without his heavy-handed production aesthetic), this unadorned acoustic session documents two of the world's most versatile and virtuosic improvisers working through ...
John Zorn: Filmworks XXIII: El General
by Warren Allen
"Los Cristeros," the opening track of John Zorn's twenty-third Filmworks volume, starts gently enough, building from a bass and marimba groove. Then Marc Ribot's electric guitar enters. Brash and distorted, with the cocksure step of a gunslinger, and the frayed edge of a fedora, Ribot's solo keens with the energy and inspiration of the best. Continuing ...
Daphna Sadeh & The Voyagers: Reconciliation
by Eyal Hareuveni
Israeli-born, England-based composer and double-bassist Daphna Sadeh's third release, Reconciliation—the musician's second recording with her band, The Voyagers—is true to its title. Following the group's first album, Walking the Line (33 Records, 2007), Reconciliation reconciles the varied cultural roots of Sadeh—her classical training, jazz education in New York, Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jewish music, and traditional Arabic ...
