In the realm of trombones
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...
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...
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...
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...
Il Music Unlimited festival a Wels
Prende il via domani uno dei principali e storici festival europei di improvvisazione. A Wels, città austriaca situata nella zona bavarese del paese, per 3 giorni si darà luogo a concerti che poi spesso...
Peter Evans – Extra
American trumpeter-composer Peter Evans teams with two close associates - the Berlin-based Swedish double bass player Petter Eldh (who played with Evans in the Amok Amor quartet) and American drummer Jim Black (who played...
Reid / Kitamura /Bynum /Morris – Geometry of Phenomena
Geometry of Phenomena is the the fourth album of the Geometry supergroup comprised of four idiosyncratic, experimental musicians-improvisers-bandleaders-eductors, all affiliated with legendary composer Anthony Braxton. Cellist Tomeka Reid participated in the recordings of Braxton’s...
Biennale Venezia 2024 – Absolute Jazz
Il primo tipo di relazione all'absolute music che la Biennale veneziana mi ha fornito in ordine temporale è stato quello con il jazz o meglio con l'improvvisazione libera. Ciò è avvenuto con il concerto...
On Damon Smith’s latest works
The reviews of 3 albums of prolific, American double bass player Damon Smith, connecting the Afro-American free jazz legacy to free improvisation:
1) K. Curtis Lyle / George R. Sams / Ra Kalam Bob Moses...
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Alexander Schubert: Terminal Infinity
Nel programma multidisciplinare della Biennale 2025 della filarmonica di Berlino, quest'anno incentrato sull'argomento della natura e le minacce che su di essa incombono, una...
