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David's Angels: Substar
by Eyal Hareuveni
David's Angels is the debut release of a Swedish outfit featuring young singer/songwriter Sofie Norling and composer/pianist Maggi Olin. It is a beautiful eight song-cycle focused on troubled relationship--belonging, sorrow and letting go--that travels into a deeply emotional and sonic journey. Norling has a clear, warm, angel-like voice that can soar into the upper registers, and always suggests close intimacy. Olin, together with Danish drummer Michala Østergaard-Nielsen, electric bassist David Carlsson and guest trumpeter Ingrid Jensen (Olin's ...
Continue Reading...Take Five With Winnie Dahlgren
by AAJ Staff
Meet Winnie Dahlgren: A native of Denmark Winnie Dahlgren started playing percussion at age fifteen, and received both her B.M. in music education and her M.M. in Performance from the Vestjysk Academy of Music in Esbjerg, Denmark. In the middle of her classical studies at the conservatory she took two years off to study jazz at Berklee College of Music in Boston. In 1996 she returned to Berklee College of Music from which she received a bachelor's degree in jazz ...
Continue Reading...The Laya Project: New Day--Laya Project Remixed
by Chris M. Slawecki
For two years, producers Sonya Mazumdar and Patrick Sebag journeyed throughout the coastal communities of India, Indonesia, the Maldives, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand, collecting field recordings of these nations' most respected folk, religious and national music. They compiled these recordings and released them in 2007 as The Laya Project (Earthsync) to honor how the region's cultural spirit steadfastly endured the wake and physical aftermath of the 2004 Pacific tsunami.Suspecting that this could be just the beginning of ...
Continue Reading...Grateful Dead: Grateful Dead: Road Trips Vol. 4 No. 1
by Doug Collette
Recorded in May, 1969 at a Seminole Reservation in Florida, Road Trips Vol. 4 No. 1 hearkens back to the first golden age of the Grateful Dead. The previous twelve months found the group solidify its personnel lineup with the addition of drummer Mickey Hart, nurture a prolific songwriting relationship with lyricist Robert Hunter and hone a collective and individual improvisational sense, the chemistry of which allowed for what was to be the comparatively short-lived, but nonetheless significant inclusion of ...
Continue Reading...DeBrunner / Silverman / Carter / Zlabinger: Macroscopia
by Hrayr Attarian
The theme of Macroscopia is the universality of music, expressed as group improvisation by four superlative musicians. The quartet includes classically trained bassoonist Claire DeBrunner, an alumna of the Lennie Tristano school of free jazz via her mentors Lee Konitz and Connie Crothers}}; guitarist/percussionist Ken Silverman, who is heavily influenced by world music; reedman and trumpeter Daniel Carter, a veteran of the avant-garde bands of Cecil Taylor and David S Ware; and ethnomusicologist/bassist Tom Zlabinger. The disc ...
Continue Reading...Jordan Young Group: Jordan Young Group
by Chris Mosey
At best, the Jordan Young Group cooks like one of those hard bop organ-led outfits of the 1960s. At worst it PiNGs. The “PiNGs" are short clips from a long improvisation, credited on the sleeve as a composition by its initiator, organist Brian Charette, who calls it “a song with no consequences." Young says, “I felt a strong sense that there were different sections to it, and had the idea to break it up into four interlude-like sections."
Continue Reading...Jordan Young: Jordan Young Group
by Karl Ackermann
The Brooklyn-based Jordan Young Group has an unusual lineup featuring drummer Young, guitarist Yotam Silberstein, saxophonist Joe Sucato and organist Brian Charette. Self-described as an organ group, Jimmy Smith and Jack McDuff are cited among its influences. Organ has been part of jazz since the Fats Waller days, but has never had an ongoing prominent role in the genre. In large part, the sustained harmonics of the organ limit its scope in music that is fundamentally rooted in the flexibility ...
Continue Reading...An Evening With Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson
by Mike Perciaccante
Ian AndersonNYCB Theater at WestburyWestbury, New YorkNovember 24, 2010Some might call the music of Jethro Tull and Ian Anderson a fascinating mix consisting of tales of ancient folklore sung over electric, acoustic, medieval-influenced, classical, Celtic, Indian, progressive rock and orchestral avant-garde jazz.On this warm, Wednesday evening, the day prior to Thanksgiving 2010, Ian Anderson and his top-notch band consisting of bassist David Goodier, keyboardist/accordionist John O'Hara, drummer Scott Hammond, and German-born lead guitarist ...
Continue Reading...Ratko Zjaca / Simone Zanchini: The Way We Talk
by Dan Bilawsky
Guitarist Ratko Zjaca's previous albums have been cross-cultural affairs, with top-flight American jazz musicians joining the Croatian guitarist on his musical journeys. While these players have vastly different backgrounds, Zjaca's music has acted as a binding agent, allowing these disparate musical personalities to coalesce into a solid working unit that moves together in service of the music. The Way We Talk continues this global trend with an American drummer, Italian accordion player and Macedonian bassist joining the guitarist, but the ...
Continue Reading...Take Five With David White
by AAJ Staff
Meet David White:Trombonist/composer/arranger David White is a highly versatile musician who is building a strong reputation in the New York jazz scene. Since arriving in New York in 1999, he has performed frequently throughout the area and has shared the stage with such luminaries as Jon Faddis, Slide Hampton, James Weidman, Frank Lowe, Todd Coolman, Junior Mance and Valery Ponomarev.Instrument(s):Trombone, composition.Teachers and/or influences? I'm an instrumentalist, but I've been influenced more by ...
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