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Niculin Janett

Born into a musical family in 1989, Niculin was exposed to the sounds of Miles Davis' trumpet before he even learned how to say "bebop". At the age of 10, he picked up the saxophone and never looked back. Since graduating from the Zurich University of Arts in 2013, Niculin has been playing in Switzerland and Europe with various groups, most recently with his own Quartet feat. Rich Perry.

Complexes

By Niculin Janett

Label: QFTF
Released: 2018
Track listing: Creep; Minor Complex; Il Bös-ch Rumantsch; Fila Fila; Major Complex; All or Nothing at All.

Niculin Janett Quartet: Complexes

by Geno Thackara
December 4, 2018

Despite the connotations of its title, the sound of Complexes doesn't suggest anything excessively technical (or mental issues either, for that matter). The Niculin Janett Quartet's second recording is a largely sedate affair that stays semi-formless and yet always easy to follow--a resolutely modern mix of familiar swing and challenging abstraction. Even while the drift mostly ...

No Parking Any Time

By Niculin Janett

Label: QFTF
Released: 2017
Track listing: Body and Soul; Alternate End; 30 Orchard Street; Purcell's Revenge; Hypocrisy; Exclamation; The Importance of Being Idle; I'll Be Seeing You.

30 Orchard Street (feat. Rich Perry)

February 17, 2017

Album: No Parking Any Time
By Niculin Janett
Label: QFTF
Released: 2017
Duration: 11:58

Niculin Janett Quartet (feat. Rich Perry): No Parking Any Time

by Matthew Aquiline
February 12, 2017

Zurich-based alto saxophonist and composer Niculin Janett, in the naming of his quartet's debut album, encapsulated the essence of his music with an otherwise vexatious phrase that regularly victimizes most city dwellers: No Parking Any Time. Although irritating for motorists, an ordinance prohibiting parking in terms of music, especially jazz, would seemingly stimulate perpetual movement and ...

Niculin Janett Quartet Featuring Rich Perry: No Parking Any Time

by C. Michael Bailey
February 5, 2017

I was beginning to wonder if there were any “blowing sessions" recorded today that did not sound so blatantly contrived. From Berlin comes such a recording by Swiss alto saxophonist Niculin Janett and his quartet. No Parking Anytime features New York City tenor saxophonist Rich Perry, whose own recent Organique (Steeplechase, 2016), with Gary Versace (Hammond ...