Results for "Tzadik"

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London Improvisers Orchestra: Proceedings

by Glenn Astarita
June 1, 2000

Proceedings by the “London Improvisers Orchestra” could also serve as a – comprehensive guide to large-scale improvisational deployment – or perhaps a nice composite glimpse of the current British Free-Jazz movement. A 2-CD set featuring a Who’s Who of modern day stylists along with those who helped write the book such as saxophonists Evan Parker, Lol ...

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Danny Zamir: Satlah

by Mark Corroto
June 1, 2000

Alto saxophonist Danny Zamir is the first John Zorn disciple that I can recall (except for the crazy Naked City cover band Prelapse). The young Israeli moved to New York a few years back to, I suspect, emerge himself into the Downtown scene. His debut recording takes Zorn’s Masada as a starting point, but is soon ...

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Bailey / Tacuma / Weston: Mirakle

by Derek Taylor
May 1, 2000

Derek Bailey never ceases to stupefy. Just when it seems he’s exhausted all improvisational avenues he boldly steps out again and unveils a new sphere of music upon which to inflict his maddeningly original technique. There are antecedents to this trio’s work. The skull-crushing fragmentary funk of Arcana, a short-lived collective Bailey fronted with Bill Laswell ...

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Derek Bailey/Jamaaladeen Tacuma/ Calvin Weston: Mirakle

by Mark Corroto
May 1, 2000

The truly hard-core fans of free jazz guitarist, Derek Bailey, may shudder a bit when they read the lineup for Mirakle. Once again, the UK’s most famous anti-swinging noise generator has teamed up with seemingly disparate styled partners. Jamaaladeen Tacuma and Calvin Weston are Philadelphia’s answer to all your funk needs. Tacuma, a gigantic electric bassist, ...

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Ernesto Diaz-Infante: Solus

by Glenn Astarita
May 1, 2000

Some might ask, what California based pianist-guitarist-composer Ernesto Diaz-Infante will do next? Whether utilizing the prepared acoustic guitar witnessed on the outlandish Left & Right featuring electric guitarist Chris Forsyth or open-ended/minimalist style solo acoustic piano performances on Ucross Journal, Infante at times parallels 20th Century composers such as John Cage and Morton Feldman. On Solus, ...

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