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Gerald Cleaver & Vioilet Hour: Live at Firehouse 12

Read "Live at Firehouse 12" reviewed by Stefano Merighi


Gerald Cleaver incarna brillantemente la versione versatile del jazzista contemporaneo. Batterista e compositore, origini a Detroit, Cleaver giostra con fierezza e senso funambolico all'interno di tutti gli stili dominanti nella scena odierna. Può contribuire alla raffinatezza di gruppi accasati alla ECM, navigare a vista in organici del tutto sperimentali ("Farmers by Nature," “Black Host"), mantenere legami di lunga data con autori affini o inaugurarne di inediti come quello con Larry Ochs (il duo “Songs in the Wild Cave" ...

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Andrew Bishop: De Profundis

Read "De Profundis" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro


Polistrumentista, compositore e docente alla Michigan University di Ann Arbor, Andrew Bishop rielabora in questo suo nuovo album il De Profundis Clamavi di Josquin Desprez, autore franco-fiammingo a cavallo fra Quattro e Cinquecento, riprendendone le sei parti nelle tracce dispari del presente lavoro, con risultati senz'altro degni di attenzione. Le temperature indulgono prevedibilmente al cameristico, però senza eccessi né autocompiacimenti di sorta: il cosiddetto “tiro" è garantito dalla costante propulsione offerta da Gerald Cleaver (peraltro sempre felicemente ...

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Andrew Bishop: Time and Imaginary Time

Read "Time and Imaginary Time" reviewed by Donald Elfman


This recording is a free-form, freewheeling delight. It's new music from a piano-less group, but the spirit is so playful, the soundscapes are so simple and rich, and the playing is so accomplished and together, that this “dense" and “complicated" new music falls richly and beautifully on the ears. As a composer, Andrew Bishop's palette encompasses a broad spectrum of music--from jazz and blues to rock, folk and international to the wold of “serious" contemporary music. This ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Make it Bloom

Self released
2022

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Live at Firehouse 12

Sunnyside Records
2020

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De Profundis

Envoi Recordings
2016

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Above the Sound

Self released
2015

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Gerald Cleaver's...

Fresh Sound Records
2008

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