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Ben Wendel: BaRcoDe
by Neil Duggan
BaRcoDe marks the formation of a new ensemble and the debut album from tenor saxophonist Ben Wendel. An electroacoustic project for saxophone and mallets, it brings together a stellar cast of contemporary vibraphonists and percussionists in Joel Ross, Simon Moullier, Patricia Brennan and Juan Diego Villalobos. A two-time Grammy nominee and co-founder of Kneebody, Wendel has performed and recorded with artists as varied as Bill Frisell, Tigran Hamasyan and Prince, accumulating numerous awards along the way. The ensemble ...
Continue ReadingSilvano Monasterios: The River
by Jack Bowers
To enhance his musical excursion along The River, composer, arranger and pianist Silvano Monasterios invited eight talented companions on board to share the ride. He did not make it easy for them. As envisioned by Monasterios, this river is by turns placid or turbulent, sparse or overflowing--but invariably tricky to navigate and tame. The entire work, he writes, is “a suite of what I consider Venezuelan music," and was inspired by the people in his native land ...
Continue ReadingEddy Marcano: Onda Nueva
by Alberto Bazzurro
Un CD di soli ventisei minuti è una discreta anomalia, ove non si tratti di musica leggera. Già, ma questo nuovo album del violinista venezuelano Eddy Marcano non appartiene forse alla generosa e ampiamente ramificata congrega della musica leggera? Diremmo proprio di sì, e neppure quella che--stando a quanto dice Ivano Fossati in “Una notte in Italia"--"dobbiamo imparare." No, questa l'hanno già imparata fin troppo bene Marcano e soci, impeccabili sotto il profilo esecutivo, ma magari per un veglione di ...
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