Jazz Articles about Daniele Germani

About Daniele Germani

Album Review

Gaia Wilmer, Ra Kalam Bob Moses: Dancing with Elephants

Read "Dancing with Elephants" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
July 21, 2025

Questa collaborazione tra la sassofonista e compositrice Gaia Wilmer e il batterista/bandleader Bob Moses, è stata progettata dieci anni fa, quando i due si sono incontrati al New England Conservatory, nei ruoli di allieva e docente. Il giudizio che Moses esprime in copertina sulle doti di scrittura di Gaia può apparire eccessivo (la paragona a Charles Mingus, Hermeto Pascoal, Gil Evans, Maria Schneider, Michael Gibbs) ma basta ascoltare il suo ultimo album orchestrale (Folia, Sunnyside 2023) per capire ...

Album Review

Daniele Germani: A Congregation of Folks

Read "A Congregation of Folks" reviewed by Troy Dostert

by Troy Dostert
April 14, 2021

Ambition is not in short supply for up-and-coming alto saxophonist Daniele Germani. Back in 2019, the Berklee College of Music alumnus committed himself to writing a song a day, and ten are featured here on his debut disc, A Congregation of Folks. Nor are they easy-come, easy-go compositions; there is an innate restlessness in Germani's muse, leading to pieces which ebb and flow with a surging intensity. While Germani is no stranger to other musicians' projects, his own record is ...