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Chantal Acda: Silently Held
by Neil Duggan
Somewhere near the point where jazz, Americana and alt-folk meet, Belgian singer-songwriter Chantal Acda can be found. She has carved out a distinctive sound using a restricted and intimate sonic landscape crafted to enhance her vocal delivery. Her voice is soft and breathy with a fragile edge, and she delivers her lyrics with an intense focus. She has recorded solo and with differing groups of musicians on her previous albums. For Silently Held, she is joined by some outstanding players ...
Continue ReadingPaul Jarret: Ghost Songs
by Emmanuel Di Tommaso
Non deve averci pensato più di tanto Paul Jarret quando, avendo vinto nel 2019 il Talent ADAMI Jazz, ha avuto l'opportunità di invitare un grande musicista di fama mondiale a collaborare nell'ambito del suo progetto Ghost Songs: la scelta è ricaduta su Jim Black, il batterista punto di riferimento del jazz d'avanguardia di New York che, con i suoi AlasNoAxis, ha decisamente influenzato Jarret nel dare forma a quel melodismo sperimentale diventato, nel corso degli ultimi anni, il marchio di ...
Continue ReadingMichel Benita: Looking At Sounds
by Friedrich Kunzmann
Michel Benita's leader-debut with his Ethics band for ECM, 2016's River Silver, came as a welcome addition to his oeuvre and the label's catalogue, following the French bassist's earlier characteristic contributions in saxophonist Andy Sheppard's Trio Libero on Trio Libero (ECM, 2012) and Surrounded By Sea (ECM, 2015). As on the first Ethics album, 2010's self-titled effort released on OutNote, on River Silver Benita unified an international pool of musicians, with Norwegian guitar-scape designer Eivind Aarset washing atmospheric clouds over ...
Continue ReadingAntoine Pierre: Suspended (Live at Flagey)
by Mario Calvitti
Although the Belgian music scene is rich and varied, it is much neglected outside its national borders, as evidenced by the case of Aka Moon, an extraordinary trio that has celebrated 25 years of activity, but is still practically ignored by the foreign media. Let's hope the same does not happen with this new young talent, the drummer Antoine Pierre, and his group Urbex, already among the main protagonists of the 2020 edition of the Brussels Jazz Festival.
Continue ReadingAntoine Pierre URBEX ELECTRIC: Suspended (Live at Flagey)
by Mario Calvitti
Nonostante la scena musicale belga sia sempre eccezionalmente ricca e variegata, è ancora troppo colpevolmente trascurata al di fuori dei suoi confini nazionali, come dimostra il caso degli Aka Moon, uno straordinario trio che ha recentemente festeggiato i 25 anni di attività, ma è tuttora praticamente ignorato dai media stranieri. Speriamo non succeda lo stesso con questo nuovo giovane talento, il batterista Antoine Pierre, e il suo gruppo URBEX, già tra i principali protagonisti dell'ultima edizione del Festival Jazz di ...
Continue ReadingJozef Dumoulin & Lidbloj: Live in Neerpelt
by Glenn Astarita
Belgian keyboardist Jozef Dumoulin incorporates some oddball and magical innuendoes with his Fender Rhodes and electronics implementations, and is an inventive improviser who comingles a flock of emotive voicings into his work. On this outing he leads an international outfit, featuring Clean Feed Records artist Lynn Cassiers who harmonizes with the instrumentalists via her angelic vocals, while also incorporating electronics into the grand schema, following suit with her band-mates. The musicians project lucid imagery throughout this live offering ...
Continue ReadingJozef Dumoulin: A Beginner's Guide To Diving And Flying
by Giuseppe Segala
Il pianista belga quarantatreenne Jozef Dumoulin, che abbiamo imparato ad apprezzare al fianco di Ellery Eskelin, Dan Weiss, Nate Wooley e in duo pianistico con Benoît Delbecq, presenta con questo organico Orca Noise Unit la propria formazione con musicisti francesi, dove spicca la presenza del contrabbassista Bruno Chevillon. I brani di The Beginner's Guide to Diving and Flying sono firmati collettivamente dal quintetto coinvolto, dunque basati in larga parte sull'improvvisazione, o meglio su una composizione in tempo reale, al contrario ...
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