Articles by Nathalie Tamara Freson
Bernardo Sassetti: The Pianist Who Danced With Silence
by Nathalie Tamara Freson
If a musician's degree of brilliance is measured by the emotions they awakens in his listeners, then Bernardo Sassetti was a genius. And that he certainly was. With a prolific career (which resulted in a discography and filmography of close to 30 CDs), Sassetti spent the first few years playing alongside illustrious figures of the jazz world, such as Freddie Hubbard, Paquito D'Rivera and Guy Barker, the latter with with whom he collaborated intensively (on albums such as ...
read morePaolo Fresu: When Musician Turns Poet
by Nathalie Tamara Freson
Paolo Fresu—a multidimensional artist whose creative overdrive has shaped the Italian jazz scene for almost forty years. With definite hints to Chet Baker and Miles Davis, Fresu has honed a particularly mellow, velvety sound which is absolutely compelling. Even when he tackles coarser, more upbeat tempos, he captivates his listeners with his original approach, switching between trumpet, muted trumpet and flugelhorn, and sometimes employing electronic effects. Indeed, using technology in a creative process, as Paolo Fresu occasionally does in live ...
read moreTal Blumstein Trio: New York - Tel Aviv
by Nathalie Tamara Freson
Yes, modern jazz is still very much present among the younger generation, and Tal Blumstein proves it with his debut, New York-Tel Aviv. Freshly out of the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, Blumstein teams up with two other Israeli-born jazz musicians who have already made their mark on the New York jazz scene: bassist Max Oleartchik and drummer Itay Morchi. The album features seven tracks, all original compositions, each one being a narrative on its own. This is ...
read moreChatsav / Welch / Zelman Trio: Jazz from the Middle to the East - Songs from the White City Volume 2
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by Nathalie Tamara Freson
Whereas the first album in the series saw him giving much room to his trio members to showcase their talent, in this second album, Gilad Chatsav really takes the lead on every piece, thus confirming his competence as a jazz pianist and his well-seated position on the Israeli jazz scene. Jazz from the Middle to the East--Songs from the White City volume 2 is the second album in the series, still featuring Stewart Welch on bass and joined ...
read moreWelch / Chazav / Israeli Trio: Jazz from the Middle to the East: Songs from Tel Aviv
by Nathalie Tamara Freson
Gilad Chatsav's third album, Jazz from the Middle to the East--Songs from jny: Tel Aviv, grabs you from the start. Not necessarily because of its musical ingenuity, but because of its diversity of styles and rhythms. The album features ten pieces, all original compositions by Chatsav, saving two by Welch as well as two arrangements ("Caravan" and “Ode to the Bay"). Gilad Chatsav teams up again with old friend and bassist Stewart Welch and is joined this time ...
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