Jazz Articles about Artemisz Polonyi

About Artemisz Polonyi

Album Review

Gabriel Zucker: Leftover Beats from the Edges of Time

Read "Leftover Beats from the Edges of Time" reviewed by Vic Albani

by Vic Albani
January 31, 2022

Gabriel Zucker è un pianista, compositore e polistrumentista di New York il cui lavoro combina composizioni massimaliste con l'improvvisazione progressiva della scena musicale creativa contemporanea di New York. La sua musica ha ricevuto due importanti premi per la composizione e viene sempre più spesso citata con il massimo delle stelle su DownBeat. Il progetto principale di Zucker, l'orchestra indie jazz “The Delegation," è nato al Banff Jazz and Creative Music Workshop. Il suo ultimo lavoro, Leftover Beats from ...

Album Review

Nikolett Pankovits: River

Read "River" reviewed by Friedrich Kunzmann

by Friedrich Kunzmann
February 1, 2021

A dominating proportion of Hungarian lyrics paired with various Hungarian folkloric elements spread across fourteen compositions lend influential character but aren't all-defining on vocalist Nikolett Pankovits' ambitious sophomore outing, River. On the album, the Hungarian singer, based out of New York, is joined by an octet choir of handpicked Hungarian vocalists, who add complex harmonic movements and much body to traditional Hungarian songs that are treated to improvisational arrangements and Latin grooves. The result is a fusion of ...