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Willie Oteri

Already established as a guitarist why change horses? Why not? Is reinvention a key to the creative process? Oteri explains, “I've always been an explorer and this need for change drives me to new frontiers. While some are cautious about change for me it's about accepting it.” Oteri's flute and sax work became his focus recently after a purchase of a new flute in 2016 and a couple of tenor saxes in early 2017. “I played flute in my late teens after borrowing my sister's flute, since she was not very interested in it, and played professionally for five or six years in the early part of my career along with guitar, bass and pedal steel, whatever seemed to be needed

Dark Matter Horns - Live at Kenny Dorham's Backyard

By WILLIE OTERI

Label: OteriTunes
Released: 2019
Track listing: Scarab Pie; Pharaoh's Sandwich.

Dominik Wania, Satoko Fujii, Alistair Spence And More

By MAURICE HOGUE

Italian saxophonist Roberto Ottaviano's latest recording is really about love--not so much the romantic kind, but more about the love that jazz musicians and fans have for enduring compositions written by the likes of Charlie Haden, Abdullah Ibrahim, John Coltrane, Dewey Redman and Don Cherry. And let's not forget about creative music's love affair ...

Black Motor, Tomasz Stanko and Other New Releases

By MAURICE HOGUE

Finland's power trio, Black Motor, is sure to get your own motor running with a pair of tracks from a live recording issued by We Jazz. The music comes from a We Jazz festival held in Berlin in October last year which showcases some of their artists. This week's show also features music from the heart ...

Evolution

By WILLIE OTERI

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2017
Track listing: An ever evolving album of various tracks. Free Jazz and Beyond Jazz. Current list is Shaman's Tale; Uh, Hey!; The Shaman; Live in studio 2 demo, sax, drums, trumpet; Live Improvisation - Jazz OUTside series; Improvisation for flute and trumpet.