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Esa Pietil: Direct
by Matthew Wuethrich
When John Cage distilled sound into four elements-pitch, duration, timbre and loudness-he succinctly summed up many 20th century musicians’ attitudes towards music: sound itself matters more than the structure in which it resides. Cage’s approach was expressed in jazz by the '60s avant-garde. They rejected conventions like swing, bar lines and rigid solo formats in favor of expressiveness, texture, and free-flowing interaction. They explored the essence of sound, and in doing so made a massive noise.
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read moreEsa Pietila Improvised Solo Saxohone CD "Karhea" Released
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Michael Ricci
Solo concerts / New FOUR STREAMS" Quartet Esa Pietilas fully improvised solo saxophone CD KARHEA" has been released on march 26. 2009. At the Solo concerts, the virtuosity of his technique and the tonal colours he creates in multitude textures belong into to the elite of saxophone expression. His capabilities to let the saxophone ring from variety of minimalism whispers to full free blowing, results a rich palette of colourful shapes of multiphonics, chordal tones, rhythmic surprises, and even fuga-like ...
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