Jazz Articles about David El-Malek

About David El-Malek

Album Review

Pierre de Bethmann Quartet: Agapé

by Artur Moral
January 19, 2025

Pierre de Bethmann's selection as best “Artiste instrumental(e)" at the 2024 Victoire du Jazz Awards (the Grammy Awards' French equivalent) stands as a major victory for the restless and sophisticated pianist and composer from Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris. A recognition that, beyond rewarding a professional career that has now completed its third decade, is also a deeply personal triumph: it has not been an easy year for De Bethmann, and not precisely because of musical matters. Furthermore, another factor that has ...

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Enrico Pieranunzi, André Ceccarelli, Diego Imbert: Monsieur Claude. A Travel with Claude Debussy

Read "Monsieur Claude. A Travel with Claude Debussy" reviewed by Luca Casarotti

by Luca Casarotti
July 20, 2018

È nota la consuetudine di Enrico Pieranunzi con le monografie, segno d'una concezione virtuosa del disco, come esito di una progettualità coerente, e non come mera necessità editoriale: basti pensare ai lavori dedicati a Duke Ellington (Duke's Dream, 2017), a Domenico Scarlatti (Plays Domenico Scarlatti, 2007), a Ennio Morricone (Play Morricone, 2 voll., 2001-2002), a Bill Evans (Evans Remembered, 2000) e a Wayne Shorter (Plays the Music of Wayne Shorter, 2000). Nel centenario della morte di Claude Debussy ...

Album Review

David El-Malek: Music from Source Vol. II

Read "Music from Source Vol. II" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello

by Nicholas F. Mondello
January 29, 2013

With distant musical worlds drawing closer via technological invention/access and displayed through exploration by innovative composers, it's no surprise that this effort from French-Israeli saxophonist David El-Malek offers highly intriguing music. The music and Israeli-Arab talents under El-Malek's leadership yield a fascinating brew of Middle Eastern-flavored selections mixed with a smattering of Western jazz improvisationIn contrast to El-Malek preceding Music from Source (Harmonia Mundi, 2008), where he fronted a smaller, brass-laden group, Music from Source Vol. II incorporates ...