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Igor Lumpert & Innertextures: Eleven

By Vincenzo Roggero
October 18, 2018
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Il sassofonista

Igor Lumpert

saxophone, tenor
b.1975

" data-original-title="" title="">Igor Lumpert �� forse il pi�� conosciuto tra la folta schiera di musicisti sloveni che si stanno imponendo all'attenzione di pubblico e di addetti ai lavori (

Cene Resnik

saxophone

" data-original-title="" title="">Cene Resnik,

Kaja Draksler

piano
b.1987

" data-original-title="" title="">Kaja Draksler,

" data-original-title="" title="">Dr�� A. Ho?evar per citarne alcuni). Da anni trasferitosi a New York, di quella citt�� ha gradualmente assorbito umori, pulsazioni, tensioni che insieme al naturale background balcanico delle origini, sono andati a definire una stimolante visione musicale, che raggiunge la piena valorizzazione con la versione allargata del consolidato trio Innertextures.

L'innesto di un sassofonista talentuoso e assai originale come

Greg Ward

saxophone

" data-original-title="" title="">Greg Ward e la presenza in alcuni brani di due fuoriclasse come il trombettista

Jonathan Finlayson

trumpet

" data-original-title="" title="">Jonathan Finlayson e del clarinettista

John Ellis

saxophone, tenor
b.1974

" data-original-title="" title="">John Ellis risulta decisiva nel far decollare definitivamente le idee musicali di Lumpert. I due sax tracciano linee oblique e angolose su una ritmica spesso nervosa e irregolare con evidenti richiami all'estetica M-Base di

Steve Coleman

saxophone, alto
b.1956

" data-original-title="" title="">Steve Coleman, ma sanno anche essere lirici, sinuosi e attenti alle sfumature. In Eleven troviamo ricchezza di contenuti, scrittura sofisticata, il bop catapultato nelle nevrosi metropolitane, cadenze funky, la gioiosa comunicativit�� delle fanfare ed un'asciutta essenzialit�� esecutiva.

Gran bel disco!

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Track Listing

13th of August; XmD; Poseidon; Paha; Eleven; Brela.

Personnel

Igor Lumpert

saxophone, tenor

Igor Lumpert: tenor saxophone; Greg Ward: alto saxophone; Jonathan Finlayson: trumpet; John Ellis: bass clarinet; Chris Tordini: bass; Kenny Grohowski: drums.

Album information

Title: Eleven | Year Released: 2018 | Record Label: Clean Feed Records

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