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THE/SHAPE/OF/JAZZ/TO/COME#50
2 marzo 2010THE/SHAPE/OF/JAZZ/TO/COME#49
26 febbraio 2010Scrivo di rado sul blog, solo quando è estremamente necessario. A volte le cose le scopri per caso. Non ricordo bene come sono arrivato ad ascoltare un suo disco. Ricordo solo che ho pensato che fosse la cosa più emotivamente coinvolgente e carica di energia genuina che abbia ascoltato negli ultimi anni. Matana Roberts (pronuncia Mah-Tah-Na) è una giovane sassofonista originaria di Chicago, stabilitasi da tempo a New York City. Matana scava, esplora, rielabora. Matana è alla ricerca di quelle origini culturali/musicali intrise di tradizioni mistiche e spirituali proprie della cultura african american. The Chicago Project, Central Control International, 2008, è una sorta di concept album interamente scritto e arrangiato di suo pugno, con il supporto di alcuni musicisti suoi amici tra cui il contrabbassista Josh Abrams (Town and Country, Prefuse 73), il chitarrista Jeff Parker (Tortoise, Chicago Underground Trio) e il batterista Frank Rosaly. L’album è stato prodotto dal pianista Vijay Iyer e mixato da John McEntire dei Tortoise, e annovera tra gli ospiti d’eccezione il sassofonista Fred Anderson, uno dei membri fondatori della AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians)”. [da QUI]
“The Chicago Project riceverà la piena attenzione che merita un’opera unica e memorabile, frutto di un’artista densa di profonda creatività. I buoni musicisti sono anche buoni ascoltatori. Roberts ha ascoltato con attenzione gli altri e ha imparato eccome. Ma ascolta anche la sua voce interiore, e sarà ancora più interessante stare a vedere dove i suoi progetti futuri la porteranno”. [da QUI]
I rarely write on my blog, only when I feel it is extremely necessary. Sometimes you discover things by accident. Not remember how I listened to her records. I only remember that it was the most emotional and full of genuine energy stuff that I have heard in recent years. Matana Roberts (pronounced Mah-Tah-Na) is a young saxophonist originally from Chicago, based now in New York City. “She exposes in her music the mystical roots and spiritual traditions of African American creative expression. The Chicago Project, Central Control International, 2008, is Matana’s homage to her home town and features compositions and conceptual material composed by Matana and interpreted by close friends and supporters of her Chicago development in the form of bassist Josh Abrams (of Town and Country, Prefuse 73 and more), guitarist Jeff Parker (of Tortoise, Chicago Underground Trio and more) and drummer Frank Rosaly. The album was produced and engineered respectively by pianist Vijay Iyer and Tortoise’s John McEntire, and features a very special guest saxophonist in the form of Fred Anderson, who is one of the founding members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM)”. [from HERE]
“The Chicago Project will hopefully receive the attention it deserves as a unique and memorable work from an artist whose creative flame burns deep. Good musicians are also good listeners. Roberts has carefully listened to others and has learned. But she’s also listening to her inner voice and it will be interesting to hear where she ventures next”. [from HERE]
Matana Roberts – The Chicago Project (2008)
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THE/SHAPE/OF/JAZZ/TO/COME#48
24 febbraio 2010Eyvind Kang – Virginal Co-ordinates (2000)
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THE/SHAPE/OF/JAZZ/TO/COME#47
24 febbraio 2010
Josquin Despres – L´homme armé Masses (1502)
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THE/SHAPE/OF/JAZZ/TO/COME#46
17 febbraio 2010Pelt – Empty Bell Ringing in the Sky (1999)
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