Brûlez les meubles – Folio #5
Canadian, Québecesque, Rimouski-based electric bassist-composer (and the bandleader of the ensemble GGRIL luthier, and singer-songwriter) Éric Normand quotes on his website the famous saying of Greek poet Sophocles: “For those who are afraid, everything...
Tommaso Rolando / Domiziano Maselli – Enjoy Country Music
Italian, Genova-based experimental double bass player (and the founder and director of the Torto Editions label) Tommaso Rolando has a highly personal, unorthodox approach to his instrument, and his improvisational work extends beyond music,...
Gertrude – Nuageux
The Italian reed and brass quintet was formed in 2021 to bridge contemporary, written, and improvised music. Its musicians - clarinetist Clarissa Durizzotto, flutist Paolo Pascolo, trumpeter Gabriele Cancelli, trombonist and French horn player...
Jon Rose & Erik Griswold – Unnamed Road
Unnamed Road is the first musical project of two Australian innovators - England-born, Alice Springs-based violinist-composer-improviser-luthier Jon Rose and United states-born, Brisbane-based contemporary composer-pianist-electronics player Erik Griswold. Both Rose and Griswold are genre-defying, multi-media...
Sarah Belle Reid + Vinny Golia: Accidental Ornithology
“Ornithology” is still one of the most popular be-bop standards, almost eighty years after it was recorded by Bird, aka Charlie Parker (who changed the chord progression of another standard, “How High the Moon”)....
Carlo Mascolo & Thollem McDonas – Quattro frecce e buonanotte
American, globe-trotting, pianist-synth player-vocalist Thollem McDonas calls his improvisations that often turn into instant compositions “post-classical circus punk world jazz free music, for people and everyone else”. His irreverent, exploratory approach fits perfectly with...
Susan Alcorn Lobato
L'improvvisa scomparsa di Susan Alcorn Lobato (1953-2025) priva il mondo dell'improvvisazione di una dei suoi più intelligenti adepti. Alcorn, infatti, è stata la prima chitarrista alla pedal steel guitar a proporre un adeguamento quasi...
SoundOut Festival a Canberra
La 16° edizione del SoundOut festival a Canberra, rassegna internazionale di free jazz/free improvisation e musica sperimentale organizzata da Richard Johnson, si terrà tra il 31 gennaio e il 2 febbraio, un weekend di...
Ilinx – Flipperen
Ilinx is the trio of Romanian, New York-based vocalist-guitarist Suzana Lașcu, Dutch pianist-synth player Reinier van Houdt, and sound artist-DJ-clarinetist-guzheng and electronics player Robert Kroos, all are genre-defying composers who work in the realm...
Maya Bennardo, Etienne Nillesen & Kristofer Svensson – For Violin, Snare & Kacapi
For Violin, Snare & Kacapi è l’ultima pubblicazione dell’etichetta svedese kuyin, in uscita il prossimo 21 febbraio. Il disco fotografa la nascita di un trio composto da Maya Bennardo, Etienne Nillesen e Kristofer Svensson....
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MMI Free Impro Festival
Sin dalla sua prima edizione nel 2016 l'MMI Festival ha costituito una bella piattaforma d'incontro per gli improvvisatori liberi provenienti da differenti città europee....
