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Lina Allemano Four, Matthew Shipp Trio & Maneri/Leandre/Taborn
by Maurice Hogue
What's new? Lots of recent releases to dig into--from Toronto trumpeter Lina Allemano, Daniel Carter / William Parker / Leo Genovese / Francisco Mela for the first time, Matthew Shipp's re-release of em>Circular Temple, the trio of Mat Maneri, Joelle Leandre & Craig Taborn, Argentinean duo of bassist Nicolas Ojeda and pianist German Lema, Swedish quartet FLEN and Norwegian drummer Knut Kviste Nesheim, drummer Abbey Rader with Kidd Jordan, and the trio of Ivo Perelman, Aruan Ortiz and Lester St. ...
Continue ReadingLina Allemano Four: Pipe Dream
by Troy Dostert
Recorded in the winter of 2021 during the heart of the COVID pandemic, it is understandable that Pipe Dream, the latest offering from the Lina Allemano Four, has an air of ominous foreboding. Indeed, much of the album is devoted to the “Plague Diaries," a suite inspired by some of the darker themes of that period (with song titles like “Hunger and Murder" and “Doom and Doomer" giving an indication of what is in store). But like all of Allemano's ...
Continue ReadingBrilliant Corners 2023
by Ian Patterson
Brilliant Corners Black Box Belfast, N. Ireland 2-11 March, 2023 One of the highlights of Belfast's music calendar, Brilliant Corners' eleventh annual shindig served up thirteen concerts over nine days. As ever, the main venue was Black Box, where audiences were treated to the best of Irish, British, European and North American jazz and improvised music. Heavy snow threatened to disrupt proceedings, while industrial action in France threw a slight spanner in the ...
Continue ReadingTania Gill Quartet: Disappearing Curiosities
by Troy Dostert
Pianist Tania Gill has been making inspired music in the ever-thriving Toronto jazz scene since the early 2000s, although her output has become especially visible since her debut release Bolger Station (Barnyard Records, 2010). An artist equally attentive to melody and songcraft, Gill refuses to be pigeonholed, contributing to a range of projects which defy easy labeling; she appeared on vocalist Rebecca Hennessey's All the Little Things You Do (self-released, 2020), an album both jazz-inflected and pop-friendly, and on saxophonist ...
Continue ReadingLina Allemano: gli album che sto ascoltando
by Vincenzo Roggero
1. Ways + Toldam, Fortunes (LORNA Records, 2020). Album accattivante, fresco di stampa. I Ways sono un duo formato da Brodie West (sax alto) e Evan Cartwright (batteria) provenienti da Toronto. Mi mancano molto le loro esibizioni dal vivo che ogni volta mi trasportano in mondi lontani. Musica minimalista, riflessiva, elegante, magica, intrigante, semplicemente stupenda. E l'aggiunta del pianista Simon Toldam in questo album è splendida. 2. London Philharmonic Orchestra, Prokofiev: Complete Symphonies (Decca, 2014). ...
Continue ReadingLina Allemano, Benito Gonzalez, Stefano Bollani, Fredrik Nordström & More New Releases
by Ludovico Granvassu
The extrovert pianism of Stefano Bollani and Benito Gonzalez opens this show, which then dives into recent Nordic and Eastern European jazz (Fredrik Nordström, Julia Karosi, JAF Trio), embraces the compelling melodicism of Roberto Spadoni, Chris Pattishall, Stefano Coppari, Wayne Horvitz and Sara Schoenbeck, explores the music of two adventurous Canadians (Lina Allemano and Francois Houle), before landing in Ornette-land courtesy of Miguel Zenon.Happy listening!PlaylistBen Allison Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 ...
Continue ReadingLina Allemano, Dennis Gonzalez and Znap
by Maurice Hogue
A mixed bag of treats: Toronto's talented avant-garde trumpeter, Lina Allemano, debuts her latest Vegetables , saxophonist Noah Preminger and bassist Kim Cass hook up for a pandemic-inspired project, Dallas trumpeter Dennis Gonzalez is back again with the Ataraxia Trio, and there are some European releases: from Italy in the form of Circles 44 and Nazareno Caputo, from super Euro group, Koma Saxo. and Austrian trio Znap who are pretty znappy, while the Belgian quartet Anemic Cinema is not in ...
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