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Assif Tsahar, Gerry Hemingway, Marc Dresser: Code Re(A)d

By Alberto Bazzurro
December 18, 2014
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Assif Tsahar, Gerry Hemingway, Marc Dresser: Code Re(A)d

Ogni tanto fa piacere imbattersi in lavori che mostrino di raccogliere con la dovuta coerenza filologica (che non vuol dire riciclo mani e piedi) la lezione del free jazz storico. ? quanto accade in questo bell'album, che riunisce una volta di pi�� una coppia ritmica (chiamiamola cos��, per comodit��) in sella ormai da una trentina d'anni (ricordiamo quanto meno lo storico quartetto braxtoniano completato da

Marilyn Crispell

piano
b.1947

" data-original-title="" title="">Marilyn Crispell), affiancandola al quarantacinquenne tenorista (e in due brani, "Oblique Interpretations" e "Applied Syntax," clarinettista basso) israeliano

Assif Tsahar

saxophone
b.1969

" data-original-title="" title="">Assif Tsahar, il quale non disdegna certo di ricollegarsi ad

Albert Ayler

saxophone, tenor
1936 - 1970

" data-original-title="" title="">Albert Ayler e

Archie Shepp

saxophone, tenor
b.1937

" data-original-title="" title="">Archie Shepp, risalendo, per loro tramite, fino a

Sonny Rollins

saxophone
b.1930

" data-original-title="" title="">Sonny Rollins (nel suono, largo, estroverso, in primo luogo).

Si parte nel segno di una visceralit�� (intensit��, meglio) senza particolari freni inibitori, per passare, nel primo dei citati episodi con Tsahar al clarone, su terreni pi�� cogitabondi e rattenuti. Una rinnovata affermativit�� attraversa quindi la sezione centrale del CD, non senza momenti decisamente pi�� rilasciati in cui salgono in cattedra

Mark Dresser

bass, acoustic
b.1952

" data-original-title="" title="">Mark Dresser e

Gerry Hemingway

drums
b.1955

" data-original-title="" title="">Gerry Hemingway (anche in coppia), fino allo scuro, a tratti quasi ipnotico "(A)pplied Syntax," peraltro non esente da rigurgiti di energia allo stato brado. Chiude il vitale, pieno "Divided Layers," ancora attraversato da una bella, diretta visceralit��.

Disco a conti fatti piuttosto raro, e come tale prezioso.

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Track Listing

Comprehensive Passages; Oblique Interpretations; Deceptive Responses; Expanded Metaphors; Resounding Reasoning; Endangered Artifacts; (A)pplied Syntax; Divided Layers.

Personnel

Assif Tsahar

saxophone

Assif Tsahar: sax tenore, clarinetto basso; Mark Dresser: contrabbasso; Gerry Hemingway: batteria, percussioni.

Album information

Title: Code Re(A)d | Year Released: 2014 | Record Label: Hopscotch Records

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