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Billy Hart: Just
by Jack Kenny
"Just" is an elegant album calculated to please. More than any earlier releases on ECM, it is Billy Hart's album, The quartet has been working together for over twenty years and has rightly morphed from a collective to the one steered by Hart. The drummer has supplied his sinewy rhythmic mastery to albums across the years with Herbie Hancock, Pharoah Sanders, Wayne Shorter, McCoy Tyner and Stan Getz. Here, Hart is both the strongest voice, the innovator and the driver ...
Continue ReadingMark Turner: He's Here, He's There, He's Everywhere!
by Ludovico Granvassu
Mark Turner is so busy as leader, co-leader and special guest on countless new albums, that he--literally--seems to be here, and there, and everywhere (pretty much like Ted Lasso's Roy Kent!). Here is a quick guide to enjoying his current ubiquitousness!Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Billy Hart Quartet “Just" Just (ECM) 0:16 Host talks 4:06 The Fury feat. Lage Lund, Mark Turner, Matt Brewer, Tyshawn Sorey “Ender's ...
Continue ReadingThe Fury: Live in Brooklyn
by Alberto Bazzurro
È quella del chitarrista Lage Lund la firma principale di questo album squisitamente corale (fin dal nome in ditta): tre dei sette brani complessivi sono infatti suoi, due di Mark Turner, uno del contrabbassista Matt Brewer, e in più c'è l'unico brano non dovuto a membri del gruppo, il primo, a firma del sassofonista Myron Walden. Il linguaggio che ne risulta è del tutto coeso, congruo, un linguaggio che definiremmo “medio" (che non significa mediocre, attenzione), non particolarmente ...
Continue ReadingBenjamin Lackner: Spindrift
by Mario Calvitti
Il nuovo lavoro del pianista berlinese Benjamin Lackner, Spindrift, non si distacca molto dal precedente Last Decade, anch'esso pubblicato da ECM un paio di anni fa. La differenza principale è la presenza di una seconda voce strumentale, quella del sax tenore di Mark Turner, che si affianca alla tromba di Mathias Eick nell'esposizione e elaborazione dei temi lirici composti dal pianista (tutti ad eccezione di “Chambary" firmata dal batterista). Il sassofonista non è l'unico nome illustre che ha ...
Continue ReadingMark Turner and Jason Palmer: Not Even The Sky Is The Limit
by Pat Youngspiel
The independent non-profit label Giant Step Arts continues to cultivate its narrow but highly selective roster of top-tier players with new live recordings by label-regulars Mark Turner and Jason Palmer. Each has been a part of the other's quartet for several years at this point, endowing their respective projects with the unifying contours of their idiosyncratically written-out horn parts and signature designs in improvisation. Here, Mark Turner is heard as the sole horn player in a newly formed quartet on ...
Continue ReadingJason Palmer: The Cross Over: Live in Brooklyn
by Troy Dostert
For a label that just got its start in 2018, it has quickly become evident that Giant Step Arts brings a potent, focused discipline to its documentation of some of the most distinctive jazz talents of our time. Rather than covering the field with as many different musicians as possible, the label's founder, Jimmy Katz, has chosen instead to cultivate close relationships with a relatively modest number--foremost of whom is trumpeter Jason Palmer, who has released three discs on the ...
Continue ReadingBenjamin Lackner: Spindrift
by Jack Kenny
Benjamin Lackner has a vision and his album is a coherent statement of his ideas: a radical statement of lyricism, gentleness, restraint and understatement. It was a long-time dream. For some time, Benjamin Lackner has had a wish to record with ECM. In an interview, he outlined his attempts to produce music that would impress ECM's Manfred Eicher. Benny Lackner became Benjamin. He experimented with different formats, eventually achieving his ambition with Last Decade (2022), his first album ...
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