Archivio mensile:Aprile 2014

italia.allaboutjazz.com – Two For Joyce

Pubblicato il da

Registrato dal vivo al Teatro Miela di Trieste nel maggio del 2012, questo lavoro è, non a caso, dedicato a James Joyce. Non solo, infatti, questi visse a Trieste, che gli ha dedicato un monumento, ma anche la musica che Keith Tippett e Giovanni Maier vi esprimono ha qualcosa della poetica dello scrittore irlandese: aperta e apparentemente priva di linearità, piena di riferimenti e suggestioni, tuttavia percepibilmente narrativa, fortemente espressiva, drammaturgicamente chiara.

Il disco si sviluppa in una sola, lunga traccia—oltre quarantanove minuti—che non presenta alcuna soluzione di continuità, ma si muta passo a passo in innumerevoli scenari diversi, per il solo tramite del dialogo che i due intrecciano, lanciandosi l’uno idee che l’altro riprende, arricchisce, torna a rivolgere all’altro…Registrato dal vivo al Teatro Miela di Trieste nel maggio del 2012, questo lavoro è, non a caso, dedicato a James Joyce. Non solo, infatti, questi visse a Trieste, che gli ha dedicato un monumento, ma anche la musica che Keith Tippett e Giovanni Maier vi esprimono ha qualcosa della poetica dello scrittore irlandese: aperta e apparentemente priva di linearità, piena di riferimenti e suggestioni, tuttavia percepibilmente narrativa, fortemente espressiva, drammaturgicamente chiara.

Il disco si sviluppa in una sola, lunga traccia—oltre quarantanove minuti—che non presenta alcuna soluzione di continuità, ma si muta passo a passo in innumerevoli scenari diversi, per il solo tramite del dialogo che i due intrecciano, lanciandosi l’uno idee che l’altro riprende, arricchisce, torna a rivolgere all’altro…

Acid Cock

Pubblicato il da

Dopo le due uscite “acustiche” acclamate dalla critica (At the Playground; What We Got Ourselves Here is a Problem in Communication; Eugene Chadbourne; AllMusic.com), BRIO , un duo jazz / rock noise proveniente dalla città di Zagabria in Croazia , incide il suo secondo album, questa volta “elettrico” . Il titolo Acid Cock è un semplice derivato letterale del famoso termine musicale , ma per questa band , Acid Cock è uno stato mentale particolare che BRIO aveva al momento di entrare in studio. Beh, sicuramente sapete come ci si sente quando si viene derubati di qualcosa s cui si tiene molto. Proprio così , questa band l’ha preso da dietro e l’ha preso pure forte, così hanno deciso di uscirne facendo quello che gli riesce meglio: fare musica. Il risultato è Acid Cock, una lunga suite metodicamente costruita unendo melodie con urla atonali brutali, hard groove e riff di chitarra che suonano vagamente “free”. Questo è l’album di canzoni dove gli opposti si trovano e si completano a vicenda, dimostrando che la musica free può essere più di un semplice baccano insensato. E la voce? Bene, la voce parla di un amore perduto, infranto, di solitudine , di malattia … di Cazzo Acido.

Quindi, se si vuole veramente uscirne fuori, dovrete vivere almeno una volta tutto il percorso dall’inizio alla fine… Tutto ciò che BRIO può dire è che hanno fatto questo lavoro al meglio possibile e forse, in questo Acid Cock, c’è una possibilità di sperimentare una goccia di purezza, di intrattenimento distillato sapientemente.After their two critically acclaimed ‘acoustic’ releases (At the Playground; What We Got Ourselves Here is a Problem in Communication; Eugene Chadbourne; AllMusic.com), BRIO, a free jazz/ noise rock guitar-drums duo from Zagreb, Croatia, nails down their second ‘electric’ album. The title Acid Cock is a simple literal derivative of famous musical term, but for this band, Acid Cock is a particular state-of-mind which BRIO had at the moment of entering the studio. Well, you surely know how it feels when you’re being ripped of something that is very precious to you. That’s right- this band got it from behind and got it hard, so they chose to get it out by doing what they do best- playing music. The result is this Acid Cock- a one long suite methodically constructed from different parts blending melody with brutal atonal screams, hard groove and guitar-riffs with loose type of free playing. Make no mistake, this is the album of songs where opposites do contract and complement each other, proving that free music can be more than just mindless racket. And the voice?- well, the voice speaks of lost love, being broke, loneliness, illness… of Acid Cock.

