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Baars Buis Deman: Cecil's Dance

Read "Cecil's Dance" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Ab Baars has come to be one of the deans of Dutch jazz, which of course is mostly centered around Amsterdam. He can be heard in large settings such as the Instant Composers Pool, in duo with his partner Ig Henneman, or performing with the anarcho-punk band The Ex. Trombonist Joost Buis joined Baar's quartet for the Duke Ellington tribute Kinda Dukish (Wig, 2005) and later in duo for Moods For Roswell (wig, 2020), a salute to the trombonist Roswell ...

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Ab Baars, Meinard Kneer, Bill Elgart: thrīe thrēo drī

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The trio of Ab Baars, Meinard Kneer, and Bill Elgart obliges listeners to reflect on how they listen to freely improvised music, not in a concert setting where the listeners' attention is in effect captured, but the act of listening to a performance from recorded format. A fellow critic eschews records, saying that the experience is spurious and lacks the vitality of an in-person attestation. Does his philosophy cut off his nose (or ears) to spite his face? Proof of ...

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Duo Baars-Buis: Moods For Roswell

Read "Moods For Roswell" reviewed by Mark Corroto


It is difficult to think of a better way of honoring the memory of trombonist Roswell Rudd than through the music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. Rudd (1935-2017), the eternal avant-gardist, maintained a firm foundation in the jazz tradition. Even when he was working in the New York Art Quartet or collaborating with Archie Shepp and Steve Lacy, his approach was rooted in jazz's heritage. Ab Baars and Joost Buis celebrate Rudd with these ten chamber jazz adaptations (maybe ...

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Kaja Draksler Octet: Out for Stars

Read "Out for Stars" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero


Nel precedente Gledalec le parole erano quelle di Pablo Neruda, Gregor Strnisa e Adriana Minou in questo Out for Stars poeta unico di riferimento è l'americano Robert Frost. Ad animare i testi, colorarli di immagini, evocare paesaggi della natura (che sia quella del New England di Frost o della natia Slovenia poco importa) e dell'anima ci pensa il meraviglioso ottetto allestito da Kaja Draksler, ennesimo fulgido, giovane talento emerso negli ultimi anni dalla scena musicale slovena. Gli studi di musica ...

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Fish-scale Sunrise: No Queen Rises

Read "No Queen Rises" reviewed by John Sharpe


Dutch reedman Ab Baars goes out of his way to avoid sentiment in his playing. He plots courses that veer willfully from melodic to shrill, but always remains in control. The most striking aspect of Fish-scale Sunrise, named after a poem by Wallace Stevens, is how much this approach to improvising is reflected in his composing too. Inspired by AACM reedman Roscoe Mitchell, with who he performed in 1986, and by his association with the enfant terrible of the Dutch ...

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Ab Baars: And She Speaks - A Collection Of Ballads

Read "And She Speaks - A Collection Of Ballads" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Mike Doughty of the rock band Soul Coughing wrote the lyric “is Chicago, Is Not Chicago..." to the song of the same name, followed by “a man cuts in half, just like he snaps a pencil..." The same could be said of And She Speaks -A Collection Of Ballads by saxophonist / clarinetist Ab Baars. This solo recording, with each song dedicated to a different composer or musician, is devotional without an obligation to be faithful. Johnny Green's 1930 jazz ...

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Zlatko Kaućić, Ab Baars: Canvas

Read "Canvas" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


Registrato a Cracovia nell'ottobre del 2014, questo CD documenta una delle performances di due maestri dell'improvvisazione europea, che si conoscono e collaborano da molti anni, quali sono il percussionista sloveno Zlatko Kaućić e il sassofonista e clarinettista olandese Ab Baars. Le sette tracce iniziano con un'improvvisazione piuttosto lunga (quasi ventidue minuti), molto tormentata e dinamicamente intensa, nella quale a fare la parte del leone è Baars, che inanella fraseggi nervosi, tecnicismi espressivi, gesti sonori lancinanti sostenuto da un ...

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AB Baars - Time to Do My Lions (Stichting Wig, 2010) ****

AB Baars - Time to Do My Lions (Stichting Wig, 2010) ****

Source: Free Jazz by Stef Gijssels

By Paul Acquaro I must admit I was afraid to listen to this album at first. I thought that I might not know how to hear, compare, or enjoy a solo saxophone recording. I like space and I like the edges of improvisation and music, but I was concerned that this would be to far off my own charts. However, I was intrigued as to what the phrase 'Time to do my lions' meant and my curiosity finally led me ...

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