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Instrument: Saxophone
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by Maurice Hogue
This episode is dotted throughout with new releases by international artists: saxophonists Daniel Erdmann and Robin Fincker with cellist Vincent Courtois (France), saxophonist Grgur Savic (Croatia), bassist Federico Solomeiwicz (Argentina), Twirls and Simon Rummel Ensemble (Germany), Chilean saxophonist Diego Manuschevich (Chile), Knee Jerk (Canada), and flautist Joe Melnicove (USA/Israel). Plus, a version of Mississippi Goddamn" by the brilliant Nina Simone from an upcoming release of never-heard-before music from her performance at the 1966 Newport Jazz Festival. Playlist Jim ...
read moreDecember jazz in Helsinki
by Anthony Shaw
Daniel Erdmann's Velvet Revolution and others Hietsun Paviljonki and various venues On-line concerts Helsinki, Finland December 1-2, 2020 Two evenings of live youthful jazz events opened December's musical fare at a time of sparse availability of live concerts around the globe: Daniel Erdmann's Velvet Revolution, and the We-Jazz sponsored Nordic Jazz Comets. Both nights featured masterly musicianship and challenging compositions. The reality of the first evening's streamed concert was what you ...
read moreDaniel Erdmann's Velvet Revolution Featuring Théo Ceccaldi & Jim Hart: Won't Put No Flag Out
by Ian Patterson
Chance meetings, in a French café with Théo Ceccaldi, and on the London-to-Paris Eurostar with Jim Hart, prompted Daniel Erdmann to found one of contemporary jazz's more unusual trios. The convergence of violin/viola, vibraphone and tenor saxophone is, perhaps, unique in the jazz firmament but, as the trio's fine debut A Short Moment of Zero G (BMC Records, 2016) demonstrated, the marriage of brass, metal, wood and string is an enticing one. With Won't Put No Flag Out, the trio ...
read moreDaniel Erdmann & Samuel Rohrer Quartet: How to Catch a Cloud
by AAJ Italy Staff
How to Catch a Cloud è disco discreto, a suo modo raffinato, con più di un riferimento alla musica eurocolta ma fortemente attuale. E con pillole di follia disseminate qua e là che ne aumentano il fascino ed il piacere della scoperta. Prendete il violoncello di Vincent Courtois dall'accentuato respiro accademico ma capace di incursioni sorprendenti, con dissonanze, glissandi e distorsioni lasciate come sassolini lungo il tragitto esecutivo. O la chitarra di Frank Moebus, spesso nel ruolo di sofisticato colorista ...
read moreDok Wallach: Live in Lisbon
by AAJ Italy Staff
La musica di Mingus (come quella di Ellington, Parker, Miles, Ornette...) è diventata ormai un classico della cultura e della storia afroamericana. E' quindi naturale che, alla maniera in cui Beethoven o Bach o Chopin sono un banco di prova imprescindibile per un concertista che si rispetti, così le opere dei musicisti citati rappresentano un'attrazione (a volte fatale) per il mondo dell'improvvisazione. Dok Wallach è un quartetto di musicisti tedeschi dai differenti background e ciascuno titolare di propri progetti, che ...
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