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Il Meglio del 2018 Secondo Nicola Negri

By Nicola Negri
January 15, 2019
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Per chi non se ne fosse accorto, stiamo vivendo un momento musicale straordinario, fatto di ricerca senza confini, ibridazioni linguistiche e condivisione di esperienze spesso agli antipodi—insomma diametralmente opposto al periodo storico, in cui l'ignoranza miope delle nuove destre vorrebbe tenerci divisi, ancorati ad un'idea identitaria ormai superata dalla storia.
Dal jazz pi�� classico alle contaminazioni rock e noise, dall'improvvisazione libera alla ricerca pura della composizione contemporanea, anche questo 2018 ha visto una produzione discografica di livello altissimo, con vecchi e nuovi maestri impegnati a ridefinire i confini delle musiche creative.
Buon ascolto.

Dischi

Tyshawn Sorey

drums
b.1980

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Pillars
Firehouse 12

Dave Holland

bass
b.1946

" data-original-title="" title="">Dave Holland
Uncharted Territories
Dare2 Records

Andrew Cyrille

drums
b.1939

" data-original-title="" title="">Andrew Cyrille /

Bill Frisell

guitar, electric
b.1951

" data-original-title="" title="">Bill Frisell /

Wadada Leo Smith

trumpet
b.1941

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Lebroba
ECM

Kuzu
Hiljaisuus
Astral Spirits

Sons of Kemet

band / ensemble / orchestra

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Your Queen Is a Reptile
Impulse!

Adam O'Farrill's Stranger Days
El Maquech
Biophilia Records

The Thing

band / ensemble / orchestra

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Again
Trost

Sylvie Courvoisier

piano

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D'Agala
Intakt

Henry Threadgill

woodwinds
b.1944

" data-original-title="" title="">Henry Threadgill 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg
Dirt... And More Dirt
Pi Recordings

Don Byron

clarinet
b.1958

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Aruán Ortiz

piano
b.1973

" data-original-title="" title="">Aru��n Ortiz
Random Dances and (A)tonalities
Intakt

Louis Moholo-Moholo

drums
1940 - 2025

" data-original-title="" title="">Louis Moholo-Moholo's Five Blokes
Uplift The People
Ogun

Milford Graves

drums
1940 - 2021

" data-original-title="" title="">Milford Graves
B?bi
Corbett vs. Dempsey

Concerti

Peter Brötzmann

woodwinds
1941 - 2023

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William Parker

bass
b.1952

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Hamid Drake

drums
b.1955

" data-original-title="" title="">Hamid Drake—Centro d'Arte Padova (2018-02-02)

The Thing

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">The Thing—C.S.C. Centro Stabile di Cultura (San Vito di Leguzzano, VI) (2018-04-13)

Tomas Fujiwara

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Tomas Fujiwara "Triple Double"—Saalfelden Jazz Festival (Saalfelden, Austria) (2018-08-26)
Irreversible Entanglements —Centro d'Arte Padova (2018-11-05)

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