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Misha Alperin

Alessandro Sgobbio: Piano Music 2

by Neri Pollastri
November 6, 2023

A un anno di distanza dal suo Piano Music, Alessandro Sgobbio fa uscire il secondo volume, Piano Music 2, che si differenzia dal precedente essenzialmente per l'uso, assieme al pianoforte, del live electronics. Registrato come l'altro negli studi Artesuono di Stefano Amerio, il disco è piuttosto breve, neppure trentacinque minuti, ed è diviso in ...

Alessandro Sgobbio: Piano Music

by Neri Pollastri
March 21, 2023

Messosi in luce con progetti come Pericopes+1, Hitra e il trio Feed di Mauro Gargano, sperimentali, dal forte dinamismo e nei quali utilizzava anche tastiere elettroniche, il pianista pugliese residente a Parigi Alessandro Sgobbio presenta adesso un album in piano solo, dal gusto più tradizionale e nel quale mostra pienamente il suo lato lirico.

Jazz Not War: Part 2

by Ludovico Granvassu
March 19, 2022

This time we'll let music do all the talking because it's hard to find words that can channel what's going on. If anything it's in times like this that we are reminded about the power of music. If anything it's in times like these that we are reminded about the power of music. And jazz, in ...

Alessandro Sgobbio: la musica come viaggio verso sé stessi

by Emmanuel Di Tommaso
April 23, 2021

Non capita spesso di potersi confrontare con musicisti dal profondo livello culturale e dalla caratura internazionale di Alessandro Sgobbio. A pochi mesi dall'uscita di Transparence, disco d'esordio del quartetto Hitra, abbiamo avuto la fortuna di poter discutere con il pianista di origini pugliesi dei temi e delle idee all'origine dei suoi progetti passati, presenti e futuri, ...

Norwegian Road Trip, Part 4: Oslo and an Interview with Jan Erik Kongshaug

by John Kelman
November 6, 2019

Author's Note: Jan Erik Kongshaug, owner and recording engineer at Rainbow Studios, Oslo, passed away on November 5, 2019. Beyond his best-known work on hundreds of recordings for the lauded ECM Records label in collaboration with label head/producer Manfred Eicher, Kongshaug's studio and engineering, mixing and mastering work has garnered significant international acclaim. Still, Rainbow continues ...

TD Ottawa Jazz Festival 2016

by John Kelman
July 3, 2016

TD Ottawa Jazz Festival Ottawa, Canada June 22 -July 3, 2016 It's hard to believe, with seasons that move quickly from spring into summer, that it was time, once again, for the TD Ottawa Jazz Festival. Now in its 36th year, the festival has grown from a weekend event into a full-blown, ...

Pericopes e il Questionario di Proust

by Paolo Peviani
March 16, 2016

All About Jazz: Il tratto principale della nostra musica. Pericopes: Storie, suoni e frammenti che raccogliamo dal nostro vissuto personale quotidiano. AAJ: La qualità che desidero nei musicisti che suonano con noi. Emiliano Vernizzi: La capacità di sorprendere. Alessandro Sgobbio: Propensione a esporsi al rischio.

Piacentini-Bonati-McCandless-Moreno: Circles

by John Kelman
January 27, 2015

Piacentini-Bonati-McCandless-Moreno CirclesNueva1991 Today's Rediscovery will be a challenge for most; few will have heard of the record, and of those that have, even fewer will actually own it. Circles' biggest draw may be Paul McCandless--the reed and woodwind multi-instrumentalist who has, with Ralph Towner and Glen Moore, performed with the genre-busting ...

Anja Lechner / François Couturier: Moderato cantabile

by John Kelman
October 10, 2014

ECM Records has long divided its discography in two: the regular series, representing music of a more improvisational bent; and its New Series, featuring largely classical music ranging from the contemporary to the archaic, but more truly defined in its through-composed nature. Still, the line between the two has, however, often been a porous one, where ...