Jazz Articles about Raphael Walser

About Raphael Walser

Album Review

Samir Bohringer Quartet: Meta Zero

by Chris May
October 22, 2023

The Ezz-thetics label's sleeve-design grid and its orange and black colourway is as recognisable a piece of branding as were Reid Miles' sleeves for Blue Note in the 1950s and 1960s (or indeed Impulse!'s orange and black LP spines a little later). It is also a similarly copper-bottomed guarantee of quality. Ezz-thetics does not, of course, have an audience the size of Blue Note's, but that is the way it is for a niche label, or, as in this case, ...

Album Review

Raphael Walsers GangArt: Zwischen Grund und Grat

Read "Zwischen Grund und Grat" reviewed by Geno Thackara

by Geno Thackara
October 9, 2019

Swiss folk probably isn't the first thing anyone will associate with this Gang's particular art at first glance. It starts by dropping straight into churning action without any buildup, kicking off with a classy swinger that gradually trades catchiness for a pile-on of horns that snowballs until it all breaks down in chaos. With the next track comes an initially baffling series of wonky piano and sax lines. The following selections continue making a somewhat angular challenge if approached in ...