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Courtois / Erdmann / Fincker, Knee Jerk, Twirls & Nina Simone
by Maurice Hogue
This episode is dotted throughout with new releases by international artists: saxophonists Daniel Erdmann and Robin Fincker with cellist Vincent Courtois (France), saxophonist Grgur Savic (Croatia), bassist Federico Solomeiwicz (Argentina), Twirls and Simon Rummel Ensemble (Germany), Chilean saxophonist Diego Manuschevich (Chile), Knee Jerk (Canada), and flautist Joe Melnicove (USA/Israel). Plus, a version of Mississippi Goddamn" by the brilliant Nina Simone from an upcoming release of never-heard-before music from her performance at the 1966 Newport Jazz Festival. Playlist Jim ...
read moreDecember jazz in Helsinki
by Anthony Shaw
Daniel Erdmann's Velvet Revolution and others Hietsun Paviljonki and various venues On-line concerts Helsinki, Finland December 1-2, 2020 Two evenings of live youthful jazz events opened December's musical fare at a time of sparse availability of live concerts around the globe: Daniel Erdmann's Velvet Revolution, and the We-Jazz sponsored Nordic Jazz Comets. Both nights featured masterly musicianship and challenging compositions. The reality of the first evening's streamed concert was what you ...
read moreDaniel Erdmann's Velvet Revolution Featuring Théo Ceccaldi & Jim Hart: Won't Put No Flag Out
by Ian Patterson
Chance meetings, in a French café with Théo Ceccaldi, and on the London-to-Paris Eurostar with Jim Hart, prompted Daniel Erdmann to found one of contemporary jazz's more unusual trios. The convergence of violin/viola, vibraphone and tenor saxophone is, perhaps, unique in the jazz firmament but, as the trio's fine debut A Short Moment of Zero G (BMC Records, 2016) demonstrated, the marriage of brass, metal, wood and string is an enticing one. With Won't Put No Flag Out, the trio ...
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