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Fosterchild, Jim Black, Mathieu Donarier & Armaroli/Piccolo/Sharp
by Maurice Hogue
Drummer Fabian Arends' quintet Fosterchild highlights this edition of One Man's Jazz with a killer of an album--Order At Agan Live. This German/Danish band of Arends, Kasper Tranberg on trumpet, Sebastian Gille on saxophone/clarinet, Jacob Anderskov on piano, and David Helm on bass exude power, energy and an original language throughout the music, recorded at the end of a long tour. One could apply similar adjectives to Better You Don't, the latest from Germany-based drummer Jim Black & The Schrimps. ...
Continue ReadingFlorian Ross: Architexture
by Jerome Wilson
Writing about music has been compared to dancing about architecture, in that it is a supposedly useless task. Writing music about architecture is a worthwhile proposition, though, as shown by this release from German pianist Florian Ross, composing music for his quartet and the Event Wind Ensemble which is inspired by famous architects and buildings he has encountered in his travels. This music plays like an updating of the Third Stream genre, combining classical formality and jazz fluidity. ...
Continue ReadingFlorian Ross: Reason & Temptation
by Jack Bowers
Midsummer 2019 was quite a busy time for Florian Ross. Apparently, the German-born pianist recorded the quartet date Reason & Temptation from June 29-July 2, then returned the following day to the same studio in Koln and added a wind ensemble to record Architexture for another label (Naxos). Reason & Temptation was self-produced on Ross's own label, Toy Piano Records. In each case the core group consists of the pianist's working quartet—saxophonist Sebastian Gille, bassist David Helm, ...
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