Mark Kirschenmann – Tonics: 7 Melodies for Trumpet with Bamboo Mouthpipe
America, Ann Arbor-based trumpeter Mark Kirschenmann is known for his pioneering live electric trumpet performances and as a scholar who explores the confluence of composition and improvisation at the University of Michigan. He has...
Alexandra Grimal / Giovanni Di Domenico – Shakkei
Shakkei (借景) means borrowed scenery Japanese and is the Japanese (and also the Chinese) principle of "incorporating background landscape into the composition of a garden". Shakkei is also the title of the fourth duo...
Stefano Leonardi & Antonio Bertoni: Fuoco Sacro
Fuoco Sacro (Sacred Fire) is the second duo album of Italian flutist Stefano Leonardi and cellist (and double bass player) Antonio Bertoni, following Viandes (Astral Spirits, 2021. The duo project was based on Leonardi's...
Gayageum and doublebass: in conversation with Sylvain Monchocé
In free improvisation creative acts are the result of a series of implications that concern the personal sphere of each musician. Free improvisation is a communicative state based on previous skills, intuitions and openness...
Filippo Abrate e la Musica Sacra Contemporanea
Nel ruolo che un musicista può avere nella società odierna gioca molto la volontà di disallinearsi e di trovare metodi alternativi a quelli standard della comunità. Sono soprattutto i giovani a chiedersi quali siano...
Carlos “Zingaro”/João Madeira/Sofia Borges: Trizmaris
Portuguese double bass player, composer, and improviser João Madeira is known for his long-time work with the free-improvising ensembles of violist Ernesto Rodrigues (the head of the Creative Sources label). But since Madeira founded...
Symbolist: The Age of Bronze
The Berlin-based experimental trio Symbolist features American percussionist-composer Stephen Flinn, who has worked with Steve Beresford, Cecil Taylor, Lol Coxhill, Wolfgang Fuchs, Denman Maroney, and Axel Dörner, and is known for his work with...
Nate Wooley – Henry House
Henry House is an unexpected offering in the fascinating discography of American trumpeter-composer-improviser Nate Wooley. It is Wooley’s first long-form composition that doesn’t feature his trumpet playing, and the first to be constructed around...
Free improvised on the experimental side from the Barcelona scene
I deal with two improvisers from the Barcelona scene: Àlex Reviriego and Tom Chant.
Catalan, Barcelona-based experimental double bass player-electronics player-label owner Àlex Reviriego is known for his role in the free improvising trios Phicus...
Barre Phillips
Giunge notizia della scomparsa di Barre Phillips, di cui conoscevamo ultimamente le pessime condizioni di salute. Perdiamo un'icona del contrabbasso. Il suo nome è transitato parecchie volte su queste pagine, preso in esame nel...
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Festival Archipel 2025
Inutile ribadire come l'Archipel, uno dei principali festival di musica in Svizzera che si tiene a Ginevra, abbia modificato le sue vesti nel tempo....
