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Album Review

John Hollenbeck, Alban Darche, Samuel Blaser, Sebastien Boisseau: Mix of Sun and Clouds

Read "Mix of Sun and Clouds" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


La ricca e frammentata scansione ritmica di John Hollenbeck, spesso animata da un'impronta danzante, è un policromo tappeto che interagisce con le parti scritte o gli appassionati interventi di Alban Darche e Samuel Blaser. L'interplay col contrabbassista Sebastien Boisseau finisce di caratterizzare una musica in costante mutazione, che passa da atmosfere d'astratto camerismo a sequenze di magnetica suggestione, capace di rileggere il blues con gli occhi di Julius Hemphill ("Missing Marc Suetterlyn" ) o distendersi liricamente trasfigurando le forme della ...

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Year in Review

Troy Dostert's Best Releases of 2016

Read "Troy Dostert's Best Releases of 2016" reviewed by Troy Dostert


It has been an exciting year for artists perched on the precipice between jazz and other idioms. Each of these releases manages in its own way both to challenge and to inspire the listener, and the stylistic variety on display is an encouraging sign that creative music is truly in good hands! The Claudia Quintet Super Petite (Cuneiform) Another superb collection of songs from John Hollenbeck, brilliantly played by his veteran associates ...

Album Review

The Claudia Quintet: Super Petite

Read "Super Petite" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Preceduto dal tour che ha toccato anche l'Italia in marzo, ecco l'ottavo disco del Claudia Quintet registrato nell'agosto 2015 con la formazione modificata qualche anno fa, con Red Wierenga al posto di Ted Reichman. Con due decenni di attività continuativa, il quintetto di John Hollenbeck è uno degli organici più stabili del jazz contemporaneo e rimane uno dei più creativi. È noto che il batterista leader è anche un eminente compositore e il Claudia Quintet resta un veicolo ideale per ...

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Album Review

The Claudia Quintet: Super Petite

Read "Super Petite" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


For this widely acclaimed band's 8th album, drummer John Hollenbeck decided to compose concise pieces that get the job done in less time stating: “When the tunes are longer, there tend to be moments when not a whole lot is happening. If you have a really short tune, the whole thing has to be compelling." Hence, the drummer succeeds when abiding by that principle without sacrificing the quintet's famously tight rhythmic excursions, abetted by sinuous movements and buoyant dialogues. Hollenbeck's ...

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Album Review

The Claudia Quintet: Super Petite

Read "Super Petite" reviewed by Geno Thackara


If there's one thing you can pin down about the Claudia Quintet, it's their inability to be pinned down. Starting off this release with “Nightbreak" is like dropping into a soundtrack to some sleepy '50s-style arty cartoon, with an acoustic retro tone that comes from the combination of vibraphone and clarinet. The piece isn't catchy and barely even feels melodic, but simply meanders like a lazy insect wafting back and forth across the garden on a slow summer afternoon. At ...

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Album Review

The Claudia Quintet: Super Petite

Read "Super Petite" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Except for a brief dalliance with the ingénue Lucy, drummer and bandleader John Hollenbeck has been faithful to his Claudia for nearly twenty years. Super Petite is the 8th release and 7th on Cuneiform Records. Actually, the band leader has had others. Besides his Lucy Quartet, there is his John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble, Refuge Trio, duos with Jorrit Dijkstra and Theo Bleckmann, and the apropos (is there a pattern developing here?) Blind Date Quartet. His quintet is always ...

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Live Review

Il Claudia Quintet al Sudwerk Club di Bolzano

Read "Il Claudia Quintet al Sudwerk Club di Bolzano" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala


The Claudia Quintet Club Series Sudwerk Club Bolzano 18.03.2015 Il Sudwerk Club di Bolzano funziona come supporto alla programmazione dell'Alto Adige Jazz Festival, in una sorta di tessuto connettivo che distribuisce i concerti lungo tutto l'arco dell'anno (dall'autunno alla primavera), per arrivare senza una dolorosa pausa invernale al cartellone del festival, programmato quest'anno dal 26 giugno al 5 luglio. Dunque spesso agli appuntamenti del piccolo club, che ha l'atmosfera di una cave parigina, ...


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