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Guido Mazzon Sextet: Flights Of Fancy

Read "Flights Of Fancy" reviewed by Nic Jones


Perhaps inevitably, this one's something of an epitaph for trombonist Paul Rutherford, whose death earlier this year robbed the improvised music fraternity of one of its most vigorous advocates.

Recorded in 1993 , this is a session that documents him in customary peerless form in the company of an Italian group alive to the possibilities inherent in trumpeter Guido Mazzon's wide-open music. The latter's avoidance of the obvious, which in this case would amount on one hand to minimal lines ...

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Guido Mazzon - As the Crow Flies (Ictus Records, 2008) ****a1/2

Guido Mazzon - As the Crow Flies (Ictus Records, 2008) ****a1/2

Source: All About Jazz

I may be writing this review too soon, without having listened sufficiently to this new release by Italian trumpeter Guido Mazzon, but I'm so thrilled by his music, that I can't wait to share my enthusiasm. This CD compiles a number of recordings that Mazzon made over the years with various musicians, and always in small settings, duo or trio. I like this music because it is pure. It is genuine. It is honest. It is deeply felt. He also ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

As The Crow Flies

Ictus Records
2008

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Flights Of Fancy

Ictus Records
2007

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Double 1

Ictus Records
2006

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Double 2

Ictus Records
2006

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Songs & Tales

Ictus Records
1979

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