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Stefano Leonardi, Marco Colonna, Antonio Bertoni, Fridolin Blumer, Heinz Geisser: Aura

Read "Aura" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala


Aura è un buon titolo per questo lavoro, che vede impegnato il quintetto del flautista trentino Stefano Leonardi, già protagonista con lo stesso organico del CD l'Eterno, pubblicato nel 2018 sempre dall'etichetta Leo Records. Rispetto alla frenetica turbolenza che impregnava l'opera precedente, qui ci troviamo alla ricerca di una tavolozza che amplia gli episodi eterei e distesi, con attenzione agli impasti timbrici sia affini che contrastanti, di ampio alone allusivo a culture e suggestioni anche lontane, nello spazio e nel ...

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Ensemble 5: The Summary Of 4

Read "The Summary Of 4" reviewed by Mark Corroto


It is refreshing to hear a free jazz improvising group that doesn't abandon meter and melody for the goal of spontaneous music making. For percussionist Heinz Geisser, performing improvised music doesn't require he throw the figurative baby out with the bath water. The dude abides.Like the Collective 4tet he established in the 1990s with bassist William Parker, Ensemble 5 is both a free jazz vehicle and a quartet, yes, a quartet. Geisser, a conservatory trained classical guitarist turned ...

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Heinz Geisser & Guerino Mazzola: Live at Airegin

Read "Live at Airegin" reviewed by Jim Santella


This Swiss duo has been experimenting with creative avant-garde jazz for a long time. Toni's Delight: Live in Seoul (Cadence Jazz, 1997) combined tension and release in a free-flowing format similar to that employed here for their Ayler Records release. Guerino Mazzola's grand piano fingers move like a storm front that wants to hurt the keyboard. At his side, drummer Heinz Geisser provides the kind of swirling thunder and lightning that make a distinctive impression on any audience.

Recorded October ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Aura

Leo Records
2020

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The Summary Of 4

Leo Records
2014

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Solstice

Leo Records
2013

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On Bashamichi Avenue

Jazz Haus Musik
2010

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Rain Of Light

Jazz Haus Musik
2009

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