Jazz Articles about Karl Jannuska

About Karl Jannuska

Album Review

Franck Amsallem: Amsallem Sings

Read "Amsallem Sings" reviewed by Luca Muchetti

by Luca Muchetti
January 2, 2015

Da leggere in perfetta continuità con il più recente Volume II, pubblicato nel 2014, Amsallem Sings è l'album di debutto come cantante del pianista Franck Amsallem. Musicista francese di lungo corso e dalle origini algerine, sceglie di utilizzare per la prima volta la voce nel modo probabilmente più ambizioso, intimo e fascinoso: accompagnandosi col solo pianoforte (diversamente dal secondo album, dove sceglierà di registrare in trio). Amsallem Sings è una magnifica prova di stile. Dal punto di ...

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Extended Analysis

Karl Jannuska: Streaming

by Pascal-Denis Lussier
October 30, 2010

Karl Jannuska Streaming Paris Jazz Underground Records 2010 Studies demonstrate that everyone pays more attention to a female voice--the more alluring, the better the attention--and this, regardless of gender. Singer Sienna Dahlen has an extremely alluring voice, one that could sell rainwater in a snowstorm. This may be partially responsible for Streaming's extreme attractiveness and its ability to garner attention even from those who tend to shy away from vocals. However, ...

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Album Review

Karl Jannuska: Liberating Vines

Read "Liberating Vines" reviewed by Paul Olson

by Paul Olson
December 19, 2004

Liberating Vines is both the name of expatriate Canadian (now Paris-based) drummer Karl Jannuska's new CD and of his Montréal group with altoist Brodie West, tenorist Kelly Jefferson, bassist Fraser Hollins, and pianist John Sadowy. The album's compositions and arrangements are all by Jannuska, and the detailed, rigorous post bop performed here makes Liberating Vines the absolute opposite of a blowing session: while the players solo, the solos are nestled inside intricate harmonized heads and ensembles that leave nothing to ...