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London Jazz Festival 2016
by Duncan Heining
The London Jazz Festival, now in its 24th year, straddles the capital--its noble aim, as ever, is the provision of musical succour for the diverse tastes that make up the larger British jazz audience. You want mainstream, you'll find it. Looking for fusion, then look no further. Free jazz, bebop, blues? Step this way. Postjazz? Postjazz? I'm sure I saw it here somewhere. The first Sunday caught James Blood Ulmer at the East End's Rich Mix. Backed by ...
Continue ReadingKevin Brady: Ensam
by Ian Patterson
The trans-Atlantic trio of drummer/composer Kevin Brady, Bill Carrothers and Dave Redmond first came together in 2006, since when it has toured more frequently than it's recorded. Ensam (LRP Music, 2016), the group's third outing, following Common Ground (The Livingroom Project, 2007) and Zeitgeist (Fresh Sounds, New Talent, 2009), is an intimate three-way dialogue, with veteran English singer Norma Winstone adding lustre to several tracks. Brady--who penned all the original tunes--leaves an abundance of room for his colleagues to explore ...
Continue ReadingNorma Winstone: Dance without Answer
by Neri Pollastri
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 ...
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by John Kelman
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 ...
Continue ReadingNorma Winstone: Edge of Time
by Roger Farbey
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 ...
Continue ReadingNorma Winstone - Klaus Gesing - Glauco Venier: Stories Yet to Tell
by AAJ Italy Staff
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 ...
Continue ReadingNorma Winstone: Stories Yet to Tell
by John Kelman
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 ...
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