So if you really wanna get it out, you’ll have to ride it at least one time, all the way from start to finish and there are no promises being made here… All that BRIO can say is that they got it out as good as they could and maybe, in this Acid Cock, this universal web of fucked-up unpleasantries, there’s a chance of experiencing a drop of clean, highly distilled entertainment.

The Sauna Session

Pubblicato il da

Torrenziale torrida sudata seduta di improvvisazione radicale e senza compromessi con:
Piero Bittolo Bon, Simone Massaron, Glauco Benedetti, Tommaso Cappellato & special guest Peter Evans!!!A sweaty summer session or radical free music! Recorded in July 2012 close to a nice small lake in the North of Italy, at the beautiful Sauna Studio (yes, even the studio name is as hot as the music!).

Featuring Peter Evans as special guest, and an unusual  tuba instead or a more expected double bass, Piero Bittolo Bon’s Lacus Amoenus delivers a brilliant, adventurous ensemble sound,  full of raw, daring improvised music.  Certainly not your usual easy listening jazz music, “The Sauna Session” is in any case a treasure to slowly discover and appreciate listen after listen!

Lasting Ephemerals

Pubblicato il da

Puoi trovare l’album in vendita anche qui: amiranirecords.com

“A great pairing, meshed like watch cogs, a face with 17 hours working to forgotten moons.
a lesson in the creation of spontaneous sound; all you could ask for from an improvised performance.
Michael Holland, Nov 2013 Eyes4eyes.blogspot.it

“A wonderful collaboration. Both of them switching between lyricism and extended noise making fluidly, echoing each other and taking time out to listen. I spent half of their set in a semi conscious mystical state.
http://thisplaceatthistime.blogspot.it/?view=sidebar

The alert gracefulness and reciprocal regard through which Mimmo and Blunt explicit their intertwined instrumental togetherness convey the same sense of fulfillment that irradiates the most surprisingly revelatory instants of normality[…]
When the duty calls, the pair is willing and ready to show the listener how peace can be restored, nimbly sailing to calmer waters without apparent effort: a musician’s thorough control of his/her means of expression is something that can be attained only by “living” the instrument day in, day out, a principle respected as The Word by authentic improvisers […]
Massimo Ricci, www.TouchingExtremes.org

Sparkling acoustic duo featuring a contemporary wild chamber attitude, improvising instant compositions, sound texture explorations and sudden lyrical flights.
Their improvisation, that has been defined “A Gentle Vertigo”, freely crosses boundaries and welcomes rich contradictions between melody and blessed chaos.
Experimental flavors, multi-perspective intuitions and reciprocal listening are the extremely well balanced blend of this duo that strives for an improvisation where “things happen”, able to face pulsing silences and airy architectures as elements of a sound sculpture.
Relationship among inner voices, live attention to detail, lyrical declinations and violent assertive moments are on display in their performances where openess and concentration take the risky route of sailing through dynamic contrasts, tackling episodes of turbulence and tranquility, passages of great delicacy and braves hazardous balances on a music that keeps alive our attention and freshes our feeling.
Freshly started in 2013 the duo has already toured Uk, Italy, Germany, Finland and right now in the Usa with concerts in Chicago, California and NY.

Side A:
1. Lasting Ephemerals

Side B:
2. Elliptical Birds
3. Scherzo
Gianni Mimmo _ soprano saxophone
Alison Blunt _ violin
Music _ instant compositions by Alison Blunt & Gianni Mimmo
Live Recording _ St. Leonard’s Shoreditch Church, London, UK, 26th June 2013
Sound Engineering, Mixing, Editing _ Matt Saunders
Mastering _ Maurizio Giannotti, New Mastering Studio, Milano, Italy
Liner Note _ Massimo Ricci, http://touchingextremes.wordpress.com
Cover Photo _ Chiara Meattelli & Dominic Lee, London, Uk
(chi-dom.com)
Graphics _ Nicola Guazzaloca
Production _ Gianni Mimmo for Amirani records,
Fabrizio Perissinotto for LongSong Records,
Teriyaki records

Warmest appreciation and thanks to the D.C.C. of St. Leonard’s Shoreditch Church and Robin T. Hatton-Gore.

