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The Max Nagl Ensemble: Live at Porgy & Bess Vienna
by Glenn Astarita
There's no telling what Austrian woodwind artist Max Nagle will pull out of his stockpile of tricks. A premier progressive jazz acolyte and prominent improviser, he's an ideas man who has recorded for many prominent European avant-garde record labels. Here, Nagl's nonet sculptures a program formed on traditional concepts with a nouveau 'tude. But his concentrated focus and uncanny manner of bridging multiple gaps all at once, generates a source of inspiration. The live program intimates an air ...
read moreMax Nagl / Clemens Wenger / Herbert Pirker: Boulazac
by Glenn Astarita
Austrian reedman and multi-instrumentalist Max Nagle has recorded for several, prominent European modern jazz labels. He's a master craftsman who resides as one of the wittiest performers within the new music and progressive jazz realms. From album to album, Nagl pulls previously undetected tricks out of his bag as his artistry equates to a marvel of invention to coincide with this democratic trio engagement.
With Boulazac, Nagl seamlessly fuses disparate genres into a jazzy feast. On the opening ...
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