Jazz Articles about Charlotte Greve

About Charlotte Greve

Album Review

Webber / Morris Big Band: Both Are True

Read "Both Are True" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
April 23, 2020

On Both Are True Canadian composers and reed players Anna Webber and Angela Morris reimagine the language of the big band. They extend the tradition through adventurous arrangements spiced with the unpredictability of improv, by co-opting the nimbleness of a much smaller group, and reveling in non-standard techniques. Webber has already garnered plaudits for the work of her Simple Trio with Matt Mitchell and John Hollenbeck, while Morris' ventures such as the Motel Trio boast a lower profile so far. ...

Album Review

Reinhold Schmolzer & Orchestraconteur: Miraculous Loss of Signal

Read "Miraculous Loss of Signal" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza
December 15, 2012

Reinhold Schmölzer is a vivid impressionist, a trait he makes evident as a composer, arranger and drummer on his debut, Miraculous Loss of Signal. He is as eloquent in his writing as he is in his arrangements, letting his Orchestraconteur express itself in all its majesty while opening the door for soloists, who go out on trails that are free, yet stay within the compass of the tunes which can weave in and out of idiomatic patterns. The result is ...

Album Review

Lisbeth Quartet: Grow

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 11, 2010

Leader di questo Lisbeth Quartet è la ventunenne Charlotte Greve, allieva di Dick Oatts e Loren Stillman. La musica proposta ricalca tutto l'entusiasmo ed il vigore della giovane formazione, ma difetta di originalità. È un gruppo già molto coeso e promettente, che data la giovane età dei componenti non possiede lo spessore dei grandi musicisti per una proposta originale. A parziale discolpa del quartetto, l'essersi cimentati con una formula che difficilmente sfugge ad inevitabili confronti di stile e prassi strumentale. ...