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Cory Wright Outfit: Apples + Oranges

Read "Apples + Oranges" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala


Sassofonista tenore e clarinettista attivo nell'area di San Francisco, Cory Wright ha collaborato con formazioni dirette da Anthony Braxton, Vinny Golia, Yusef Lateef. Nel suo lavoro è coinvolta spesso l'apprezzata contrabbassista Lisa Mezzacappa, presente in questa registrazione, come nel gruppo The Green Mitchell Trio, da lui diretto. Di Apples+Oranges colpisce subito, in esordio di ascolto, la fluidità con cui si muove l'ensemble e la spinta ritmica che sostiene la musica. Il primo brano d'altra parte ...

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Cory Wright Outfit: Apples + Oranges

Read "Apples + Oranges" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Oakland, California based reedman Cory Wright (Anthony Braxton, Vinny Golia & Yusef Lateef delivers a manifold and juxtaposing ensemble date on Apples + Oranges. It doesn't take too long to determine that the album poses a surfeit of diagonally opposed viewpoints. Other than the highly emphatic and synergistic group-centric output, Wright's compositions hit the mark, and this is one of those very special endeavors that excites, entertains and sustains interest. Wright's involvement with visionary composer and improviser, Anthony ...

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Cory Wright Unit: Apples + Oranges

Read "Apples + Oranges" reviewed by Mark Corroto


In jazz, there are composers and there are soloists and, as they say, “never the twain shall meet." Okay, not impossible, but it is rare in modern jazz for a musician to be both an outstanding soloist and a talented arranger. Listening to Apples + Oranges by West Coast saxophonist Cory Wright, the challenge is to determine which of the two talents makes this a thriving and effective recording. But then again, requiring one to choose will result ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Apples + Oranges

Singlespeed Music
2014

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Apples + Oranges

Singlespeed Music
2013

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Cosmic Rift

Leo Records
2012

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