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Colin Vallon Trio: New York, NY, May 20, 2011
by Warren Allen
Colin Vallon TrioRubin Museum of ArtNew York, NYMay 20, 2011 New York City's Rubin Museum houses a large collection of fine art from the Himalayans, much of it with religious symbolism. In partnership with the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, the museum has also become a home for a series of new jazz performances on Fridays by innovative artists both young and old. As part of this series, Swiss pianist Colin Vallon brought his ...
Continue ReadingColin Vallon Trio: Rruga
by John Kelman
Colin Vallon Trio Rruga ECM Records 2011 As much as many artists have a clear idea of where they are and where they're going, there's no denying the value of a strong producer. Colin Vallon's first two trio discs--2004's Les Ombres, on the small Swiss NotsiNOISY label, and 2007's Ailleurs, on the more widely distributed Hatology label--both demonstrated plenty of promise, albeit in contexts where it seemed as though the young Swiss pianist was ...
Continue ReadingColin Vallon Trio: Rruga
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il debutto ECM del trio del pianista svizzero Colin Vallon è pienamente allineato all'estetica predominante dell'etichetta bavarese. Grande attenzione al suono, naturalmente, atmosfere sospese e minimaliste, eccellenza tecnica dei musicisti e l'inconfondibile Eicher's touch, croce e delizia e fonte di irrisolvibili discussioni tra appassionati e addetti ai lavori. Ciò che intriga in questo lavoro è il tentativo di far convivere in un estetica credibile e convincente due grandi direttive che emergono dal titolo del disco ("Rruga" è un termine albanese ...
Continue ReadingTake Five with Colin Vallon
by AAJ Staff
Meet Colin Vallon:After studying classical music for two years, Colin Vallon (born November 17 1980 in Lausanne) took classes with jazz pianist Marc Ueter at the age of fourteen. He enrolled at the Swiss Jazz School when he was 18, and studied with Silvano Bazan, William Evans Manuel Bærtsch and Bert Joris. In 1999, he founds the Colin Vallon Trio, which has played regularly ever since, in Switzerland and abroad ; in 2004 it released his debut-album Les ...
Continue ReadingNicolas Masson Parallels: Thirty Six Ghosts
by AAJ Italy Staff
Primo album con l'etichetta Clean Feed Records per Nicolas Masson, sassofonista svizzero di casa a New York, che per l'occasione “ritorna in patria": quartetto tutto elvetico, registrazione negli studi di Zurigo. I trentasei fantasmi cui si fa riferimento nel titolo sono quelli dell'artista giapponese Yoshitoshi Taiso: una serie di stampe da matrici in legno, pubblicate per la prima volta tra il 1889 e il 1892. Una di queste è riportata all'interno del CD, mentre in copertina troviamo disegni di Utagawa ...
Continue ReadingColin Vallon Trio: Ailleurs
by Glenn Astarita
The alternative jazz piano trio vibe hits rather poignantly during the start of the opening piece on Ailleurs, “Le Paradis Perdu. With dense bells, cymbals, prepared piano treatments and an ethereal world music sound, you might guess that the Colin Vallon Trio is up to something rather special. The musicians instill budding movements and regal choruses into a set where twelve interrelated works also surface as noticeably disparate musical statements.
The action amid a quasi-freeform and dirge-like spiritual ...
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