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Billy Mohler: The Eternal
by Vincenzo Roggero
Tre splendidi album (Focus! del 2019, Anatomy del 2022, e Ultraviolet del 2024) registrati con lo stesso quartetto--e che quartetto (il leader al contrabbasso, Nate Wood alla batteria, Chris Speed ai sassofoni, Shane Endsley alla tromba)--avevano portato alla ribalta il nome di Billy Mohler ben oltre i confini del mondo del pop/rock dove, con il gruppo The Calling, aveva scalato le classifiche con la hit “Wherever You Will Go." Ma proseguire su sentieri già battuti, seppur con gli splendidi risultati ...
Continue ReadingJulien Knowles: As Many, As One
by Angelo Leonardi
È un debutto da leader significativo questo di Julien Knowles, trombettista residente a Los Angeles, dove s'è laureato all'Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz (assieme a tre partner di questo disco). Hancock è stato suo mentore e l'ha scritturato--ancora studente--nei suoi tour, poi ha collaborato con Louis Cole, Gerald Clayton, Alan Ferber, Joe LaBarbera e inciso nel gruppo del sassofonista Peter Epstein in Two Legs Bad. Knowles non è solo un eccellente solista (un lirismo carico di pathos) ma ...
Continue ReadingDevin Daniels, Francesco Bearzatti, Federico Casagrande, Das Kapital & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
A playlist characterized by remarkable guitar-centric duos, leading into the existential dephts of Das Kapital and a live tour-de-force by Devin DanielsHappy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Lionel Loueke, Dave Holland “Celebration" United (Edition) 0:16 Host talks 5:47 Enzo Pietropaoli, Adriano Viterbini “Gondwana" Gorgo (Parco Della Musica) 7:45 Reinier Baas, Ben van Gelder “Brother's Keeper (for Gideon)" This Is Water (DoYouMind?) 11:25 Host talks 17:36 Francesco Bearzatti, Federico ...
Continue ReadingDevin Daniels Quintet: LesGo!
by Joshua Weiner
Devin Daniels is an up-and-coming Los Angeles-based alto saxophonist whose debut album, Trio Exposition, dropped in 2022 on The Village label. Having toured with Herbie Hancock and played at an all-star tribute to Wayne Shorter at the Hollywood Bowl in the summer of 2023, it would seem that his star is rapidly rising. This new album, recorded live with his quintet at the Sam First jazz club near LAX and released on its new audiophile label, explains why: Daniels is ...
Continue ReadingAdam Hersh: Tornado Watch
by Nicholas F. Mondello
Tornado Watch is a uniquely attractive album from pianist Adam Hersh and his terrific sidemen. It offers ten tracks of intelligent, intensely-performed music. All the songs here are Hersh originals (save one) and each was recorded live in Los Angeles at the “Sam First" jazz club. “Woe V Shade," obviously a politically directed word play, is a multi-tempoed track with an eight-note theme over a frantic foundation. Hersh takes off on an extended and energetic Rhodes solo, ...
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