Avant-garde philosophies provide precarious but often brilliant edges to how open or free improvisation function in Jazz. Complex, chaotic, and often dissonant, this sub-genre challenges traditional structures, and when transcendent, incorporates an advanced and unconventional level of mastery. Avant-garde artists travel to curious destinations using peculiar forms specifically designed for their mercurial adventures. In the process, audience engagement requires a nuanced understanding of tone, touch, voice and the fluid organic structures that creatively bind them all together. In this regard, drummer Willy Rodriguez has spent his entire professional career preparing to explore these unique types of musical relationships...
Willy Rodriguez - drums
Hery Paz - saxophone
Jason Palmer - trumpet
Leo Genovese - piano
John Hébert - bass
Kenneth Jimenez - bass
Dave Liebman - soprano saxophone
Tehn Vega - sound design
'Willy Rodriguez' self- released debut album, Seeing Sounds, catapults listeners into a mesmerizing realm that pushes the boundaries of traditional structures and embraces the risky yet often brilliant edges of open and free improvisation'.
"He goes much further than most drummers, approaching the work of an elegant percussionist who offers incredibly interesting and even exciting sounds and spaces for the musicians he accompanies."
"‘Seeing Sounds’ es un manjar de la improvisación libre que utiliza de forma ingeniosa lo que es la investigación musical."
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