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Kickstarter: Inner-Attunement With Hamid Drake & William Parker
What is Inner-Attunement? Inner-Attunement is a documentary film by Michael Lucio Sternbach about the musical brotherhood of bassist William Parker and drummer Hamid Drake. Known worldwide as of one of the premier rhythm sections of jazz, the two discuss their musical kinship and the shamanistic sound ceremonies they deploy worldwide. Inner-Attunement is a comprehensive look into ...
John Dikeman/William Parker/Hamid Drake: Live at La Resistenza
by Mark Corroto
The subtitle to Charles Mingus' composition Gunslinging Bird" is If Charlie Parker was a gunslinger, there'd be a whole lot of dead copycats," refers to the great alto saxophonist's ability to dominate a bandstand and quiet any and all comers. Parker, who died in 1955, might not have known about automatic weapons, nor the free jazz ...
Matthew Shipp Quartet: Our Lady Of The Flowers
by John Sharpe
Our Lady Of The Flowers, titled in homage to French writer Jean Genet, constitutes the second disc by Declared Enemy, a familiar foursome convened by pianist Matthew Shipp. That association apart, the participants share a lot of history together. As a result they move like a finely tuned machine with well oiled parts through a program ...
Blue Buddha: Blue Buddha
by Giuseppe Segala
Blue Buddha riunisce due calibri da novanta della scena contemporanea come Dave Douglas e Bill Laswell. Gli accosta un giovane batterista e compositore che si distingue tra le nuove personalità per caratura e ingegno, autore già in prima persona di lavori notevoli, tra cui That / Not e Alloy. Ma pure coprotagonista con Roscoe Mitchell dello ...
Jeremy Danneman: Lady Boom Boom
by Dan McClenaghan
The CD Lady Boom Boom slides across the desk, with its provocative woman on the cover--a tight black dress with a shoulder strap slipping down--and the first thought that comes to mind is a Lady Gaga knock off. Thankfully, it's not. Lady Boom Boom is the work of Jeremy Danneman, a New York based saxophonist/clarinetist with ...
William Parker: For Those Who Are, Still
by Giuseppe Segala
William Parker non cessa di produrre in modo copioso, travolgente, straripante. Spinto da energia creativa e da onnivora attenzione agli stimoli musicali provenienti da culture e approcci diversi. I tre CD che compongono questo denso cofanetto presentano alcuni lavori registrati dal 2000 al 2013. La sfida è soprattutto sul piano compositivo: For Fannie Lou Hamer," per ...
Maciej Lewenstein: Quantum Mechanics of Polish Jazz
by Cezary L. Lerski
Maciej Lewenstein was born in 1955 in Warsaw. He is a theoretical physicist and currently an ICREA professor at Institut de Ciències Fotòniques (ICFO) in Castelldefels near Barcelona, Spain. He has written more than 500 scientific papers and is the recipient of many international and national prizes. Next to theoretical physics his other passion is music ...
Giuseppe Guarrella Niwas Quartet: Urban Lullaby
by Vincenzo Roggero
Alla base vi è una sezione ritmica granitica, una sorta di boa inamovibile sulla quale contare per ogni evenienza, ma altrettanto ricca di suggestioni e di profumi, grazie alla ricchezza timbrica della batteria e al suono scuro, caldo, ipnotico del contrabbasso. Poi vi è il sax, che traccia le linee melodiche, le irrobustisce, talvolta le abbandona ...
James Brandon Lewis: Days of Freeman
by Angelo Leonardi
Una delle promesse più significative del jazz attuale pubblica il terzo disco da leader, confermando la formula del trio con un progetto e una partnership nuovi. Se nel precedente Divine Travels (Okeh, 2014) aveva come padri tutelari William Parker e Gerald Cleaver in un percorso ispirato alla tradizione gospel, stavolta il sassofonista si rivolge ...
Joe McPhee / Jamie Saft / Joe Morris / Charles Downs: Ticonderoga
by Troy Collins
Ticonderoga was inspired by a conversation between Joe Morris and Jamie Saft regarding their mutual admiration for John Coltrane's Live at the Village Vanguard Again (Impulse!, 1966). Paying homage to the historic date, the pair invited free jazz veterans Joe McPhee and Charles Downs to convene for an informal recording session at Saft's studio in the ...


