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Paul Shapiro: Shofarot Verses

By Alberto Bazzurro
January 8, 2015
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Nel nome dello shofar, strumento-simbolo della musica ebraica che compare in copertina intrecciato a un sax alto, si svolge questo album, che parte con un monologo di

Paul Shapiro

saxophone

" data-original-title="" title="">Paul Shapiro e va poi a impantanarsi piuttosto velocemente nelle secche di una musica che rispetta s�� i canoni del filone di appartenenza, ma lo fa con fin troppa convinzione (e dedizione), ripetendosi generosamente, all'interno del singolo pezzo cos�� come fra brano e brano.

? evidente che si tratta di una musica di fruizione anche gratificante, qua e l�� magari un po' sovrabbondante, certo non particolarmente problematica o concettuale, cui la chitarra di

Marc Ribot

guitar
b.1954

" data-original-title="" title="">Marc Ribot riesce solo in parte a fornire una patina jazzistica (che verosimilmente neppure vuole avere, e che non costituisce comunque un valore assoluto, una conditio sine qua non verso una presunta patente artistica, �� ovvio).

Un disco da ascoltare tutto d'un fiato (anche perch�� piuttosto breve) senza pretendere che ci sveli imprevedibili scenari creativi.

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Track Listing

Hashiven; Get Me to the Shul on time; Surfin�� Salami; Search Your Soul; Halil; Ashamnu; Daven Dance; In Phrygia; With Reed and Skins.

Personnel

Paul Shapiro

saxophone

Brad Jones: acoustic bass, vocals (7); Tony Lewis: drums; Marc Ribot: guitar; Paul Shapiro: tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, shofar; Adam Rudolph: frame drum, udu drum, shakers, bell (9).

Album information

Title: Shofarot Verses | Year Released: 2014 | Record Label: Tzadik

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