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Angles: A Muted Reality
by Mark Corroto
For Swedish saxophonist Martin Küchen, all music is folk music. Proof of that statement is the Angles' release A Muted Reality. Whether he is referencing Balkan, African, Swedish, American jazz or Spanish dialects, he is drawing on kindred spirits in his music. With the various editions of his Angles projects, from trios to 10-piece small big bands, he releases music of the people, i.e. people music. This version of Küchen's Angles is an octet and the eleventh in a continuous ...
Continue ReadingStåhls Trio: Källtorp Sessions Volume Two
by Vincenzo Roggero
Ormai ne abbiamo l'ennesima conferma, Moserobie, l'etichetta del sassofonista Jonas Kullhammar, non sbaglia un colpo. Anche quest'ultima fatica del vibrafonista Mattias Stahl è un piccola perla che si aggiunge ad un catalogo ormai consolidato, testimonianza imprescindibile per capire i fermenti della scena jazzistica svedese. Ad accompagnare Stahl, membro stabile degli Angles di Martin Kuchen, un colombiano, il batterista Christopher Cantillo, e un canadese, il contrabbassista Joe Williamson. Non un incontro occasionale, come si potrebbe pensare, ma un trio ...
Continue ReadingStåhls Trio: Källtorp Sessions Volume Two
by Mark Corroto
This is the third release by vibraphonist Mattias Ståhl, bassist Joe Williamson and drummer Christopher Cantillo and also the second release to come from the trio's 2017 studio recordings. Källtorp Sessions Volume Two adds trombonist Mats Äleklint on two tracks with Ståhl on soprano saxophone from what one assumes is an additional 2018 studio session. Like Källtorp Sessions Volume One (Moserobie, 2019), the performances are crisp and nattily sharp. Ståhl's vibraphone, which can be heard in bands such ...
Continue ReadingI.P.A.: Bashing Mushrooms
by Troy Dostert
Comprised of an impressive roster of Scandinavian all-stars, I.P.A. might only need a better name if the group is to break through to wider notice. Harnessing its commitment to post-bop freedom to thoughtful tunecraft, the band's music is both accessible and tough-edged, cerebral and hard-grooving in equal measure. The quintet's first Cuneiform release, I Just Did Say Something was a highlight of 2016, and its follow-up on the venerable label, Bashing Mushrooms, is another winner, albeit with somewhat more muted ...
Continue ReadingPer Texas Johansson: Stråk på himlen och stora hus
by Glenn Astarita
Swedish multi-woodwind expert and composer Per Texas Johansson is a musical freethinker who dishes out a series of unfettered compositions, injected with heartening attributes on his latest solo effort. As a top-flight session artist, Johansson has been at the forefront of the fertile Scandinavian music scene. Here, the artist blends a multidimensional soundscape with vocalists who often shade or reshape the proceedings with hallowed wordless choruses, while also providing depth to these resonating thematic overtures, spiked with up-tempo motifs, sanguine ...
Continue ReadingStåhls Trio: Källtorp Sessions Volume One
by Alberto Bazzurro
I trii con un vibrafono al posto di pianoforte o chitarra non sono mai stati tutta questa gran consuetudine, nel jazz. Per il semplice motivo che non sono mai stati troppo consueti i vibrafonisti, spesso, oltre tutto, impiegati come voce, come timbro, in organici più ampi. Il quarantottenne svedese Mattias Ståhl, accompagnandosi a un bassista canadese e a un batterista suo connazionale (per quanto di chiare origini “altre"), ha ritenuto opportuno dare il proprio contributo in tema, ...
Continue ReadingStåhls trio: Källtorp Sessions, Volume One
by Mark Corroto
In a more perfect world, jazz would be found on jukeboxes. Better still, how about adventurist jazz on jukeboxes? Mattias Ståhl's trio brings this thought to mind. His Källtorp Sessions, Volume One is comprised of nine tracks averaging 3¾ minutes, perfect for those 45 rpm singles. The Stähls Trio of Mattias Ståhl (vibraphone), Joe Williamson (bass), and Christopher Cantillo (drums), follow up on their premier outing Jag Skulle Bara Gå Ut (Moserobie Music, 2013). These escapades by a ...
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