Gianni Mimmo plays GLOGER HANDKRAFT saxophone neck and MASTERCLIP™ ligatureYou can find this album also here: amiranirecords.com

“A great pairing, meshed like watch cogs, a face with 17 hours working to forgotten moons.
a lesson in the creation of spontaneous sound; all you could ask for from an improvised performance.
Michael Holland, Nov 2013 Eyes4eyes.blogspot.it

“A wonderful collaboration. Both of them switching between lyricism and extended noise making fluidly, echoing each other and taking time out to listen. I spent half of their set in a semi conscious mystical state.
http://thisplaceatthistime.blogspot.it/?view=sidebar

The alert gracefulness and reciprocal regard through which Mimmo and Blunt explicit their intertwined instrumental togetherness convey the same sense of fulfillment that irradiates the most surprisingly revelatory instants of normality[…]
When the duty calls, the pair is willing and ready to show the listener how peace can be restored, nimbly sailing to calmer waters without apparent effort: a musician’s thorough control of his/her means of expression is something that can be attained only by “living” the instrument day in, day out, a principle respected as The Word by authentic improvisers […]
Massimo Ricci, www.TouchingExtremes.org

Sparkling acoustic duo featuring a contemporary wild chamber attitude, improvising instant compositions, sound texture explorations and sudden lyrical flights.
Their improvisation, that has been defined “A Gentle Vertigo”, freely crosses boundaries and welcomes rich contradictions between melody and blessed chaos.
Experimental flavors, multi-perspective intuitions and reciprocal listening are the extremely well balanced blend of this duo that strives for an improvisation where “things happen”, able to face pulsing silences and airy architectures as elements of a sound sculpture.
Relationship among inner voices, live attention to detail, lyrical declinations and violent assertive moments are on display in their performances where openess and concentration take the risky route of sailing through dynamic contrasts, tackling episodes of turbulence and tranquility, passages of great delicacy and braves hazardous balances on a music that keeps alive our attention and freshes our feeling.
Freshly started in 2013 the duo has already toured Uk, Italy, Germany, Finland and right now in the Usa with concerts in Chicago, California and NY.

Side A:
1. Lasting Ephemerals

Side B:
2. Elliptical Birds
3. Scherzo
Gianni Mimmo _ soprano saxophone
Alison Blunt _ violin
Music _ instant compositions by Alison Blunt & Gianni Mimmo
Live Recording _ St. Leonard’s Shoreditch Church, London, UK, 26th June 2013
Sound Engineering, Mixing, Editing _ Matt Saunders
Mastering _ Maurizio Giannotti, New Mastering Studio, Milano, Italy
Liner Note _ Massimo Ricci, http://touchingextremes.wordpress.com
Cover Photo _ Chiara Meattelli & Dominic Lee, London, Uk
(chi-dom.com)
Graphics _ Nicola Guazzaloca
Production _ Gianni Mimmo for Amirani records,
Fabrizio Perissinotto for LongSong Records,
Teriyaki records

Warmest appreciation and thanks to the D.C.C. of St. Leonard’s Shoreditch Church and Robin T. Hatton-Gore.

