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Angelika Niescier: Soul In Plain Sight

Read "Soul In Plain Sight" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
January 19, 2022

Saxophonist Angelika Niescier (Poland) and pianist Alexander Hawkins (UK) share mutual admiration amid a meeting at the Berlin Jazz Fest. As we fast forward to this duet outing by these increasingly prominent Euro improvisers who recast their respective goods here, think of Language A communicating with Language B, simply using the emotive aspects and non-verbal interactions with their instruments. Here, the output solidifies into a spiritual union of rapid interpretations, cunning contrasts, and orbital characteristics where spoken word really wouldn't ...

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Angelika Niescier / Alexander Hawkins: Soul In Plain Sight

Read "Soul In Plain Sight" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
August 24, 2021

Some pairings were just meant to be. Exhibit one, Soul In Plain Sight by the duo of Angelika Niescier and Alexander Hawkins. Niescier, the Polish-born Germany-based saxophonist, met the British pianist Hawkins at the Berlin Jazzfest. Their mutual admiration led to a brief tour and this recording. The music succeeds here because of the musicians' balanced approach and compatible natures. Opening with the cleanse and purge of the improvised “Brawls And Squabbles," the pair spar with push/pull jabs. Hawkins hammers ...

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Angelika Niescier - Christopher Tordini - Gerald Cleaver (feat. Jonathan Finlayson): New York Trio

Read "New York Trio" reviewed by Troy Dostert

by Troy Dostert
July 18, 2019

After alto saxophonist Angelika Niescier's masterful live disc from 2018, Berlin Concert (Intakt), she decided to head into the studio to document her continually evolving compositions. It's a somewhat altered line-up from the earlier album. Niescier's go-to bassist, Christopher Tordini remains. However, instead of Tyshawn Sorey we have Gerald Cleaver occupying the drum kit; and we are also treated on a few of the cuts to trumpeter Jonathan Finlayson, who adds another dimension to Niescier's pieces. With more of an ...

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Angelika Niescier - Christopher Tordini - Tyshawn Sorey: The Berlin Concert

Read "The Berlin Concert" reviewed by Troy Dostert

by Troy Dostert
June 18, 2018

For almost twenty years, German saxophonist Angelika Niescier has been creating forward-thinking jazz that expertly straddles the line between intricate structure and freewheeling energy. Nowhere was this aesthetic vision realized more acutely than on NYC Five (Intakt Records, 2016), her quintet album co-led with pianist Florian Weber. A delightful and infectious release, it signaled Niescier's rise to prominence among the front ranks of contemporary jazz musicians, a status further solidified the following year when she won the Albert Mangelsdorff Prize, ...

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Angelika Niescier, Florian Weber: NYC Five

Read "NYC Five" reviewed by Stefano Merighi

by Stefano Merighi
September 21, 2016

Una bella pattuglia di ragazze sassofoniste sono maturate in questi ultimi anni. E accanto alle varie Matana Roberts, Ingrid Laubrock, Mette Rasmussen, Virginia Genta, si accomoda ora Angelika Niescier, musicista davvero straordinaria, impegnata sia artisticamente che socialmente. Polacca di nascita, tedesca di adozione (dirige il Winterjazz a Colonia), giramondo di vocazione (ha lavorato nella striscia di Gaza, Egitto, Haiti). Il suo attivismo l'ha portata a frequentare New York e la scuola contemporanea che ben conosciamo e ad incidere il premiato ...

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Angelika Niescier: Quite Simply

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 23, 2011

Thomas Morgan e Tyshawn Sorey sono due giganti dei rispettivi strumenti. Presenti in numerose incisioni e formazioni che testimoniano i fermenti più creativi della scena statunitense hanno raggiunto una statura artistica tale da lasciare il marchio ad ogni loro partecipazione. E da valorizzare al massimo le qualità dei partner. Come avviene in questo Quiet Simply con la giovane sassofonista Angelika Niescier, nata in Polonia, cresciuta in Germania, studi accademici, esperienze con artisti quali Jim Black e Steve Swallow e visibilità ...