Archive: February, 2008
christoph gallio | mösiöblö| ample food
Friday, February 8th, 2008
Like Robert Filliou’s 1965 massively small “epic” on something else press, AMPLE FOOD FOR STUPID THOUGHT from which it draws its inspiration, this cd is as short as it is long. Listening to it is like going back to school. The poems it contains are a witty, perverse primer on life. Not since the Lacy/Aebi combo has there been such a positive effort to bring poetry both humorous and profound into the improv/composed (97 % in this case by Christoph Gallio)/jazz/new music idiom all in one package and have it work so well from beginning to end.
journey into the valley | farouq z. bey w/ northwoods improvisers
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
In the year 2000, the Northwoods Improvisers srtarted playing with reed player Faruq Z Bey. The connection was made throuqh Len Bukowski - Charlie Parker discographer, San Ra enthusiast, record store owner and reed player who knew them in separate contexts. After Bey and the Northwoods met, it turned out they alrady knew each other: the Northwoods had played the opening set at a 1984 concert in their Mount Pleasant home town, on the occasion of a visit by Bey’s qroup Griot Galaxy. That first encounter was a one-off event, but at this second meeting between Faruq Z. Bey and the Northwoods something sparked.
gianni mimmo | essentiality. working with what you have, responsible communication, only adding to the world with sincerity. art is made for trouble, science reassures.
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
Gianni Mimmo | Photo: Stefano Galvani
A saxophonist and composer in the fields of jazz and experimentation for over 25 years, he has produced a series of original projects with highly disparate groups. His interest in the contamination between the arts has lead him to participate in numerous interdisciplinary activities, in particular those which examine the relationship between music-text and music-image.
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