Jazz καί Αυτοσχεδιασμός

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Led by former Brand X fretless bassist Percy Jones, this maddeningly creative, wild, and sometimes experimental trio makes no bones about its desire to carry on in the hardcore jazz fusion traditions of the risk-taking era of Miles Davis, Mahavishnu Orchestra, and Tony Williams. They're very good natured about the sacrifice of possible commerce for art's sake. In their liner notes, they actually say something about the recording containing tonal nastiness, dissonance, harmonic and rhythmic abstraction, distortion, and "other forms of sonic weirdness." They warn people under the influence of smooth jazz not to listen! All tongue-in-cheekness aside, what they're really doing is celebrating in modern terms an era where musicality was more appreciated than catchy melodies and radio-ready running times. MIDI vibist Marc Wagnon wrote the brooding, bubbling opening track, "Syzygy Incident," which seems designed for mind expansion, toe tapping, and locomotive timekeeping. In the middle come strange, trippy industrial noises and odd bluesy atmospheres that are sometimes almost relaxing. Then the real action starts on "Wall to Wall Sunshine," with guest guitarist John Goodsall and violinist Mark Feldman ripping the room to pieces. Jones' bass is a constant booming presence throughout. Other tracks seem less organized and more off the cuff, but hardcore fusion fanatics might enjoy them and get something that other listeners may not. So, yes, there is a tendency toward overkill on the weirdness and self-indulgence (there's one 20-minute track), but listeners should focus on celebrating a musical world where great musicians doing such things can actually get a deal and sell records. These types of things are nicely balanced by truly melodic and enjoyable mainstream numbers like "Some Things Must Last." Ironically, that's probably something these guys don't want to hear about their music. ~ Jonathan Widran

This is jazz/fusion band Tunnels' third release, and it features Brand X original members Percy Jones & John Goodsall, as well as violinist Mark Feldman, who has performed with Dave Douglas, John Zorn & Bill Frisell.

Additional personnel includes: Sarah Pillow (vocals); John Goodsall (guitar); Mark Feldman (violin).

Tunnels includes: Marc Wagnon (midi vibraphone); Percy Jones (fretless bass); Frank Katz (drums).
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Οχι ιδιαιτερα mainstream jazz αλλα ειναι η σωστοτερη κατηγορια να μπει νομιζω δεν μπορω αλλωστε να τους καταταξω καπου.
 
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Mulatu Astatke (also written Astatqé on French releases) is arguably one of the most influential and legendary musicians from Ethiopia. During the 1960’s, he studied music abroad in London, Boston, and New York. He then returned home to Ethiopia armed with a love for jazz and Latin music. There he blended Ethiopian traditional music with the Latin-jazz he was so fond of to create a unique hybrid he called “Ethio-jazz”.
Mulatu Astatke is first and foremost a composer but also a multi-instrumentalist, playing the vibraphone, keyboards and organs. He is further credited as having established congas and bongos, instruments normally central to Latin styles, in Ethiopian music. However, as Ethiopian songs traditionally focused on vocals his greatest contribution to the music of his country was introducing a new focus on instrumentation.
Three of his LPs were recorded in New York City – his first two, Afro-Latin Soul Volumes 1 & 2 in 1966, plus later Mulatu of Ethiopia in 1972. The bulk of his output was on Amha Records (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) on which he released several 7” singles as well as one LP in 1974 entitled Yekatit Ethio-Jazz.
Of late, Mulatu Astatke has been the center of renewed attention in the West through a compilation on the Parisian series Ethiopiques (Buda Musique) and a 10” 4-track compilation on the Soundway label out of Brighton England. Most notably, a number of his tracks were also featured in director Jim Jarmush’s 2005 independent film Broken Flowers with actors Bill Murray and Julie Delpy.
A project to re-record some of Mulatu Astatke’s older work as well as new original material has recently been undertaken in collaboration with Will Holland of Quantic fame, drummer Max Weissenfeldt from Poets Of Rhythm, The, trumpeter Todd Simon, and Showboy from Fela Kuti’s Egypt 80.http://www.discogs.com/artist/Mulatu+Astatke
 
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Ahmad Jamal (born July 2, 1930 as Frederick Russell Jones) is an innovative and influential American jazz pianist, composer, and educator. According to Stanley Crouch, Jamal is second in importance in the development of jazz after 1945 only to Charlie Parker.[1] For five decades, he has been one of the most successful small-group leaders in jazz.[2]
Since the 1980s Jamal has been regularly touring the major clubs of the United States and the large European jazz festivals. He is generally accompanied by bassist James Cammack and drummer Idris Muhammad. He has also performed regularly with saxophonist George Coleman.
 
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