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Emile Parisien: Louise
by Neri Pollastri
Sebbene da noi un po' ignorato, il sassofonista e compositore Emile Parisien è da tempo uno dei migliori rappresentanti della eccellente scuola francese, nonché tra i più interessanti interpreti internazionali del sax soprano. Noto per le sue collaborazioni con l'estroso fisarmonicista Vincent Peirani e con il pianista italiano residente a Parigi Roberto Negro, presente pure in questo lavoro, è anche un notevole band leader e lo dimostra qui in Louise (dedicato alla scultrice Louise Bourgeois), ove dirige un “classico" sestetto ...
Continue ReadingNew Sounds from Argentina and More!
by Bob Osborne
On this week's show new releases from Lara Alarcón, Manu Codjia with Giuseppe Millaci & Lieven Venken, Lior Milliger Free Improv Trio featuring Hilliard Greene & Joe Hertenstein, Emitime, Emma Famin, Kazemde George, Luís Lopes Lisbon Berlin Quartet, and, another selection from the excellent recently released live version of John Coltrane's A Love Supreme.Playlist Lara Alarcón “El Influjo" from Elogio (ears&eyes) 00:00 Lior Milliger Free Improv Trio feat. Hilliard Greene & Joe Hertenstein “Rough" from Your Comfort Zone ...
Continue ReadingHenri Texier: Chance
by Friedrich Kunzmann
French double bassist Henri Texier gained prominence back in the early 1960s, when he was working in Paris playing alongside American expatriates such as Bud Powell or Johnny Griffin. Over the years he has played with many international greats and proven a prolific composer as well as an unparalleled foundation on bass. Yet, one could argue that his best work was created only since 2010, in collaboration with his French quintet. Featuring his son Sébastien Texier on saxophones and clarinet, ...
Continue ReadingManu Codjia: Covers
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Is Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (Prestige, 1956) a “covers" album? Not a single Davis-penned original on the record. But, of course, performing other composers' material is the jazz musician's stock in trade. No, the notion of “covers" is more recent, and its use in jazz today evokes the ironic rock-weaned hipster, exemplified by The Bad Plus's borrowings from the songbooks of Black Sabbath or Nirvana.Now, guitarist Manu Codjia enters the fray with his own covers album. ...
Continue ReadingMatthieu Donarier: Live Forms
by Jean-Marc Gelin
Matthieu Donarier presents his second album with his usual trio, following the widely acclaimed Optitopic in 2004. This new live album, recorded in Saint-Nazaire and Angers, once again showcases the strong intimacy between these three musicians, who have been playing together since their school years and their time at the CNSM. It is with them that Matthieu Donarier, known for his work in other ensembles (with Daniel Humair, Alban Darche, or Patrice Caratini), emerges as both a complete saxophonist and ...
Continue ReadingOlivier Le Goas & Trilog: Seven Ways
by AAJ Italy Staff
La lettura della formazione di questo album in trio del batterista francese Olivier Le Goas ci fornisce subito una intuizione importante che suggerisce il trio di Paul Motian con Bill Frisell e Joe Lovano come una possibile fonte di ispirazione. L'ascolto dell'album ci rivela che questa fonte di ispirazione è certamente credibile ma è tutto fuorché pervasiva. Infatti i tre musicisti impegnati in questo ottimo album hanno una personalità molto evidente, proprio a cominciare dal leader Le Goas, che li ...
Continue ReadingManu Codjia: Manu Codjia
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Manu Codjia is among the most active sidemen on the French jazz scene and one of the most original guitarists playing jazz anywhere. His playing--clearly indebted to Bill Frisell, but also to Allan Holdsworth, Tommy Bolin on Billy Cobham's Spectrum (Atlantic, 1973), and a host of other influences--constantly generates new ideas on several levels at once: melodically, dynamically, and in the exploitation of technology. When he sits in on someone else's session, he leaves an indelible mark of his musical ...
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