Three album reviews about the trombone:
1) Dan Blacksberg – The Psychic/Body Sound System (Relative Pitch, 2024)
2) RAGE Trombones – Breaking Ships (Tripticks Tapes, 2024)
3) Sliders – Sliders (Hora, 2024)
American trombonist-eductor Dan Blacksberg is a master of klezmer music but also a composer-improviser who forges new pathways between genres, tradition and innovation, who has played with such innovative improvisers like Anthony Braxton, George Lewis, Joe Maneri, and Joe Morris. Blacksberg’s mission is to connect concert music back to community music but his debut solo trombone album Psychic/Body Sound System takes the trombone into real and hyper-real music spaces. This free-improvised album faithfully captures Blaclksberg’s vision of otherworldly sub-bass drones, fiery free jazz declamations, and melancholic sonic stories. Blacksburg hopes that “listening to this album feels
