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Oles Brothers with Rob Brown: Live At SJC

Read "Live At SJC" reviewed by Mark Corroto


It's funny how certain jazz players find other kindred spirits to play with. Where would Ornette Coleman have been if he hadn't found Charlie Haden? Or McCoy Tyner without John Coltrane? Like minds always seem to find and sometimes track down each other. Such is the case with the Polish brothers Marcin Oles (bass) and Bartlomiej Brat Oles (drums) recording with American saxophonist Rob Brown.

The brothers' previous outings have included collaborations with Kenny Werner Shadows (Fenomedia, 2006), ...

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Theo Jorgensmann & Oles Brothers: "Alchemia" on Hatology 646

Theo Jorgensmann & Oles Brothers: "Alchemia" on Hatology 646

Source: All About Jazz

Theo Jorgensmann & Oles Brothers: Alchemia Hatology 646

“Perhaps surprisingly for a conceptualist like Jorgensmann, 'straightahead' jazzers Tony Scott and Buddy De Franco now seem even more relevant to our updated perception of Alchemia. Both were powerful clarinetists who brought idiosyncratic phrasing and a harmonic bite to solos that balanced on the cusp of freedom. The most impressive aspect of Alchemia, to my ears, is the trio's ecstatic, elastic freedom of line and design. Fluid internal tempo changes ...

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