Live at Masada, by SPIRITSONGS [Blumenkranz-Turra-Marsella-Quagliarella]

Live at Masada

by SPIRITSONGS [Blumenkranz-Turra-Marsella-Quagliarella]

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Tom Landon This is just one of the best semi-improvised jazz/rock records I've heard. It's deliciously loose before coming back together instinctively and trumphantly. I didn't know any of the musicians beforehand, but I've really enjoyed this. Check out the guitar's entrance at the start of Snake's Neck too. Lovely! Favorite track: Testimony Of The Heaven.

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1.	Lord Of Creation 11:25	buy track
2.	The One Who Precedes 12:10	buy track
3.	Testimony Of The Heaven 06:36	buy track
4.	Snake's Neck 07:58	buy track
5.	Tip Of The Sword 08:52	buy track
6.	The One Who Roars 05:29	buy track
7.	Fortune's Fortune 07:49	buy track

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Spiritsongs is a quartet, result of the encounter between two of the most prominent talents of the New York's Jazz-Core-Avantgarde scene (a cultural enviroment that has its founder in John Zorn), Shanir Blumenkranz and Brian Marsella, with two of the most representative musicians from the Italian Jazz-Core scene: Alberto N. A. Turra and Sergio Quagliarella.

This union, that came up in sudden circumstances, immediately revealed an affinity of intentions that had no impediments to bring out a music inspired by the Coltrane of "Interstellar Space" or "A Love Supreme", the Pharoah Sanders of "Tauhid", Sonny Sharrock. Tunes that find their greatest expression through the effort of creating ritualistic and invocational music, to transcendent spirits of unexpected origins (even interstellar).

Whatever the Great Spirit (as called by many indigenous tribes of the Americas) wanted to happen through this match, is documented by this live album. A testimony of the concert held at the Masada Club in Milan, on November 10th 2015, following a few yet really intense hours of rehearsal.
This debut release has been published by the legendary italian label Setola di Maiale.

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Spiritsongs è un quartetto formato dall’incontro di due dei talenti più in vista del jazz-core-avantgarde newyorkese (che vede in John Zorn il fondatore) Shanir Blumenkranz e Brian Marsella, con due dei musicisti più rappresentativi del jazz-core italiano, Alberto N. A. Turra e Sergio Quagliarella.
L’unione, avvenuta in circostanze fulminee, ha immediatamente generato un’affinità di intenti che senza intoppi ha portato una musica che ha tra i suoi principali ispiratori il Coltrane di “Interstellar Space” o “A Love Supreme”, il Pharoah Sanders di “Tauhid”, Sonny Sharrock, e che trova la sua massima espressione nello sforzo di creare musiche e rituali di invocazione a spiriti trascendenti delle più disparate provenienze (addirittura interstellari).
Quello che (molte delle tribù di indiani d’America chiamano) il Grande Spirito ha ben voluto che accadesse con questo incontro è documentato da questo disco live, testimonianza del concerto tenutosi al Masada Club di Milano il 10 novembre 2015 a seguito di poche ma molto intense ore di prove. Questo album di esordio è pubblicato dalla leggendaria etichetta italiana Setola Di Maiale.
Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz: upright bass, oud.
Alberto N. A. Turra: electric guitar.
Brian Marsella: piano, keyboards.
Sergio Quagliarella: drums.

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released June 13, 2016

Live sound engineer: Raffaele Mezzanotte.
Mixing: Sergio Quagliarella.
Mastering: Diego Cattaneo.
Executive producer: Daniele Mamoli.
Graphic concept: Stefano Giust (for Setola Di Maiale) and Bruno Kleinefeld.
Artistic producer: Shanir Blumenkranz & Spiritsongs.
production album/movie coordinator: Alberto N. A. Turra.

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