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Ståhls Trio: Källtorp Sessions Volume Two

Read "Källtorp Sessions Volume Two" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero
June 6, 2022

Ormai ne abbiamo l'ennesima conferma, Moserobie, l'etichetta del sassofonista Jonas Kullhammar, non sbaglia un colpo. Anche quest'ultima fatica del vibrafonista Mattias Stahl è un piccola perla che si aggiunge ad un catalogo ormai consolidato, testimonianza imprescindibile per capire i fermenti della scena jazzistica svedese. Ad accompagnare Stahl, membro stabile degli Angles di Martin Kuchen, un colombiano, il batterista Christopher Cantillo, e un canadese, il contrabbassista Joe Williamson. Non un incontro occasionale, come si potrebbe pensare, ma un trio ...

Album Review

Ståhls Trio: Källtorp Sessions Volume Two

Read "Källtorp Sessions Volume Two" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
March 26, 2022

This is the third release by vibraphonist Mattias Ståhl, bassist Joe Williamson and drummer Christopher Cantillo and also the second release to come from the trio's 2017 studio recordings. Källtorp Sessions Volume Two adds trombonist Mats Äleklint on two tracks with Ståhl on soprano saxophone from what one assumes is an additional 2018 studio session. Like Källtorp Sessions Volume One (Moserobie, 2019), the performances are crisp and nattily sharp. Ståhl's vibraphone, which can be heard in bands such ...

Album Review

Graham Costello's Strata: Second Lives

Read "Second Lives" reviewed by Gareth Thompson

by Gareth Thompson
May 22, 2021

A top German physiologist once compared the brain's nerve fibres to a piano's keys, on which our thoughts play or strike. Scottish drummer and composer Graham Costello might relate to this, given how well he writes for the piano, as he explores themes of mental challenges on this second album with his excellent band Strata. How we face inner hurdles to reach the other side preoccupies Costello here, though he also toys with notions of heritage and identity. ...

Album Review

Animal Society: Rise

by Roger Farbey
April 13, 2019

Strictly speaking, Rise, the debut recording by Animal Society should qualify as an extended play (EP) release. However, given the fact that it weighs-in at just a few seconds short of forty minutes it also qualifies as a de facto album since plenty of the true stars of jazz (Ayler, Coltrane, Rollins, to name but a few) all released LPs of even shorter duration at some time in their respective careers. The Glasgow-based quintet is led by guitarist ...