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Joe Giardullo 4tet: Now Is
by Rex Butters
Listening to Joe Giardullo’s Now Is, it’s hard to believe the multi-instrumentalist/composer spent twelve years honing his craft in private, convinced no one was interested in his artistic output. After his Gravity Music for Chamber for Creative Chamber Group tanked commercially in ’79 (despite a four star review from Downbeat ), Giardullo resigned himself to working in a vacuum.
Then, in ’91 he played a gig that happened to include multi-instrumentalist/composer Joe McPhee. Both brought soprano saxophones, and ...
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by Mark Corroto
Spontaneity in music doesn’t have to come at the cost of order. In other words, Janis Joplin was wrong when she sang “Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.”
Saxophonist Joe Giardullo’s return to music 12 years ago at the urging of his friend and musical partner Joe McPhee has resulted in the rediscovery of two of creative music’s modern giants.
Their last recording, Shadow & Light (Drimala 2002), recorded while the events of September 11 were ...
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