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Album Review

Ndio: Airback

Read "Airback" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Multi-reedist Frank van der Kooij has worked with legendary Soft Machine bassist Hugh Hopper in the past and cites him as a key musical influence. Enhanced by British trombonist Robert Jarvis, this Anglo-Dutch jazz/progressive-rock septet draws upon traits of the now-defunct Hugh Hopper Band, which featured van der Kooij, Jarvis, and drummer Peter Bast. This realignment of previous roads traveled consists of improvisation, structure, and radiant contrasts. With samples, tuneful themes, and powerful rhythms, the ensemble conveys a diverse musical ...

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Ndio: Airback

Read "Airback" reviewed by Trevor MacLaren


In the past few years there has been a revival of the legendary Canterbury scene, especially where Soft Machine is concerned. It's certainly not that progressive rock, fusion, or free jazz has fallen off the map, but the Canterburians had a sound that was distinct, yet embraced these genres. Soft Machine had a sound that was again different from peers such as National Health and Caravan, as well. Their style had more of a pop sensibility early on, thanks to ...

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Ndio: Airback

Read "Airback" reviewed by John Kelman


The cosmopolitan state of improvised music today is really nothing new. Artists have been playing mix-and-match in jazz for decades, while musicians originating in other genres have continued to approach it from a host of different angles. British bassist Hugh Hopper may have started out in 1960s psychedelia with Wilde Flowers, but by the time the early 1970s had arrived, his association with the legendary genre-busting Soft Machine found the group morphing from post-Dadaist pop to edgy free improvisation--albeit with ...

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Roman Miroshnichenko And Mario Parmisano Celebrated Astor Piazzolla’s 100th Anniversary And Honored Chick Corea With Grandiose Shows In Russia

Roman Miroshnichenko And Mario Parmisano Celebrated Astor Piazzolla’s 100th Anniversary And Honored Chick Corea With Grandiose Shows In Russia

Source: All About Jazz

The 24th international World Of Guitar music festival took place on May 24-28, 2021 in Kaluga, Russia. This year, during the main portion of the festival, on May 26th took place joint concert of guitar virtuoso Roman Miroshnichenko and his band with outstanding tango nuevo interpreter—Argentinian pianist Mario Parmisano, featuring the 50-piece Moscow City Symphony. “It was a great pleasure to perform again with Roman Miroshnichenko—a great guitarist who has performed with Steve Vai, Larry Coryell and many other world ...

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Obituary

Karlheinz Stockhausen: Influential Experimental Composer of Grandiose Works

Karlheinz Stockhausen: Influential Experimental Composer of Grandiose Works

Source: Michael Ricci

Karlheinz Stockhausen, the great German composer who envisioned music as a force of cosmic revolution and who himself became a musical force of nature, having an unprecedented impact on both high and popular post-World War II culture, has died. He was 79. Stockhausen died Wednesday at his home in Kurten, Germany, according to an announcement on his website. No cause of death was given. At the height of his fame in the 1960s, his name became synonymous with the future ...

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Airback

Cuneiform Records
2005

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