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Medeski, Martin and Wood: Zaebos: The Book of Angels Vol. 11
by Doug Collette
Master improvisers that they are, Medeski, Martin and Wood nevertheless do nothing without purpose. Their participation in John Zorn's Masada Series is just such a decisive action. Zaebos: The Book of Angels Vol. 11 was recorded in January and March of 2008, just prior to MMW's announcement of its year-long project dubbed “The Radiolarian Series" (whereby ...
Lou Reed/Laurie Anderson/John Zorn: The Stone: Issue Three
by George Kanzler
By the time the sax overblowing, guitar distortion and electric violin screeching overwhelmed the introductory solo guitar of “Stone One," the first of the three tracks that comprise this CD, my four dogs had all given their critical verdict, charging for the door with barks and howls. I persevered through the final 14 minutes of the ...
Anthony Braxton / Milford Graves / William Parker: Beyond Quantum
by Troy Collins
An unprecedented free jazz summit meeting of the highest order, Beyond Quantum features composer/multi-instrumentalist Anthony Braxton, percussionist Milford Graves and bassist William Parker in an impromptu blowing session recorded at Bill Laswell's studio. Anthony Braxton has been enjoying a well-deserved resurgence in popularity, courtesy of a growing discography that features collaborations with former students ...
Medeski, Martin & Wood: Zaebos: The Book of Angels Vol. 11
by Troy Collins
Composer John Zorn has entered what could cautiously be referred to as his mature period. His early game pieces have given way to neoclassical works heavily influenced by modernists such as Boulez, Ligeti and Xenakis, while his Hassidic-inspired Masada projects have gained him unprecedented mainstream popularity. Masada has roots deeper than its recorded history however; before ...
Maja S.K. Ratkje: River Mouth Echoes
by John Kelman
Multidisciplinary electro-acoustic composer/vocalist Maja Solveig Kjelstyrup Ratkje has, over the course of the past decade, built a significant reputation in her home country of Norway as an intrepid artist for whom few, if any, boundaries exist. No small achievement in a country filled with artists for whom nothing is forbidden and anything is possible. Known to ...
Cyro Baptista: Banquet of the Spirits
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
Exotic percussion, string and keyboard instruments were strewn across the stage of Joe's Pub in New York City on May 29th. Cyro Baptista rapped out a pattern and casually live-looped it to play against himself with handclaps, drums and birdcalls. His approach of maximizing each person's sound fuels his new group and CD Banquet of the ...
Paul Shapiro's Ribs and Brisket Revue: Essen
by Eyal Hareuveni
Reed man Paul Shapiro is one of the most resourceful and versatile musicians in the vibrant New York scene. In addition to his work in the jazz world, with Phillip Johnston's Microscopic Septet and forward-thinking improvisers such as Julius Hemphill and Elliot Sharp, Shapiro is a founding member of the international musicians' cooperative, Brooklyn ...
Borah Bergman - Giorgio Dini: One More Time
by AAJ Italy Staff
Una mano sinistra con pochi eguali nella storia del jazz, una mano destra che sembra ricevere impulsi incontrollabili dalla sua compagna, e gli incroci pericolosi, frenetici, geniali fra le dieci dita. Lui è Borah Bergman, settantacinque anni di saggezza, di sperimentazione, di discrezione, di oscuro lavoro lontano dai riflettori, e di straordinaria ammirazione da parte dei ...
David Buchbinder: Odessa / Havana
by David Miller
How is it possible to create a fusion between Jewish and Cuban music? The two cultures seem to be at odds with each other--the laid back, relaxed syncopation of the Latin tradition and the spiritual urgency of the Jewish faith and its music. Canadian trumpeter David Buchbinder, however, successfully achieves just such a combination on his ...
Klez-Edge: Ancestors, Mindreles, NaGila Monsters
by Lyn Horton
Although rewards can come from listening to a recording where mixing styles is done through patching different samples together, the music on Ancestors, Mindreles, NaGila Monsters radiates out of the mindful integration of several identifiable musical idioms within the same performance spectrum. A child of pianist Burton Greene's 1989 band Klezmokum, the group Klez-Edge does more ...
