Brûlez les meubles – Folio #5
Canadian, Québecesque, Rimouski-based electric bassist-composer (and the bandleader of the ensemble GGRIL luthier, and singer-songwriter) Éric Normand quotes on his website the famous saying of Greek poet Sophocles: “For those who are afraid, everything...
Michael Wertmüller – Shlimazl für Sinfonieorchester und Bigband
Swiss drummer-percussionist-composer Michael Wertmüller has worked as a percussionist in the Bern Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam and as a drummer in high-octane free improving bands like Peter Brötzmann’s Full Blast,...
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...
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...
Zakir Hussain
A chi non è in grado di cogliere le sfumature importanti della tabla opporrei di approfondire sull'antefatto e la lecture di Zakir Hussein ad Oxford nell'ottobre del 2022. In quei giorni Zakir venne invitato...
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...
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...
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...
Sylvaine Hélary & Orchestre Incandescent – Rare Birds
French flutist-vocalist-composer Sylvaine Hélary is a rare bird. She has played in Eve Risser's White Desert Orchestra, the Orchestre National de Jazz under the artistic director Frédéric Maurin. She will become the director of...
Now Music Festival 2024
Quarto anno consecutivo del Now Music Festival, che si svolgerà dal 21 al 25 agosto nell'usuale area della Pieve di Ponte allo Spino, un edificio in stile romanico risalente a prima del 1200. L'organizzazione...
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Riflessioni sulla Biennale Musica di Venezia 2025
La presentazione della Biennale Musica 2025 avvenuta ieri nella Sala delle Colonne - Ca' Giustinian (1) pretende molta comprensione ed un'interpretazione differente da quella...
