Jazz Articles about Martin Kuchen

About Martin Kuchen

Album Review

Martin Küchen/Jon Rune Strøm/Tollef Østvang: Melted Snow

Read "Melted Snow" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
November 28, 2015

Not Quite All Included or Some Included might be appropriate names for the trio of Swedish saxophonist Martin Küchen, and Norwegian bassist Jon Rune Strøm and drummer Tollef Østvang. Reason being that the repertoire on Melted Snow partially replicates that on Satan in Plain Clothes (Clean Feed, 2015) by All Included, which comprises the same threesome with the addition of trombonist Mats Alekint and trumpeter Thomas Johansson. Unsurprisingly the seven cuts on this limited edition LP boast the same mixture ...

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I 10 CD nel Cd-player di... Martin Kuchen

by Vincenzo Roggero
November 12, 2014

01-02-03-04. AA.VV.-Opika Pende: Africa at 78RPM (Dust to Digital -2011). Cofanetto di quattro CD che ho trovato grazie a Fabrizio Sfera in un negozio di Roma!!!! Un set di musica fantastica proveniente in pratica dall'intero continente africano e con un arco temporale che va dagli anni venti agli anni sessanta. Musica popolare, musica tradizionale, ascoltando questa meravigliosa compilation di 78 giri i legami musicali con la cultura europea diventano evidenti, così come quelli tra le diverse origini e tradizioni ...

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Album Review

Angles: Every Woman Is A Tree

Read "Every Woman Is A Tree" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
September 8, 2008

Good can triumph over evil. It's just that evil is just so well organized by the political parties, oil corporations, and media conglomerates that the voice of dissent is often overshadowed. Like Woody Guthrie or Charles Mingus utilizing music to protest the sins of their time, today, bubbling in between the cracks of popular culture is the requisite dissent to war, racism, nazism, and imperialistic hate. Enter the Scandinavian sextet Angles with a true gem of a live recording.