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Emma Rawicz At Roscommon Arts Centre
by Ian Patterson
Emma Rawicz Roscommon Arts Centre Roscommon, Ireland June 6, 2025 If the best method to hone one's all-round skills as a leader, soloist and composer is in the live arena, then Emma Rawicz is going about things in the right way. Since releasing her debut album Incantation (Self Produced, 2022) at the age of 19, there has not been a single month when the Devonshire saxophonist has not been on the road. The highways and ...
Continue ReadingEmma Rawicz Quartet At Alter Schlachthof
by Matty Bannond
Emma Rawicz Quartet Alter Schlachthof Eupen, Belgium May 14, 2025 Foaming streams of clotted blood surged over the concrete floor of the Alter Schlachthof Eupen for almost a hundred years. Now, amber beer gushes into wide-bottomed goblets and catches the last sparkles of daylight as the sun sinks below large windows that line one external wall. Four young Europeans are getting into full flow on the purple-lit stage at this spotless modern venue.
Continue ReadingKenny Wheeler Legacy: Some Days Are Better: The Lost Scores
by Francesco Varriale
A distanza di pochi mesi dal decennale della scomparsa di Kenny Wheeler (avvenuta il 18 settembre 2014) e in prossimità di quello che sarebbe stato il suo novantacinquesimo compleanno, la Greenleaf Music pubblica un omaggio al musicista canadese, le cui composizioni vengono proposte secondo arrangiamenti dell'autore che mai erano stati eseguiti in questa forma. Si tratta di un ambito--quello della musica per ensemble allargati--che Wheeler ha più volte curato nella sua vasta produzione artistica, a cominciare da Windmill ...
Continue ReadingKasper Rietkerk: The Island
by Neil Duggan
For many musicians, releasing their first album as a leader represents the high point of their career to that point. Even though it is daunting, alto saxophonist Kasper Rietkerk takes it all in his stride, making it seem straightforward. He brings his sextet, KRSIX, top-quality guest musicians and a string quartet to the studio to record eight of his compositions for The Island. Previously, he had played lead alto in the National Youth Jazz Orchestra of the Netherlands, released two ...
Continue ReadingEmma Rawicz: Chroma
by Tom Spargo
There are only so many times that one can use phrases such as “emerging talent" or “upcoming star" before one must concede that the artist in question has in fact made it into the major league of jazz. With the August 2023 release of her second full-length album Chroma on the label ACT, this is precisely the point that tenor saxophonist Emma Rawicz has reached in her career. Building upon her successes from 2022, which involved featuring as a finalist ...
Continue ReadingEmma Rawicz: Incantation
by Chris May
Incantation is the debut album from British tenor saxophonist Emma Rawicz, whose playing has a degree of poise that is not often found in a teenager (she is nineteen years old) on their inaugural outing. It is not unprecedented, however, as we are reminded by the case of drummer Tony Williams, seventeen years old and brimming with confidence when he joined Miles Davis' band. Anyway, Rawicz, like Williams, shows every sign of knowing where she wants to ...
Continue ReadingEmma Rawicz, Gerald Clayton, Iiro Rantala, Stefanie Kunckler & Other New Releases
by Ludovico Granvassu
Welcome to the second half of our weekly perusal of new and upcoming albums. In this segment, a special focus on pianists and emerging European artists. Happy listening! PlaylistBen Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Emma Rawicz “Voodoo" Voodoo--Single (Bridge the Gap) 0:16 Host talks 5:46 Mário Laginha “Short Shore" Jangada (Edition) 6:42 Host talks 15:40 Iiro Rantala “Freedom" Potsdam (ACT) 16:40 Jean-Marc Foltz; Stephan Oliva “Black and Tan Fantasy" Indigo--The ...
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