Jazz Articles about Norma Winstone

Norma Winstone: Dance without Answer

by Neri Pollastri
September 16, 2014

Terzo album di Norma Winstone con Glauco Venier e Klaus Gesing, versione contemporanea dei lied da camera, dei quali riprende pregi e difetti. Qui, ancor più che nei precedenti Distance e Stories Yet to Tell, la cantante britannica riprende brani della popular musicdel Novecento--tra gli altri troviamo brani di Madonna, Nick Drake, Tom Waits, Dave Grusin, Joe Raposo, Fred Nail--vi aggiunge composizioni dei due collaboratori e una di Ralph Towner, con testi propri o altrui (particolarente belli ...

Norma Winstone: Dance Without Answer

by John Kelman
February 11, 2014

If there's a single accomplishment that can be attributed to ECM Records--though there are, of course, many in its 45-year history--it's that it welcomes unusual instrumentation with open arms, affording such collaborations the opportunity to grow, to evolve, and build a new language. From the pan-cultural CODONA Trilogy (2009), which collected the three genre-defying recordings made in the late '70s/early '80s by Collin Walcott, Don Cherry and Nana Vasconcelos, to Jon Balke's Siwan (2009), which collected, amongst others, Fourth World ...

Norma Winstone: Edge of Time

by Roger Farbey
December 24, 2013

This reissue features many of the most significant musicians in British jazz of the late 1960s and 70s. It also benefits from imaginative compositions and arrangements by John Taylor, John Warren, Neil Ardley, John Surman and Norma Winstone herself. The opening, title track written by Taylor and Winstone is a memorable exploration of both arrangement and improvisation in equal measure. A tentative beginning gives way to a dynamic brass arrangement accompanying a lyrical song, Winstone's voice ...

Norma Winstone - Klaus Gesing - Glauco Venier: Stories Yet to Tell

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 24, 2011

A due anni da Distances, torna il trio di Norma Winstone, con Glauco Venier al pianoforte e Klaus Gesing alle ance. Il lavoro è una naturale continuazione del precedente, del quale conserva non solo atmosfere e sonorità, ma anche sostanzialmente il repertorio: i testi sono quasi senza eccezioni della Winstone, le musiche in parte originali (di Gesing o Venier), in parte omaggi (a Shorter, Manzanero, Schneider), in parte escursioni nello spazio e nel tempo: l'armeno Komitas, il cinquecentesco Mainerio (che ...

Norma Winstone: Stories Yet to Tell

by John Kelman
September 8, 2010

Distances (ECM, 2008) wasn't British vocalist Norma Winstone's first release to feature her current trio of reedman Klaus Gesing and pianist Glauco Venier, but with ECM Records' greater exposure and reputation, it was the first to reach a broader international audience. With Distance a largely lyric-based alternative to Winstone's always lovely wordless vocals on Chamber Music (Universal, 2004), Stories Yet to Tell is a worthy successor to both, with even greater emphasis on Winstone the lyricist--she contributes to eight of ...

Mike Taylor: Remembered

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 23, 2008

Non si può certo dire che il pianista inglese Mike Taylor sia stato un abitante fortunato del nostro pianeta. Pur godendo di grande considerazione fra i suoi colleghi inglesi (da Jon Hiseman a Jack Bruce, da Ginger Baker a Dave Gelly) a metà degli anni sessanta, quando il jazz era ancora ben distinto dal rock, pur avendo pubblicato due album (da anni praticamente introvabili) e pur avendo scritto tre brani assieme a Ginger Baker che poi li portò al successo ...

Norma Winstone: Distances

by C. Michael Bailey
July 17, 2008

Practice brings one closer to perfection. British singer Norma Winstone has enjoyed a very prolific 35-plus year career that has been divided among a number of recording labels. Her recordings with John Taylor and Kenny Wheeler in the form of the group Azimuth brought her international exposure and recognition. These formats were the unusual combination of voice, piano, and either horn or reeds. This spare instrumentation and arrangement qualifies what Winstone does as chamber jazz.

On her first ECM release ...