Karnas' singing – regardless of whether it's lyrics, syllabics or scat – is never for show; it's always music. Vocalists are probably a bit more susceptible to the lure of “shining” at all costs than are other instrumentalists. Karnas doesn't care about shining. He wants to make music. This is audible in every composition, in every measure he sings.(Robert Buczek, Jazz Forum) Sny
I love composing improvised music and improvising composed music - improvising is something you can't improvise - the main thing is to evaluate the urgency of saying something as it is being said - the only difference between composition and improvisation is the sense of time. Sometimes I like to put more metaphysics in music, sometimes more music in metaphysics. Each tune "as the crow flies". (G.Mazzon )
The '70s in Italy (and Europe, in general) were times of extreme political tension charged with subversion, terrorism and bombings. In this climate of heightened emotions, fear and hope there came about an era of music of the left, dominated by the avant-garde which was associated with the cultural revolution taking place. Artists would show their commitment to the cause both by keeping up with current events in the world, and by translating these facts into their work, in an ever closer linking between thought and action: for the songwriters it was their lyrics, for instrumentalists through avant-garde composition or jazz...
To compose or to play is like writing on a "tabula rasa" (clean slate) where I draw sounds, emotions and create intimate relationships with my partners. To play music together is to live common experience; to express emotions is not necessarily to utter high concepts but simply to tell the stories. (Guido Mazzon) Movement #1
This 2-CD collection present tracks recorded in duo and trio with some of the premier guitarists on the improvising music scene since its inception in the late 70s.
Jewish-Jazz fusion band fronted by Greg Wall and Frank London recorded live this CD at the Bagatela Theatre, Cracow on June 30th, 1998 during The 8th Jewish Culture Festival in Cracow.
..duo's virtuosity , is not a sheer parade of technique but it serves the superior aim: creating unique music, atmosphere and mood... Audio Clip: After Five / Atternoon Nap / After Three
This beautifully realized set includes ten single CD's recorded or re-mastered and released by ICTUS Records in 2007; all albums housed together in elegant cardboard box, measuring 6 x 8.5 x 6. Each audio CD comes with its own DVD-type packaging, with extensive artwork, release information, and line notes . Each volume of the set has a specific and separate character reflecting the cultural influences of time and the place where the music was composed and recorded; many artistic soul, one artistic vision. ICTUS catalog and additional bonus CD complement the whole set.
ICTUS’ extremely limited, outstandingly lavish 12-CD Box set, further pushes limits of musical subject matter and boundaries of conceptual-package. This beautifully realized set includes 12 separate CDs, housed together in one-of-its-kind unique box. Each volume of the set comes with its own uniquely designed plastic-free package. Very comprehensive booklet with many personal insights by ICTUS creator, rare pictures and essays from critically acclaimed critics complement the whole set.
This 12-CD box-set, a part of ICTUS Records - Andrea Centazzo Complete Archives Series is a special endeavor. Each CD and DVD has a specific character reflecting the cultural influences of a time and place where the music and the images were composed and recorded: many artistic souls, one artistic vision.
This 10-CD box-set, a part of ICTUS Records - Andrea Centazzo Complete Archives Series is a special endeavor. Each CD and DVD has a specific character reflecting the cultural influences of a time and place where the music and the images were composed and recorded: many artistic souls, one artistic vision. Features drums and percussion masters: Andrea Centazzo, Pierre Favre, David Moss, Alex Cline, Steve Hubback, Jeffrey Daniel Jensen and Per Oliver Jorgens.
ICTUS’ extremely limited, outstandingly lavish 12-CD Box set includes 12 separate CDs, housed together in a one-of-its-kind unique box. Each volume of the set comes with its own custom designed plastic-free package and a very comprehensive booklet with many personal insights from ICTUS' creator. Rare pictures and essays from acclaimed critics, compliment the whole set.
Imagination Quartet was formed in 2009. On July 29th the band recorded 6 pieces in FCMU studio, two of them featuring Mariusz Prasniewski (double bass). Band members perform both their own and others' compositions, showing them in a different light. Music by the Quartet is mostly improvised and acoustic. Anything may be inspiring - jazz, the beating down of rain or the drone of traffic. Anything that can influence our imagination.
It was a magic evening. Not only did the trio burst with a creative energy that was homogeneous and interactive, but the acoustics, gave the music an ethereal transparency and crystalline purity that the recording captured and the CD newly presents in all its singular beauty. (Andrea Centazzo) Bone
Romanian's folk music motives create just a pretext for a sophisticated encounter of the most innovative musicians from all spectrums of Central European jazz.
Comprehensive selection from the creative music event of 2006 featuring Steve Lacy, Derek Bailey, Kent Carter, Anthony Coleman, John Zorn Kent Carter, Alvin Curran, Evan Parker, Rova Saxophone Quartet, John Carter, John Fisher, Vinnie Golia, Tom Corra, Toshinori Kondo, Jack Wright, Ladonna Smith, Davey Williams, Eugene Chadbourne, Franz Koglmann, Gregg Goodman, Polly Bradfield, Radu Malfatti, Albert Mangelsdorf, Mitteleuropa Orchestra, Carlos Zingaro, Lol Coxhill, Martin Joseph, Melvin Poore, Gianluigi Trovesi, Marco Cappelli, Teo Jorgesmann, Lester Bowie, Tony Oxley and Andrea Centazzo.
Comprehensive selection from the creative music event of 2006 featuring Steve Lacy, Derek Bailey, Kent Carter, Anthony Coleman, John Zorn Kent Carter, Alvin Curran, Evan Parker, Rova Saxophone Quartet, John Carter, John Fisher, Vinnie Golia, Tom Corra, Toshinori Kondo, Jack Wright, Ladonna Smith, Davey Williams, Eugene Chadbourne, Franz Koglmann, Gregg Goodman, Polly Bradfield, Radu Malfatti, Albert Mangelsdorf, Mitteleuropa Orchestra, Carlos Zingaro, Lol Coxhill, Martin Joseph, Melvin Poore, Gianluigi Trovesi, Marco Cappelli, Teo Jorgesmann, Lester Bowie, Tony Oxley and Andrea Centazzo.
When absorbed in improvised music it becomes very difficult to categorize and perceive it within a stylistic framework. It is the players searching, moving through many musical plateaus - from jazz through classical, from intellectualism to trans. This is the idea of open playing, full of expression and positive energy.
Blend of hard fusion, electronica, bits of free jazz - kinda referencing 70's Miles stuff but definitely of today - there is some exciting stuff in it, worth chasing down.
