Jazz Articles about Jakob Dreyer

About Jakob Dreyer

Album Review

Alessandro Fadini: A Dark and Stormy Day

Read "A Dark and Stormy Day" reviewed by Dave Wayne

by Dave Wayne
March 1, 2017

Amongst the firehose-like blast of CDs and downloads aimed at me last summer was A Dark and Stormy Day, the debut album by Italian-born pianist and composer Alessandro Fadini. A new name to me, Fadini was educated to be a mathematician and is apparently self-taught on piano. Don't let that fool you, though. A protégé of Marc Copland, Fadini's chops as a player and composer are formidable. Fierce, even. As a soloist, he has an impulsive nature and his improvisations ...

Album Review

Andreas Bohlen Band: Cruise

Read "Cruise" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 20, 2013

I quattro protagonisti di Cruise, benché suonino insieme da oltre dieci anni, sono all'album di debutto. Serietà, meditata progettualità, estrema confidenza con il materiale compositivo e telepatico interplay dovrebbero essere quindi assicurati. Ed in effetti queste qualità emergono chiaramente all'ascolto di Cruise, come si apprezza il suono confortevole del contralto di Andreas Bohlen, leader del quartetto e autore di sette degli otto brani che compongono il CD. Come altrettanto apprezzabile è la chitarra del fratello Sebastian, vellutata, mai sopra le ...