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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- This concert was live on the 24th of October 2019.
Saxophonist Melissa Aldana can measure herself with tenor heroes of past and present, as first female winner of the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition.
Melissa Aldana is one of the promising young musicians of the new jazz generation: Downbeat listed her as one of the ’25 for the Future’. On her recent album Visions she connects her work to the legacy of Latina artists that have come before her, including Frida Kahlo. Like the legendary painter, Melissa Aldana has had to assert herself in a landscape dominated by men: at age 24 she won the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition, as the first woman and as the first South American musician.
Melissa Aldana grew up in a family of saxophone players: both her father Marcos and her grandfather Enrique were professional musicians. Ten years ago she moved from Chili to New York, where she collaborated with known saxophone players such as George Coleman and Greg Osby. Following the example of her idol Sonny Rollins, she led in a trio for years. Visions is a new chapter in her career.
‘Melissa Aldana is going to be an influential tenor saxophonist in jazz for decades to come’ (JazzTimes).
Melissa Aldana tenor sax, Lage Lund guitar, Pablo Menares bass, Kush Abadey drums
Dat hebben de jongens van de BH-radio weer prachtig voor elkaar gekregen.Met dank aan Melissa en haar jongens!Dank jullie wel!
What a terrific group of musicians!
Impresionante! A seguir practicando, para algún día sonar así, grande Melissa!!
All Hail the Mighty Mel!
Fenomenal
Excelente
The Bluest Eye 1:06:26
Ten years ago she moved from *Chile* to New York
I'm still waiting on the explosion that says she is great and not just good. I get no excitement from her playing.
She reminds me of my favourite soccer team ( in terms of consistency). There are some recordings of her live where she is top-notch and leaves me howling and dancing with ecstasy ( particularly when she goes all Sonny Rollins). Still, I feel the same about Dewey Redman, Joe Lovano, Chris Potter and other players who , while possessing astonishing technique , can have off-nights. I remember seeing Mike Brecker twice in intervening years ,once in a 'state of grace' and the other just sounding lost. I guess the only tenor that personally ticked my boxes ( which, I know , is a subjective thing) was Joe Henderson.
Composition is not everybody's thing. Sometimes ( like my resistance to Sonny Rollins when ,as a young player, I seemed to like everybody else until I finally 'got' him) it just takes time.
At least, like the Wayne Shorters and Jan Garbareks of this world, she's exploring.
I wonder how repeated listening will change my views.