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Jordi Cassagne Barbastelle: Vastige Étesién

Read "Vastige Étesién" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro


Disco di indiscutibile eleganza e partecipazione corale lontana da personalismi di sorta, questo del quintetto Barbastelle, guidato dal bassista del sud-ovest francese Jordi Cassagne, dal 2014 di stanza a Bruxelles. Vi trovano posto otto sue composizioni originali, tutte palesemente collegate fra loro nel segno di un tono estremamente rigoroso, coerente, quasi a comporre una specie di suite, appunto, in otto movimenti. Nella scheda dell'album (incisione del febbraio 2024) si parla correttamente di impressionismo e camerismo, elementi entrambi ben ...

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Steve Swell: Dances With Questions

Read "Dances With Questions" reviewed by John Sharpe


American trombonist Steve Swell plays to the strengths of his talented cast of improvisers on the sprawling multifaceted Dances With Questions, a three-CD box set which documents his three day residency at the 2019 Krakow Jazz Autumn. The center piece is the 70-minute title cut for a dozen musicians, but the album also includes two discs of small group encounters captured in the city's legendary Alchemia club during the previous evenings. Swell, a veteran of the New York ...


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