{"id":17516,"date":"2012-09-18T15:04:45","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T15:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.abeatrecords.com\/music\/shop\/import-placeholder-for-90113\/"},"modified":"2022-05-31T09:42:10","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T07:42:10","slug":"union-square","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.abeatrecords.com\/music\/shop\/union-square\/","title":{"rendered":"Union Square"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0Artists<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abeatrecords.com\/music\/about\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow, serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>Ben allison <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow, serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span lang=\"en-US\">doublebass<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abeatrecords.com\/music\/artist\/michael-blake-2\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow, serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>Michael blake <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow, serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span lang=\"en-US\">tenor and<\/span><\/span><\/span><b> <\/b><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow, serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span lang=\"en-US\">soprano sax <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abeatrecords.com\/music\/artist\/rudy-royston-2\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow, serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>rudy Royston <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow, serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span lang=\"en-US\">drums<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;15125&#8243; 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Basta sfogliare le classifiche di DownBeat degli ultimi anni per rendersene conto. Sempre pronti a sfornare dischi e progetti ogni volta differenti e che fungono da apripista per molti altri musicisti a seguire. Riuniti ora insieme per la prima volta, questo trio propone un disco per certi versi disarmante per semplicit\u00e0 e potenza allo stesso tempo. Suono puro, quasi senza uso di echi o riverberi ( modus operandi tipicamente anni \u201960 ma poi abbandonato per inseguire un gusto o un trend affermatosi ed imperante ancor oggi ) come ad indicare la volont\u00e0 di voler suonare senza barriere e puntando solo sulla forza compositiva ed espressiva : operazione riuscita in maniera eccezionale. Un disco \u201csmitizzante\u201d che punta fortemente al sodo liberandosi di false barriere ed artifici che allontanano dalla \u201cverit\u00e0\u201d delle cose. Un disco anche provocatorio da parte di tre giganti che stanno scrivendo parte della storia della musica contemporanea. Un disco senza strumenti armonici e che proprio per questo motivo suona apparentemente destabilizzante, in realt\u00e0 perfettamente funzionale alla purezza del messaggio frutto di una naturale conversazione ricca di interplay .<br \/>\nIl titolo del disco, Union Square, corrisponde al nome di una piazza pubblica nel Greenwich Village, New York City, dove artisti, attivisti politici e sociali ed artisti di strada sono soliti riunirsi. Union Square \u00e8 una sora di \u201cground zero\u201d per molti movimenti politici contemporanei e le cause, quali Occupy Wall Street, la lotta per i diritti di parit\u00e0 e di matrimonio fra gay e altri movimenti sociali.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-16451\" src=\"http:\/\/www.abeatrecords.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/line-void-300x30.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"30\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.abeatrecords.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/line-void-300x30.png 300w, https:\/\/www.abeatrecords.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/line-void-768x77.png 768w, https:\/\/www.abeatrecords.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/line-void-500x50.png 500w, https:\/\/www.abeatrecords.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/line-void-600x60.png 600w, https:\/\/www.abeatrecords.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/line-void.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Union Square is a collaborative album focusing on music by three of the most original voices in contemporary jazz.<br \/>\nFor this, their first recording as a trio, Michael Blake, Ben Allison and Rudy Royston offer an album that&#8217;s powerful and thoughtful, a personal statement that reflects who they are as musicians and their place in time and modern culture.<br \/>\nFull of grand dynamics and interplay and those moments of magic that can&#8217;t be planned for, Michael, Ben and Rudy allow the conversation to unfold in a natural way.<br \/>\nThe name of the album, Union Square, is taken from a public square of the same name in Greenwich Village, New York City where artists, activists, and street performers congregate. 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