Gianni Mimmo plays GLOGER HANDKRAFT saxophone neck and MASTERCLIP™ ligature

Peter Evans

Pubblicato il da

Peter Evans has been a member of the New York musical community since 2003, when he moved to the city after graduating Oberlin Conservatory with a degree in classical trumpet. Peter currently works in a wide variety of areas, including solo performance, chamber orchestras, free improvised settings, electro-acoustic music, jazz and composition.
As a performer, Evans has been working to broaden the expressive range of his chosen instrument and enjoys playing with steady configurations of players and composers. Current bands include the Peter Evans Trio, Quartet and Quintet, Moppa Elliott’s terrorist bebop band Mostly Other People Do the Killing, the hyperactive improvisation duo Sparks (with Tom Blancarte), duo with trumpeter Nate Wooley, as well as a sustained interest in solo performance. Other projects include two collaborative trios: one with Mary Halvorson and Weasel Walter, and Pulverize the Sound with Tim Dahl and Mike Pride. He also collaborates frequently with saxophonist Evan Parker, in small groups as well as being a member of Parker’s Electro-Acoustic Ensemble. Other collaborators have included: Peter Brotzmann, Barry Guy, Clayton Thomas, Jim Black, Okkyung Lee, Sam Pluta, Zach Hill, Steve Shick, John Zorn, David Taylor, Eric Boeren, John Hebert, Kassa Overall, Mats Gustafsson, Agusti Fernandez, Ricardo Gallo and Axel Dörner.
In New York, Peter also performs contemporary notated music and is a member of the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE). This group focus premieres many new works from young composers as well as 20th century classics by composers such as Iannis Xenakis and Edgard Varese. Peter is also an experienced teacher, having given workshops on music, trumpet, and improvisation at institutions including the University of California in San Diego, the Birmingham Conservatoire, The Juilliard School, the Manhattan School of Music, Northwestern University and the Hochschule für Musik Köln. In June 2008 Peter traveled to the Philippines with the Cultures in Harmony project, teaching, collaborating and performing with tribal musicians in Mindanao. Evans has performed at many of the major festivals for Jazz and Improvised Music, including the Moers Festival, the Ulrichsberg Kaleidophon Festival, Jazz em Agosto in Lisbon, Jazz a Mulhouse, Warsaw Jazz Days, the Vancouver Jazz Festival and Jazz Middelheim in Antwerp. In 2010 Evans had compositions premiered at the Darmstadt and Donaueschingen Musiktage Festivals, and was named as one of the top 5 “Musicians of the Year” for the second year in a row by All About Jazz New York.Peter Evans has been a member of the New York musical community since 2003, when he moved to the city after graduating Oberlin Conservatory with a degree in classical trumpet. Peter currently works in a wide variety of areas, including solo performance, chamber orchestras, free improvised settings, electro-acoustic music, jazz and composition.
As a performer, Evans has been working to broaden the expressive range of his chosen instrument and enjoys playing with steady configurations of players and composers. Current bands include the Peter Evans Trio, Quartet and Quintet, Moppa Elliott’s terrorist bebop band Mostly Other People Do the Killing, the hyperactive improvisation duo Sparks (with Tom Blancarte), duo with trumpeter Nate Wooley, as well as a sustained interest in solo performance. Other projects include two collaborative trios: one with Mary Halvorson and Weasel Walter, and Pulverize the Sound with Tim Dahl and Mike Pride. He also collaborates frequently with saxophonist Evan Parker, in small groups as well as being a member of Parker’s Electro-Acoustic Ensemble. Other collaborators have included: Peter Brotzmann, Barry Guy, Clayton Thomas, Jim Black, Okkyung Lee, Sam Pluta, Zach Hill, Steve Shick, John Zorn, David Taylor, Eric Boeren, John Hebert, Kassa Overall, Mats Gustafsson, Agusti Fernandez, Ricardo Gallo and Axel Dörner.
In New York, Peter also performs contemporary notated music and is a member of the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE). This group focus premieres many new works from young composers as well as 20th century classics by composers such as Iannis Xenakis and Edgard Varese. Peter is also an experienced teacher, having given workshops on music, trumpet, and improvisation at institutions including the University of California in San Diego, the Birmingham Conservatoire, The Juilliard School, the Manhattan School of Music, Northwestern University and the Hochschule für Musik Köln. In June 2008 Peter traveled to the Philippines with the Cultures in Harmony project, teaching, collaborating and performing with tribal musicians in Mindanao. Evans has performed at many of the major festivals for Jazz and Improvised Music, including the Moers Festival, the Ulrichsberg Kaleidophon Festival, Jazz em Agosto in Lisbon, Jazz a Mulhouse, Warsaw Jazz Days, the Vancouver Jazz Festival and Jazz Middelheim in Antwerp. In 2010 Evans had compositions premiered at the Darmstadt and Donaueschingen Musiktage Festivals, and was named as one of the top 5 “Musicians of the Year” for the second year in a row by All About Jazz New York.