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Amos Gillespie: Unstructured Time for Jazz Septet
by Richard J Salvucci
The premise of this interesting recording may well be summarized in the old Roman proverb, Make haste, but slowly." Amos Gillespie is a Chicago-based composer and instrumentalist who has composed a nine-part jazz suite for a septet. In his own words, Unstructured Time is about capturing childhood focus, creativity and peace through unstructured time." The title is a bit deceptive. While there may be a variety of meters that frame the improvised solos, the recording is in no way formless. ...
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by Jack Bowers
Chicago-based composer/educator/alto saxophonist Amos Gillespie's CD, Unstructured Time, employs a variety of time signatures but is anything but unstructured--in fact, the opposite may reasonably be opined, as taut structure is clearly front and center on the album's four instrumental and five vocal numbers. In other words, unstructured" in Gillespie's lexicon bears absolutely no resemblance to free" jazz but refers instead to the struggle to find structure and balance in an environment wherein one is constantly bombarded with negative messages and ...
read moreLucas Gillan's Many Blessings: Chit-Chatting with Herbie
by Angelo Leonardi
Questo nuovo omaggio a Herbie Nichols è stato pubblicato nel 2019, nel centenario della nascita del grande pianista. Protagonista è il batterista di Chicago Lucas Gillan, al suo secondo album col gruppo Many Blessings. Originario dell'Arizona, Gillan opera da alcuni anni nella Windy City e il suo pianoless quartet coniuga un'ampia serie di influenze: l'impronta dello storico organico di Ornette Coleman è piuttosto evidente ma non mancano relazioni col vasto retroterra di blues e soul music del ...
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