Peter Herbert & Wolfgang Mitterer: Quiets Riots

Viennese double bass-composer-educator Peter Herbert and pianist-electronics player-composer Wolfgang Mitterer are old friends but an odd musical couple. Herbert is a much-in-demand bass player, mostly for jazz outfits (but he also played with Paul...

Sophie Agnel plays in two trios

French classically-trained pianist Sophie Agnel escaped jazz for its too-strict treatment of harmony and timbre and now she is one of the most fascinating free improvisers. She plays the piano in the most unconventional...

Herb Robertson

Un bel pò di anni fa suonare veloce uno strumento era considerata una grande virtù e se pensiamo ai trombettisti free jazz, questa virtù calza alla perfezione. Della tromba di Herb Robertson se ne...

Zeena Parkins: two new works on Relative Pitch

Zeena Parkins is a harpist-mult-instrumentalist-composer-improviser-eductor who pioneered contemporary harp practices by employing extended techniques, object preparations, and electronic processing that re-defined the instrument’s capacities. Dam Against the Spring Tide offers two cycles of compositions...

Martin Tétreault: Vraiment plus de Snipettes!!!

Canadian, Québec-based Martin Tétreault is a sound artist, turntablist, DJ and improviser who came to music from the visual arts milieu. His work shifted from highly imaginative puzzles of musical citations to exploration of...

Georg Graewe & Sonic Fiction Orchestra in concert, Bochum 2022

German master pianist-composer-bandleader Georg Graewe feels at home when composing music for chamber outfits, orchestras, operas, or scores for films, theater productions, radio drama and video. Graewe is also a master improviser, known for...

Introducing Japanese saxophonist Ryoko Ono

Two new free-improv works of Ryoko Ono - a duo with Satoko Fujii and a solo album -: 1) Ryoko Ono / Satoko Fujii - Hakuro (Self-Released, 2023) 2) Ryoko Ono - The Days (Relative Pitch,...

Two free improvising trio with Marta Warelis

Two trios of free improvisation with the pianist Marta Warelis: 1) Abdou - Gouband - Warelis - Hammer, Roll and Leaf (Relative Pitch, 2024); 2) Marta Warelis / Florian Stoffner / Rudi Fischerlehner - Spontaneous Live Series...

On Portuguese alto sax player Hugo Costa: two trios

Portuguese, Rotterdam-based alto sax player Hugo Costa favors the format of the trio, so when he heard that legendary American double bass player-composer-bandleader William Parker plans to visit Rotterdam, he invited the great master...

Celebrating the legacy of Dennis González

American, Texan trumpeter-composer-visual artist-poet-eductor Dennis González (1954-2022) created a free jazz scene in Dallas, founded the local Association for Avant-Garde and Neo Impressionistic Music and his Daagnim records. González led many bands with like-minded...

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KLANG: Hyperstition

Nell'ambito delle attività dell'ufficio stampa Sfera Cubica, un luogo di promozione musicale con sede in Emilia Romagna, ci sono anche i progetti di KLANG,...

Zakir Hussain

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